Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:54:53 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-booting/triple-booting FreeBSD under UEFI Message-ID: <20200920165453.78d03bdd@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20200920162833.433a14ce.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <DB8PR06MB64421AFD5B11F7674E48CBAAF63C0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <20200919180814.00005391@seibercom.net> <20200920035310.72276666@archlinux> <20200920162833.433a14ce.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:28:33 +0200, Polytropon wrote: >On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 03:53:10 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> A business technology news website spreading inaccurate news isn't >> required to get informed about known vulnerabilities. > >If they aren't even able to get (or interested in getting) the >terminology correct... if I remember correctly, what GRUB does >is called a "boot manager" (thing that usually interactively >selects from different operating systems to boot, or configures >the boot of one operating system, by setting boot parameters or >kernel options). GRUB does this even in Linux-only installations. >A boot loader can be a standard MBR, without any interactivity, >that loads an operating system. This is the typical situation >on systems running FreeBSD exclusively. > >Or is there a different definition or consensus of the words? IMO it's correct to call grub a "boot loader", too. "Boot loader A boot loader is a piece of software started by the firmware (BIOS or UEFI). [snip] A separate boot loader or boot manager can still be used for the purpose of editing kernel parameters before booting." - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_boot_process#Boot_loader
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