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Development of a Multiboot-compatible bootloader for EFI-based x86 systems

Sombert, 2021

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The firmware of current PCs is compatible to the UEFI standard [40] which describes (among other topics) so-called UEFI applications: Programs that are run by the firmware and can, for example, start an operating system. Multiboot is a standard created by the GNU GRUB …
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