[bug #13335] Documentation: Missing information on getting Grub to work with DDO

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                 Summary: Documentation: Missing information on getting Grub
to work with DDO
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 06/08/2005 at 09:18
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Action Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Ralph Navarro
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: Grub - All
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: 

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Details:

There is no information in the documentation on how to get Grub to work with a
hard drive that uses a "dynamic drive overlay" (DDO) program that must reside
in the MBR.

There are many older motherboards out there whose latest BIOS cannot be
upgraded to support the newer drives.  As a result, drive manufacturers have
created Dynamic Drive Overlay programs that will augment a BIOS capability to
support their larger drives.  There is much confusion on how to use Grub in a
DDO environment.  Having documentation mention DDO and how to use Grub in this
environment would avoid the confusion and make Grub more useful.



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