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Re:NetBSD Code Study by rjsw on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:04AM (#23536623)
Support for multiboot was added to the NetBSD bootloader so that it could boot Xen, I didn't consider whether it should be able to boot Linux or test that.

If it can boot Linux as well then that is good to know.

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Re:NetBSD Code Study by pwdisswordfish2 on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:29AM (#23536755)
Not sure about booting Linux. Some Linux bootloaders cannot boot NetBSD, e.g., syslinux. The FreeBSD bootloader, which is multiboot compliant, can boot NetBSD. At least this was the case years ago. Pardon me if I am ascribing intent to what is merely fortuitous.
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