| GRUB for Debian GNU |
| ------------------- |
| |
| GRUB is a GPLed bootloader intended to unify bootloading across x86 |
| operating systems. In addition to loading Linux and FreeBSD, it |
| implements the Multiboot standard, which allows for flexible loading |
| of multiple boot images (needed for modular kernels such as the GNU |
| Hurd). |
| |
| One unique featue of GRUB is that it can understand filesystems at |
| boot time, rather than just simple blocklists. Hence, you can load |
| any kernel in the file system from the boot prompt without having to |
| edit configuration files or rerun a special installation program. |
| |
| NOTE: GRUB does not yet have a simple installation mechanism, but |
| we're working on this, so please don't report it as a bug. Until |
| then, read the documentation (starting with docs/grub.html or |
| docs/install.html), and copy the binary files in /share/grub/$(HWARCH) |
| to /boot/grub. |
| |
| WARNING: Never use the binary files in /share/grub directly |
| (i.e. without first copying them to /boot/grub), or else your system |
| will break the next time you upgrade. |
| |
| Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@debian.org>, Sat, 13 Mar 1999 17:30:29 -0600 |