Re: [PATCH] ntldr support

[Christian Franke]

Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> > About the command, i think that it will be simpler for the user if we have
> > only one command: chainloader (like in grub4dos) that will try to detect the
> > type of the bootloader. This is only my personal opinion.
> >     
> I don't agree with this. chainloader and ntldr don't share the same
> syntax: chainloader expects a bootsector whereas ntldr expects an
> ntldr ot bootmgr file. GRUB2 is done to break with bad design
> decisions of GRUB1 one of them being "kernel" command. GRUB4DOS
> follows GRUB1 on this subject.
>   

I agree.

It probably would make sense that the 'ntldr' command does simple 
signature checks and fail on unknown files unless '--force' is specified.

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Regards,
Christian Franke