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Re: [LUG] OEM strategy from Canonical

 

On Mon, 10 May 2010 16:21:14 +0100
Paul Sutton wrote:

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> > The part that puzzles me is "[..]it comes with tools for Windows
> > which assist in the management of the dual-boot experience.".
> > There's a screenshot in the post that shows the shutdown applet
> > with a "Start Windows..." option, available when dual boot it's
> > detected.
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> 
> That sounds a good feature to me,  I guess that could be modified, to
> start OSX or start some other operating system.  Or perhaps even to
> start a different distribution.

I have a shrewd idea how this would be achieved using the GRUB
bootloader, but what bootloader is used when multibooting a Mac
system?  Is it still GRUB or is something else used?

Grant.

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