Re: Does GRUB2 use the Dos Compatibility space?

[Robert Millan]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:46:38AM -0700, Dr. Dov Bulka wrote:
> I know that Grub Legacy used the space following the MBR (DOS Compat Region) 
> to store the code for stage 1.5. Consequently, it was a good idea for the OS 
> to leave the first 32KB of the boot disk intact.
> 
> Are their any new space limitations introduced by GRUB2? How much of the 
> beginning of the boot disk are dedicated to GRUB2? In other words, as an OS 
> developer, what space regions should I stay away from?

It does.  In addition, in GPT labels it takes advantage of the BIOS Boot
partition (which serves the same purpose but can allocate more space).

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