If you need to stick and turn the ignition key for the car to work, would that mean what the car runs on the key?

I like what you and other sibling just regurgitate Wiki content. As another sibling properly notes - it run in a protected mode and had it's own drivers. It used DOS as a mere bootloader. Is your favourite Linux distro just a shell on top of GRUB?

Please, educate yourself about this part and don't just copy-paste stuff someone managed to butt in Wiki article.

> The online encyclopedia has been criticized for its factual reliability, principally regarding its content, presentation, and editorial processes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

Thanks for speaking it out loud.

Things.. happens.