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== History ==
Limine was created as the reference implementation for the [[stivale]] boot protocols by the OS developer Stefan "Ste" Valé. The protocols were conceived as a response to the shortcomings of [[Multiboot]]. As of Limine 3.0, a new boot protocol, simply called the [[Limine Bare Bones|Limine boot protocol]] was introduced to supersede
It originally only supported [[BIOS]] and the stivale1 protocol, but it was later expanded to also support [[UEFI]] and the Linux and [[multiboot]] protocols.
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As mentioned above, Limine supports the [[Limine Bare Bones|Limine]] and [[stivale]] boot protocols, alongside Linux's own boot protocol (which means one can boot Linux fully using Limine), multiboot 1 and 2 (allowing it to boot a vast catalogue of hobby OSes and more), and chainloading to allow to undirectly boot unsupported operating systems such as Microsoft Windows.
It supports the [[FAT|FAT12/16/32]], [[ext2]], [[ext3]], [[ext4]], [[
== How to use Limine with your kernel ==
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