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Old 01-29-2009, 11:21 PM
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A multi-boot boot manager starts before any OS starts, that's how it can give you the option of multi booting. An OS can do nothing until it is initiated.

As any Operating System boots, it needs the info from the BIOS and other components, so it knows how to communicate with the hardware.



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