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    GNU GRUB 2.00

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    GNU GRUB description

    GNU GRUB is a GRand Unified Bootloader.

    GNU GRUB project, which is a rewrite of GRUB, is alive and under development. GRUB aims at merging sources from PUPA in order to create the next generation of GNU GRUB. A mailing list and a wiki have been setup for discussing the development of GRUB.

    Multiboot Specification is a protocol between a boot loader and an OS kernel. Because this specification is generic, you can use the protocol in your own boot loader and/or in your own OS freely. Follow this link, for more details.

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    Here are some key features of "GNU GRUB":

    · Create a compact core image. This will make Stage 1.5 unnecessary.
    · Add support for dynamic loading to the core image, so that it can extend itself at the run time rather than at the build time.
    · Add real memory management, to make GNU GRUB more extensible.
    · Add a more object-oriented framework for file systems, files, devices, drives, terminals, commands, and OS loaders.
    · Add support for internationalization. This includes support for non-ASCII character code, message catalogs like gettext, fonts, graphics console, and so on.
    · Add an actual localization, based on the above internationalization support. We will target on Japanese as the first step.
    · Segregate code specific to i386-pc from generic code, to make GNU GRUB portable.
    · Add support for cross-platform installation.
    · Develop additional software packages which will help our project and hopefully other projects.

    What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

    · Keyboard layouts support.
    · Parser for GRUB Legacy configuration files.
    · Extend `vbeinfo' and `vbetest' commands to non-VBE graphics, as `videoinfo' and `videotest'.
    · New `lsefisystab', `lssal', and `lsefimmap' commands on EFI platforms.
    · Support explicit user claim that a device is BIOS-visible. Devices listed in device.map will be assumed to be readable using only BIOS facilities, rather than anything more complex such as LVM or RAID.
    · New bash-completion script for GRUB utilities.
    · Use ACPI to shut down if possible.
    · New `lsacpi' command.
    · New `--boot-directory' option to `grub-install', `grub-reboot', and `grub-set-default', with clearer semantics than the previous `--root-directory' option.
    · Rename CD-ROM device to "cd" on BIOS platforms.
    · Transparent decompression filters.
    · Simpler PXE image generation. New `grub-mknetdir' utility to generate netboot directory trees.
    · New relocator. Allows for more kernel support and more straightforward loader writing.
    · Handle USB pendrives exposed as floppies.
    · New Automake-based build system.
    · Add `sendkey' command (i386-pc only).
    · Support 1.x versions of mdadm metadata.
    · Fix corruption when reading Reiserfs directory entries.
    · Bidirectional text and diacritics support.
    · Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where possible on GNU/Linux.
    · Add `grub-mkconfig' support for Xen with Linux.
    · Add `grub-mkconfig' support for initrd images on Fedora 13.
    · Support >3GiB and

      


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