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The method implies that GRUB is placed into the MBR of a hobby OS partition installation, or even whole disk installation. If all hobby OSs use this method, whether or not they use a custom FS, it gives them the advantage of being able to load a full program, in ''protected mode'' via GRUB, and bypassing the Real Mode bootloader stage ''completely''. No more problems with writing an efficient program in 446 bytes.
 
=== Propaganda ===
 
The best advantage of all is that again, GRUB will then be able to allow Hobbyists one more, extremely essential advantage: The unification of all hobbyist OSs under one bootloader. This will mean that every OS coming out will be using GRUB. Then, since Windows doesn't care enough to be polite, if it overwrites GRUB and placed NTLDR into the MBR, then since everyone else is using GRUB, Windows ends up looking like the selfish, unpopular choice. Also, GRUB has code to handle all kinds of unexpected real hardware situations in Real Mode that you kernel's private bootloader cannot deal with most likely. There are too many benefits for this method not to become the champion of the boot process for hobbyist OSs.
 
By now the reader should be able to tell that the author favours this method highly, and recommends it avidly.
 
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