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1*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMThis is GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader.  GRUB is intended to
2*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMprovide important bootloader features that are missing from typical
3*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMpersonal computer BIOSes:
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5*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COM  - provides fully-featured command line and graphical interfaces
6*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COM  - recognizes fdisk partitions and BSD disklabels
7*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COM  - can dynamically read Linux ext2fs, ReiserFS, JFS and XFS, BSD ufs,
8*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COM    MS-DOS FAT16 and FAT32, Minix fs, and VSTa fs filesystems, plus
9*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COM    hardcoded blocklists
10*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COM  - can boot Multiboot-compliant kernels (such as GNU Mach), as well
11*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COM    as standard Linux and *BSD kernels
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13*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMSee the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB.
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15*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMIf you are interested in the network support, see the file
16*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMREADME.netboot under the directory netboot.
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18*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMSee the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the
19*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMGRUB data and program files. See the GRUB manual for details about
20*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMusing GRUB as your boot loader. Type "info grub" in the shell prompt.
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22*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMPlease visit the official web page of GNU GRUB, for more information.
23*8044SWilliam.Kucharski@Sun.COMThe URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>.
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