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  1. 04-15-2008, 08:11 AM #1
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    Chainloader

    Can anyone explain to me (in layman's terms) what the chainloader does in Grub/Lilo? I'm working on installing a Mac and it talks a lot about the chainloader on IBM pcs.
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  3. 04-15-2008, 08:14 AM #2
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    I don't know much about this, but I found something you may find useful in GRUB's manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...2dloading.html
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    That helps a bit. Thanks.
  5. 04-26-2008, 05:43 AM #4
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    From what I understand the chainload just loads the boot manager of another OS/Partition. So, for Windows, it just loads the default boot manager which I have no idea what it is.
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    Does Windows have default boot managers? I thought it was all autoboot.
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