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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 configuration files or rerun a special installation program.
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NOTE: GRUB does not yet have a simple installation mechanism, 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, do `info grub', and copy the binary files in
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/usr/share/grub/$(HWARCH) to /boot/grub.
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WARNING: Never use the binary files in /usr/share/grub directly
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(i.e. without first copying them to /boot/grub), or else your system
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will break the next time you upgrade.
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Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@debian.org>, Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:30:29 -0600
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