On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 05:56, raja roy <raja.roy84@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have one more doubt, as the primary boot loader transfers control to the > 1.5 staged boot loader located just after the end of MBR, which (1.5) loads > the secondary boot loader. > > My doubt is-- > How does the 1.5 staged boot loader know the exact location of > the secondary boot loader on the device.Does it reads the partition table to > know the location on the device drive, if yes then, if the partition table > contains more than one active partition then how does the 1.5 boot loader > decides which active partition has the secondary boot loader. You mean the second stage? AFAIK GRUB has codes that understands filesystem layout...thus it simply reads the partition pointed to him and locate and load the 2nd stage including the kernel. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
