Re: GRUB doesn't handle large linux kernels

[OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: GRUB doesn't handle large linux kernels
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:16:34 -0400 (EDT)

> I don't know the exact definition of the term "proprietary format" but I
> think it doesn't apply to Linux.

  When a format is _not_ well-defined (or open), I assume that it is a
"proprietary format". Thus, in my definition, the format of vmlinux is
proprietary.

> Another question is that we may want to select more precisely what
> features we want. Purists will be happy with a mutliboot-only GRUB.

  So what?

Okuji