Re: "grub" command works, but GRUB boot loader hangs

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

From: Ben Liblit <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: "grub" command works, but GRUB boot loader hangs
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:22:59 -0700

> So if the AHA-2940UW BIOS has a buggy int13 implementation, and there is 
> no practical way to detect and work around this in the 512 bytes for 
> stage1, then there's still one thing I just don't understand:
> 
> Why does LILO work?

Probably LILO does use LBA functions only if that is required, like
NetBSD's boot loader (i.e. if it wants to access blocks over 1024
cylinders). However, I'm not responsible for your question (that's
natural), so if you doubt, ask an appropriate person.

Okuji