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I think bootloaders for Linux have more stages: the initial problem is the same, but then GRUB loads its configuration from [/boot]/grub2/grub.cfg. If it can load a config file, it can also load FS drivers or hibernation files, and prepare the actual kernel boot more subtlety.

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Keep in mind this article was written in 2007 about the majority of NT installations at that time. Vista introduced a new unified boot architecture that replaced NTLDR with something that could work on BIOS and UEFI as well (and removed the monolithic EFI loader).

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