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Re: [PATCH v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.c
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko |
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Re: [PATCH v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.cfg has a problem |
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Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:33:50 +0100 |
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On 09.12.2013 16:25, Jonathan McCune wrote:
> Good point. This is another interesting option. I'm not sure how
> generally reliable it is for BIOS systems either, but it seems like a
> case worth considering.
The call has been around for a long time. I think originally it launched
BASIC in ROM.
It hasn't been used by microsoft so may not be reliable.
On the other hand it's used by option roms to indicate to proceed to
next boot option so I expect it to work as long as next boot option is
defined.
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