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GRUB for Debian GNU
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GRUB is a GPLed bootloader intended to unify bootloading across x86
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operating systems. In addition to loading Linux and FreeBSD, it
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implements the Multiboot standard, which allows for flexible loading
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of multiple boot images (needed for modular kernels such as the GNU
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Hurd).
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One unique featue of GRUB is that it can understand filesystems at
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boot time, rather than just simple blocklists. Hence, you can load
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any kernel in the file system from the boot prompt without having to
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edit any configuration files or run a special installation program.
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NOTE: GRUB does not yet have an automatic installation program, but
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we're working on this, so please don't report it as a bug. Until
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then, read the documentation (starting with docs/grub.html or
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docs/install.html), and use the binary files in /lib/grub.
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Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@debian.org>, Fri, 12 Feb 1999 00:41:23 -0600
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