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authorcrocket <crockabiscuit@gmail.com>2011-07-12 05:10:46 -0400
committerNiels Horn <niels.horn@slackbuilds.org>2011-07-14 21:54:05 -0300
commite73830f364d0bc2aa638a11057fd5e0497cbe709 (patch)
treeea3754af40d520cc8d667381a2c9287b786947f5 /system/grub2
parentf9137a32d65866f22305c70398180733cf5d5569 (diff)
downloadslackbuilds-e73830f364d0bc2aa638a11057fd5e0497cbe709.tar.gz
system/grub2: Updated for version 1.99.
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/grub2')
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/05_debian_theme61
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/README10
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/doinst.sh2
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/etc.default.grub10
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/grub.INFO2557
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/grub2.SlackBuild45
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/grub2.info8
-rw-r--r--system/grub2/slack-desc10
8 files changed, 41 insertions, 2662 deletions
diff --git a/system/grub2/05_debian_theme b/system/grub2/05_debian_theme
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c8a00b05e..0000000000
--- a/system/grub2/05_debian_theme
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-
-source /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
-
-# this allows desktop-base to override our settings
-f=/usr/share/desktop-base/grub_background.sh
-if test -e ${f} ; then
- source ${f}
-else
- WALLPAPER="/usr/share/images/desktop-base/moreblue-orbit-grub.png"
- COLOR_NORMAL="white/black"
- COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="white/light-gray"
-fi
-
-set_mono_theme()
-{
- cat << EOF
-set menu_color_normal=white/black
-set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
-EOF
-}
-
-# check for usable backgrounds
-use_bg=false
-if [ "$GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT" = "gfxterm" ] ; then
- for i in /boot/grub/`basename ${WALLPAPER}` ${WALLPAPER} ; do
- if is_path_readable_by_grub $i ; then
- bg=$i
- case ${bg} in
- *.png) reader=png ;;
- *.tga) reader=tga ;;
- *.jpg|*.jpeg) reader=jpeg ;;
- esac
- if test -e /boot/grub/${reader}.mod ; then
- echo "Found background image: `basename ${bg}`" >&2
- use_bg=true
- break
- fi
- fi
- done
-fi
-
-# set the background if possible
-if ${use_bg} ; then
- prepare_grub_to_access_device `${grub_probe} --target=device ${bg}`
- cat << EOF
-insmod ${reader}
-if background_image `make_system_path_relative_to_its_root ${bg}` ; then
- set color_normal=${COLOR_NORMAL}
- set color_highlight=${COLOR_HIGHLIGHT}
-else
-EOF
-fi
-
-# otherwise, set a monochromatic theme for Ubuntu
-if ${use_bg} ; then
- set_mono_theme | sed -e "s/^/ /g"
- echo "fi"
-else
- set_mono_theme
-fi
diff --git a/system/grub2/README b/system/grub2/README
index 7408d2bdb8..0da909c050 100644
--- a/system/grub2/README
+++ b/system/grub2/README
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ GRUB2 (the GRand Unified Bootloader)
GNU GRUB is a multiboot boot loader.
-If you want to set the size of font then give FONT_SIZE=size
-option to the list of build options.
-The default size is 16.
+If you want to set the size of gfxterm font,
+then specify FONT_SIZE=size in the build options.
+The default size is 19.
+
+If you want to install grub2 on GPT,
+you need to put a BIOS boot partition on GPT.
This requires os-prober, gnu-unifont, and help2man.
+
diff --git a/system/grub2/doinst.sh b/system/grub2/doinst.sh
index 92eb273a89..367e0dfb49 100644
--- a/system/grub2/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/grub2/doinst.sh
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ config() {
fi
# Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
}
+
+config etc/default/grub.new
diff --git a/system/grub2/etc.default.grub b/system/grub2/etc.default.grub
index 1bad5bcdae..e363480836 100644
--- a/system/grub2/etc.default.grub
+++ b/system/grub2/etc.default.grub
@@ -6,15 +6,7 @@ GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=$( sed 's/Slackware /Slackware-/' /etc/slackware-version )
-GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
-# Added by crocket
-# VESA display mode code
-# Example: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=xxx"
-# If you want to know vesa display mode codes for linux
-# Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers
-# or http://www.gregfolkert.net/info/vesa-display-codes.html
-# gfxpayload=1024x768(e.g,) can be used safely in future releases of grub2.
-# please refer to the information displayed by executing "info grub".
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
diff --git a/system/grub2/grub.INFO b/system/grub2/grub.INFO
deleted file mode 100644
index 643b302fd2..0000000000
--- a/system/grub2/grub.INFO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2557 +0,0 @@
-This is docs/grub.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from
-docs/grub.texi.
-
-This manual is for GNU GRUB (version 1.98, 2 June 2010).
-
- Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2002,2004,2006,2008,2009,2010 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
- document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
- Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
- Foundation; with no Invariant Sections.
-
-INFO-DIR-SECTION Kernel
-START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* GRUB: (grub). The GRand Unified Bootloader
-* grub-install: (grub)Invoking grub-install. Install GRUB on your drive
-* grub-mkconfig: (grub)Invoking grub-mkconfig. Generate GRUB configuration
-END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Up: (dir)
-
-GNU GRUB manual
-***************
-
-This is the documentation of GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, a
-flexible and powerful boot loader program for a wide range of
-architectures.
-
- This edition documents version 1.98.
-
- This manual is for GNU GRUB (version 1.98, 2 June 2010).
-
- Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001,2002,2004,2006,2008,2009,2010 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
- document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
- Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
- Foundation; with no Invariant Sections.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Introduction:: Capturing the spirit of GRUB
-* Naming convention:: Names of your drives in GRUB
-* Installation:: Installing GRUB on your drive
-* Booting:: How to boot different operating systems
-* Configuration:: Writing your own configuration file
-* Network:: Downloading OS images from a network
-* Serial terminal:: Using GRUB via a serial line
-* Vendor power-on keys:: Changing GRUB behaviour on vendor power-on keys
-* Preset Menu:: Embedding a configuration file into GRUB
-* Images:: GRUB image files
-* Filesystem:: Filesystem syntax and semantics
-* Interface:: The menu and the command-line
-* Commands:: The list of available builtin commands
-* Troubleshooting:: Error messages produced by GRUB
-* Invoking grub-install:: How to use the GRUB installer
-* Invoking grub-mkconfig:: Generate a GRUB configuration file
-* Obtaining and Building GRUB:: How to obtain and build GRUB
-* Reporting bugs:: Where you should send a bug report
-* Future:: Some future plans on GRUB
-* Internals:: Hacking GRUB
-* Copying This Manual:: Copying This Manual
-* Index::
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Introduction, Next: Naming convention, Prev: Top, Up: Top
-
-1 Introduction to GRUB
-**********************
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Overview:: What exactly GRUB is and how to use it
-* History:: From maggot to house fly
-* Features:: GRUB features
-* Role of a boot loader:: The role of a boot loader
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Overview, Next: History, Up: Introduction
-
-1.1 Overview
-============
-
-Briefly, a "boot loader" is the first software program that runs when a
-computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring
-control to an operating system "kernel" software (such as Linux or GNU
-Mach). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the operating
-system (e.g. a GNU system).
-
- GNU GRUB is a very powerful boot loader, which can load a wide
-variety of free operating systems, as well as proprietary operating
-systems with chain-loading(1) (*note Overview-Footnote-1::). GRUB is
-designed to address the complexity of booting a personal computer; both
-the program and this manual are tightly bound to that computer platform,
-although porting to other platforms may be addressed in the future.
-
- One of the important features in GRUB is flexibility; GRUB
-understands filesystems and kernel executable formats, so you can load
-an arbitrary operating system the way you like, without recording the
-physical position of your kernel on the disk. Thus you can load the
-kernel just by specifying its file name and the drive and partition
-where the kernel resides.
-
- When booting with GRUB, you can use either a command-line interface
-(*note Command-line interface::), or a menu interface (*note Menu
-interface::). Using the command-line interface, you type the drive
-specification and file name of the kernel manually. In the menu
-interface, you just select an OS using the arrow keys. The menu is
-based on a configuration file which you prepare beforehand (*note
-Configuration::). While in the menu, you can switch to the command-line
-mode, and vice-versa. You can even edit menu entries before using them.
-
- In the following chapters, you will learn how to specify a drive, a
-partition, and a file name (*note Naming convention::) to GRUB, how to
-install GRUB on your drive (*note Installation::), and how to boot your
-OSes (*note Booting::), step by step.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Overview-Footnotes, Up: Overview
-
- (1) "chain-load" is the mechanism for loading unsupported operating
-systems by loading another boot loader. It is typically used for
-loading DOS or Windows.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: History, Next: Features, Prev: Overview, Up: Introduction
-
-1.2 History of GRUB
-===================
-
-GRUB originated in 1995 when Erich Boleyn was trying to boot the GNU
-Hurd with the University of Utah's Mach 4 microkernel (now known as GNU
-Mach). Erich and Brian Ford designed the Multiboot Specification
-(*note Multiboot Specification: (multiboot)Top.), because they were
-determined not to add to the large number of mutually-incompatible PC
-boot methods.
-
- Erich then began modifying the FreeBSD boot loader so that it would
-understand Multiboot. He soon realized that it would be a lot easier to
-write his own boot loader from scratch than to keep working on the
-FreeBSD boot loader, and so GRUB was born.
-
- Erich added many features to GRUB, but other priorities prevented him
-from keeping up with the demands of its quickly-expanding user base. In
-1999, Gordon Matzigkeit and Yoshinori K. Okuji adopted GRUB as an
-official GNU package, and opened its development by making the latest
-sources available via anonymous CVS. *Note Obtaining and Building
-GRUB::, for more information.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Features, Next: Role of a boot loader, Prev: History, Up: Introduction
-
-1.3 GRUB features
-=================
-
-The primary requirement for GRUB is that it be compliant with the
-"Multiboot Specification", which is described in *note Multiboot
-Specification: (multiboot)Top.
-
- The other goals, listed in approximate order of importance, are:
-
- * Basic functions must be straightforward for end-users.
-
- * Rich functionality to support kernel experts and designers.
-
- * Backward compatibility for booting FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and
- Linux. Proprietary kernels (such as DOS, Windows NT, and OS/2) are
- supported via a chain-loading function.
-
- Except for specific compatibility modes (chain-loading and the Linux
-"piggyback" format), all kernels will be started in much the same state
-as in the Multiboot Specification. Only kernels loaded at 1 megabyte or
-above are presently supported. Any attempt to load below that boundary
-will simply result in immediate failure and an error message reporting
-the problem.
-
- In addition to the requirements above, GRUB has the following
-features (note that the Multiboot Specification doesn't require all the
-features that GRUB supports):
-
-Recognize multiple executable formats
- Support many of the "a.out" variants plus "ELF". Symbol tables are
- also loaded.
-
-Support non-Multiboot kernels
- Support many of the various free 32-bit kernels that lack Multiboot
- compliance (primarily FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux).
- Chain-loading of other boot loaders is also supported.
-
-Load multiples modules
- Fully support the Multiboot feature of loading multiple modules.
-
-Load a configuration file
- Support a human-readable text configuration file with preset boot
- commands. You can also load another configuration file dynamically
- and embed a preset configuration file in a GRUB image file. The
- list of commands (*note Commands::) are a superset of those
- supported on the command-line. An example configuration file is
- provided in *note Configuration::.
-
-Provide a menu interface
- A menu interface listing preset boot commands, with a programmable
- timeout, is available. There is no fixed limit on the number of
- boot entries, and the current implementation has space for several
- hundred.
-
-Have a flexible command-line interface
- A fairly flexible command-line interface, accessible from the menu,
- is available to edit any preset commands, or write a new boot
- command set from scratch. If no configuration file is present,
- GRUB drops to the command-line.
-
- The list of commands (*note Commands::) are a subset of those
- supported for configuration files. Editing commands closely
- resembles the Bash command-line (*note Bash: (features)Command
- Line Editing.), with <TAB>-completion of commands, devices,
- partitions, and files in a directory depending on context.
-
-Support multiple filesystem types
- Support multiple filesystem types transparently, plus a useful
- explicit blocklist notation. The currently supported filesystem
- types are "BSD FFS", "DOS FAT16 and FAT32", "Minix fs", "Linux
- ext2fs", "ReiserFS", "JFS", "XFS", and "VSTa fs". *Note
- Filesystem::, for more information.
-
-Support automatic decompression
- Can decompress files which were compressed by `gzip'. This
- function is both automatic and transparent to the user (i.e. all
- functions operate upon the uncompressed contents of the specified
- files). This greatly reduces a file size and loading time, a
- particularly great benefit for floppies.(1) (*note
- Features-Footnote-1::)
-
- It is conceivable that some kernel modules should be loaded in a
- compressed state, so a different module-loading command can be
- specified to avoid uncompressing the modules.
-
-Access data on any installed device
- Support reading data from any or all floppies or hard disk(s)
- recognized by the BIOS, independent of the setting of the root
- device.
-
-Be independent of drive geometry translations
- Unlike many other boot loaders, GRUB makes the particular drive
- translation irrelevant. A drive installed and running with one
- translation may be converted to another translation without any
- adverse effects or changes in GRUB's configuration.
-
-Detect all installed RAM
- GRUB can generally find all the installed RAM on a PC-compatible
- machine. It uses an advanced BIOS query technique for finding all
- memory regions. As described on the Multiboot Specification (*note
- Multiboot Specification: (multiboot)Top.), not all kernels make
- use of this information, but GRUB provides it for those who do.
-
-Support Logical Block Address mode
- In traditional disk calls (called "CHS mode"), there is a geometry
- translation problem, that is, the BIOS cannot access over 1024
- cylinders, so the accessible space is limited to at least 508 MB
- and to at most 8GB. GRUB can't universally solve this problem, as
- there is no standard interface used in all machines. However,
- several newer machines have the new interface, Logical Block
- Address ("LBA") mode. GRUB automatically detects if LBA mode is
- available and uses it if available. In LBA mode, GRUB can access
- the entire disk.
-
-Support network booting
- GRUB is basically a disk-based boot loader but also has network
- support. You can load OS images from a network by using the "TFTP"
- protocol.
-
-Support remote terminals
- To support computers with no console, GRUB provides remote terminal
- support, so that you can control GRUB from a remote host. Only
- serial terminal support is implemented at the moment.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Features-Footnotes, Up: Features
-
- (1) There are a few pathological cases where loading a very badly
-organized ELF kernel might take longer, but in practice this never
-happen.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Role of a boot loader, Prev: Features, Up: Introduction
-
-1.4 The role of a boot loader
-=============================
-
-The following is a quotation from Gordon Matzigkeit, a GRUB fanatic:
-
- Some people like to acknowledge both the operating system and
- kernel when they talk about their computers, so they might say
- they use "GNU/Linux" or "GNU/Hurd". Other people seem to think
- that the kernel is the most important part of the system, so they
- like to call their GNU operating systems "Linux systems."
-
- I, personally, believe that this is a grave injustice, because the
- _boot loader_ is the most important software of all. I used to
- refer to the above systems as either "LILO"(1) (*note Role of a
- boot loader-Footnote-1::) or "GRUB" systems.
-
- Unfortunately, nobody ever understood what I was talking about;
- now I just use the word "GNU" as a pseudonym for GRUB.
-
- So, if you ever hear people talking about their alleged "GNU"
- systems, remember that they are actually paying homage to the best
- boot loader around... GRUB!
-
- We, the GRUB maintainers, do not (usually) encourage Gordon's level
-of fanaticism, but it helps to remember that boot loaders deserve
-recognition. We hope that you enjoy using GNU GRUB as much as we did
-writing it.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Role of a boot loader-Footnotes, Up: Role of a boot loader
-
- (1) The LInux LOader, a boot loader that everybody uses, but nobody
-likes.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Naming convention, Next: Installation, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
-
-2 Naming convention
-*******************
-
-The device syntax used in GRUB is a wee bit different from what you may
-have seen before in your operating system(s), and you need to know it so
-that you can specify a drive/partition.
-
- Look at the following examples and explanations:
-
- (fd0)
-
- First of all, GRUB requires that the device name be enclosed with
-`(' and `)'. The `fd' part means that it is a floppy disk. The number
-`0' is the drive number, which is counted from _zero_. This expression
-means that GRUB will use the whole floppy disk.
-
- (hd0,2)
-
- Here, `hd' means it is a hard disk drive. The first integer `0'
-indicates the drive number, that is, the first hard disk, while the
-second integer, `1', indicates the partition number (or the PC slice
-number in the BSD terminology). The partition numbers are counted from
-_one_, not from zero (as was the case in previous versions of GRUB).
-This expression means the second partition of the first hard disk
-drive. In this case, GRUB uses one partition of the disk, instead of
-the whole disk.
-
- (hd0,5)
-
- This specifies the first "extended partition" of the first hard disk
-drive. Note that the partition numbers for extended partitions are
-counted from `5', regardless of the actual number of primary partitions
-on your hard disk.
-
- (hd1,a)
-
- This means the BSD `a' partition of the second hard disk. If you
-need to specify which PC slice number should be used, use something
-like this: `(hd1,1,a)'. If the PC slice number is omitted, GRUB
-searches for the first PC slice which has a BSD `a' partition.
-
- Of course, to actually access the disks or partitions with GRUB, you
-need to use the device specification in a command, like `root (fd0)' or
-`unhide (hd0,3)'. To help you find out which number specifies a
-partition you want, the GRUB command-line (*note Command-line
-interface::) options have argument completion. This means that, for
-example, you only need to type
-
- root (
-
- followed by a <TAB>, and GRUB will display the list of drives,
-partitions, or file names. So it should be quite easy to determine the
-name of your target partition, even with minimal knowledge of the
-syntax.
-
- Note that GRUB does _not_ distinguish IDE from SCSI - it simply
-counts the drive numbers from zero, regardless of their type. Normally,
-any IDE drive number is less than any SCSI drive number, although that
-is not true if you change the boot sequence by swapping IDE and SCSI
-drives in your BIOS.
-
- Now the question is, how to specify a file? Again, consider an
-example:
-
- (hd0,1)/vmlinuz
-
- This specifies the file named `vmlinuz', found on the first
-partition of the first hard disk drive. Note that the argument
-completion works with file names, too.
-
- That was easy, admit it. Now read the next chapter, to find out how
-to actually install GRUB on your drive.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Installation, Next: Booting, Prev: Naming convention, Up: Top
-
-3 Installation
-**************
-
-In order to install GRUB as your boot loader, you need to first install
-the GRUB system and utilities under your UNIX-like operating system
-(*note Obtaining and Building GRUB::). You can do this either from the
-source tarball, or as a package for your OS.
-
- After you have done that, you need to install the boot loader on a
-drive (floppy or hard disk). There are two ways of doing that - either
-using the utility `grub-install' (*note Invoking grub-install::) on a
-UNIX-like OS, or by running GRUB itself from a floppy. These are quite
-similar, however the utility might probe a wrong BIOS drive, so you
-should be careful.
-
- Also, if you install GRUB on a UNIX-like OS, please make sure that
-you have an emergency boot disk ready, so that you can rescue your
-computer if, by any chance, your hard drive becomes unusable
-(unbootable).
-
- GRUB comes with boot images, which are normally put in the directory
-`/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc'. Hereafter, the directory where GRUB images are
-initially placed (normally `/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc') will be called the
-"image directory", and the directory where the boot loader needs to
-find them (usually `/boot/grub') will be called the "boot directory".
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Installing GRUB using grub-install::
-* Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM::
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Installing GRUB using grub-install, Next: Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM, Up: Installation
-
-3.1 Installing GRUB using grub-install
-======================================
-
-*Caution:* This procedure is definitely less safe, because there are
-several ways in which your computer can become unbootable. For example,
-most operating systems don't tell GRUB how to map BIOS drives to OS
-devices correctly--GRUB merely "guesses" the mapping. This will succeed
-in most cases, but not always. Therefore, GRUB provides you with a map
-file called the "device map", which you must fix if it is wrong. *Note
-Device map::, for more details.
-
- If you still do want to install GRUB under a UNIX-like OS (such as
-GNU), invoke the program `grub-install' (*note Invoking grub-install::)
-as the superuser ("root").
-
- The usage is basically very simple. You only need to specify one
-argument to the program, namely, where to install the boot loader. The
-argument can be either a device file (like `/dev/hda') or a partition
-specified in GRUB's notation. For example, under Linux the following
-will install GRUB into the MBR of the first IDE disk:
-
- # grub-install /dev/hda
-
- Likewise, under GNU/Hurd, this has the same effect:
-
- # grub-install /dev/hd0
-
- If it is the first BIOS drive, this is the same as well:
-
- # grub-install '(hd0)'
-
- Or you can omit the parentheses:
-
- # grub-install hd0
-
- But all the above examples assume that GRUB should use images under
-the root directory. If you want GRUB to use images under a directory
-other than the root directory, you need to specify the option
-`--root-directory'. The typical usage is that you create a GRUB boot
-floppy with a filesystem. Here is an example:
-
- # mke2fs /dev/fd0
- # mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt
- # grub-install --root-directory=/mnt fd0
- # umount /mnt
-
- Another example is when you have a separate boot partition which is
-mounted at `/boot'. Since GRUB is a boot loader, it doesn't know
-anything about mountpoints at all. Thus, you need to run `grub-install'
-like this:
-
- # grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
-
- By the way, as noted above, it is quite difficult to guess BIOS
-drives correctly under a UNIX-like OS. Thus, `grub-install' will prompt
-you to check if it could really guess the correct mappings, after the
-installation. The format is defined in *note Device map::. Please be
-quite careful. If the output is wrong, it is unlikely that your
-computer will be able to boot with no problem.
-
- Note that `grub-install' is actually just a shell script and the
-real task is done by `grub-mkimage' and `grub-setup'. Therefore, you
-may run those commands directly to install GRUB, without using
-`grub-install'. Don't do that, however, unless you are very familiar
-with the internals of GRUB. Installing a boot loader on a running OS
-may be extremely dangerous.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM, Prev: Installing GRUB using grub-install, Up: Installation
-
-3.2 Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM
-=================================
-
-GRUB supports the "no emulation mode" in the El Torito specification(1)
-(*note Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM-Footnote-1::). This means that you
-can use the whole CD-ROM from GRUB and you don't have to make a floppy
-or hard disk image file, which can cause compatibility problems.
-
- For booting from a CD-ROM, GRUB uses a special Stage 2 called
-`stage2_eltorito'. The only GRUB files you need to have in your
-bootable CD-ROM are this `stage2_eltorito' and optionally a config file
-`grub.cfg'. You don't need to use `stage1' or `stage2', because El
-Torito is quite different from the standard boot process.
-
- Here is an example of procedures to make a bootable CD-ROM image.
-First, make a top directory for the bootable image, say, `iso':
-
- $ mkdir iso
-
- Make a directory for GRUB:
-
- $ mkdir -p iso/boot/grub
-
- Copy the file `stage2_eltorito':
-
- $ cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito iso/boot/grub
-
- If desired, make the config file `grub.cfg' under `iso/boot/grub'
-(*note Configuration::), and copy any files and directories for the
-disc to the directory `iso/'.
-
- Finally, make a ISO9660 image file like this:
-
- $ mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot \
- -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o grub.iso iso
-
- This produces a file named `grub.iso', which then can be burned into
-a CD (or a DVD). `mkisofs' has already set up the disc to boot from
-the `boot/grub/stage2_eltorito' file, so there is no need to setup GRUB
-on the disc. (Note that the `-boot-load-size 4' bit is required for
-compatibility with the BIOS on many older machines.)
-
- You can use the device `(cd)' to access a CD-ROM in your config
-file. This is not required; GRUB automatically sets the root device to
-`(cd)' when booted from a CD-ROM. It is only necessary to refer to
-`(cd)' if you want to access other drives as well.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM-Footnotes, Up: Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM
-
- (1) El Torito is a specification for bootable CD using BIOS
-functions.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Booting, Next: Configuration, Prev: Installation, Up: Top
-
-4 Booting
-*********
-
-GRUB can load Multiboot-compliant kernels in a consistent way, but for
-some free operating systems you need to use some OS-specific magic.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* General boot methods:: How to boot OSes with GRUB generally
-* OS-specific notes:: Notes on some operating systems
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: General boot methods, Next: OS-specific notes, Up: Booting
-
-4.1 How to boot operating systems
-=================================
-
-GRUB has two distinct boot methods. One of the two is to load an
-operating system directly, and the other is to chain-load another boot
-loader which then will load an operating system actually. Generally
-speaking, the former is more desirable, because you don't need to
-install or maintain other boot loaders and GRUB is flexible enough to
-load an operating system from an arbitrary disk/partition. However, the
-latter is sometimes required, since GRUB doesn't support all the
-existing operating systems natively.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Loading an operating system directly::
-* Chain-loading::
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Loading an operating system directly, Next: Chain-loading, Up: General boot methods
-
-4.1.1 How to boot an OS directly with GRUB
-------------------------------------------
-
-Multiboot (*note Multiboot Specification: (multiboot)Top.) is the
-native format supported by GRUB. For the sake of convenience, there is
-also support for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. If you want to
-boot other operating systems, you will have to chain-load them (*note
-Chain-loading::).
-
- FIXME: this section is incomplete.
-
- 1. Run the command `boot' (*note boot::).
-
- However, DOS and Windows have some deficiencies, so you might have to
-use more complicated instructions. *Note DOS/Windows::, for more
-information.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Chain-loading, Prev: Loading an operating system directly, Up: General boot methods
-
-4.1.2 Chain-loading an OS
--------------------------
-
-Operating systems that do not support Multiboot and do not have specific
-support in GRUB (specific support is available for Linux, FreeBSD,
-NetBSD and OpenBSD) must be chain-loaded, which involves loading
-another boot loader and jumping to it in real mode.
-
- The `chainloader' command (*note chainloader::) is used to set this
-up. It is normally also necessary to load some GRUB modules and set the
-appropriate root device. Putting this together, we get something like
-this, for a Windows system on the first partition of the first hard
-disk:
-
-menuentry "Windows" {
- insmod chain
- insmod ntfs
- set root=(hd0,1)
- chainloader +1
-}
-
- On systems with multiple hard disks, an additional workaround may be
-required. *Note DOS/Windows::.
-
- Chain-loading is only supported on PC BIOS and EFI platforms.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: OS-specific notes, Prev: General boot methods, Up: Booting
-
-4.2 Some caveats on OS-specific issues
-======================================
-
-Here, we describe some caveats on several operating systems.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* GNU/Hurd::
-* GNU/Linux::
-* DOS/Windows::
-* SCO UnixWare::
-* QNX::
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: GNU/Hurd, Next: GNU/Linux, Up: OS-specific notes
-
-4.2.1 GNU/Hurd
---------------
-
-Since GNU/Hurd is Multiboot-compliant, it is easy to boot it; there is
-nothing special about it. But do not forget that you have to specify a
-root partition to the kernel.
-
- FIXME: this section is incomplete.
-
- 1. Run the command `boot' (*note boot::).
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: GNU/Linux, Next: DOS/Windows, Prev: GNU/Hurd, Up: OS-specific notes
-
-4.2.2 GNU/Linux
----------------
-
-It is relatively easy to boot GNU/Linux from GRUB, because it somewhat
-resembles to boot a Multiboot-compliant OS.
-
- FIXME: this section is incomplete.
-
- 1. Set GRUB's root device to the same drive as GNU/Linux's.
-
- 2. Finally, run the command `boot' (*note boot::).
-
- *Caution:* If you use an initrd and specify the `mem=' option to the
-kernel to let it use less than actual memory size, you will also have
-to specify the same memory size to GRUB. To let GRUB know the size, run
-the command `uppermem' _before_ loading the kernel. *Note uppermem::,
-for more information.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: DOS/Windows, Next: SCO UnixWare, Prev: GNU/Linux, Up: OS-specific notes
-
-4.2.3 DOS/Windows
------------------
-
-GRUB cannot boot DOS or Windows directly, so you must chain-load them
-(*note Chain-loading::). However, their boot loaders have some critical
-deficiencies, so it may not work to just chain-load them. To overcome
-the problems, GRUB provides you with a helper function.
-
- If you have installed DOS (or Windows) on a non-first hard disk, you
-have to use the disk swapping technique, because that OS cannot boot
-from any disks but the first one. The workaround used in GRUB is the
-command `drivemap' (*note drivemap::), like this:
-
- drivemap -s (hd0) (hd1)
-
- This performs a "virtual" swap between your first and second hard
-drive.
-
- *Caution:* This is effective only if DOS (or Windows) uses BIOS to
-access the swapped disks. If that OS uses a special driver for the
-disks, this probably won't work.
-
- Another problem arises if you installed more than one set of
-DOS/Windows onto one disk, because they could be confused if there are
-more than one primary partitions for DOS/Windows. Certainly you should
-avoid doing this, but there is a solution if you do want to do so. Use
-the partition hiding/unhiding technique.
-
- If GRUB "hides" a DOS (or Windows) partition (*note parttool::), DOS
-(or Windows) will ignore the partition. If GRUB "unhides" a DOS (or
-Windows) partition, DOS (or Windows) will detect the partition. Thus,
-if you have installed DOS (or Windows) on the first and the second
-partition of the first hard disk, and you want to boot the copy on the
-first partition, do the following:
-
- parttool (hd0,1) hidden-
- parttool (hd0,2) hidden+
- set root=(hd0,1)
- chainloader +1
- parttool ${root} boot+
- boot
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: SCO UnixWare, Next: QNX, Prev: DOS/Windows, Up: OS-specific notes
-
-4.2.4 SCO UnixWare
-------------------
-
-It is known that the signature in the boot loader for SCO UnixWare is
-wrong, so you will have to specify the option `--force' to
-`chainloader' (*note chainloader::), like this:
-
- set root=(hd1,1)
- chainloader --force +1
- parttool ${root} boot+
- boot
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: QNX, Prev: SCO UnixWare, Up: OS-specific notes
-
-4.2.5 QNX
----------
-
-QNX seems to use a bigger boot loader, so you need to boot it up, like
-this:
-
- set root=(hd1,2)
- chainloader +4
- boot
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Configuration, Next: Network, Prev: Booting, Up: Top
-
-5 Writing your own configuration file
-*************************************
-
-GRUB is configured using `grub.cfg', usually located under
-`/boot/grub'. This file is quite flexible, but most users will not
-need to write the whole thing by hand.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Simple configuration:: Recommended for most users
-* Shell-like scripting:: For power users and developers
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Simple configuration, Next: Shell-like scripting, Up: Configuration
-
-5.1 Simple configuration handling
-=================================
-
-The program `grub-mkconfig' (*note Invoking grub-mkconfig::) generates
-`grub.cfg' files suitable for most cases. It is suitable for use when
-upgrading a distribution, and will discover available kernels and
-attempt to generate menu entries for them.
-
- The file `/etc/default/grub' controls the operation of
-`grub-mkconfig'. It is sourced by a shell script, and so must be valid
-POSIX shell input; normally, it will just be a sequence of `KEY=value'
-lines, but if the value contains spaces or other special characters
-then it must be quoted. For example:
-
- GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT="console serial"
-
- Valid keys in `/etc/default/grub' are as follows:
-
-`GRUB_DEFAULT'
- The default menu entry. This may be a number, in which case it
- identifies the Nth entry in the generated menu counted from zero,
- or the full name of a menu entry, or the special string `saved'.
- Using the full name may be useful if you want to set a menu entry
- as the default even though there may be a variable number of
- entries before it.
-
- If you set this to `saved', then the default menu entry will be
- that saved by `GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT', `grub-set-default', or
- `grub-reboot'.
-
- The default is `0'.
-
-`GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT'
- If this option is set to `true', then, when an entry is selected,
- save it as a new default entry for use by future runs of GRUB.
- This is only useful if `GRUB_DEFAULT=saved'; it is a separate
- option because `GRUB_DEFAULT=saved' is useful without this option,
- in conjunction with `grub-set-default' or `grub-reboot'. Unset by
- default.
-
-`GRUB_TIMEOUT'
- Boot the default entry this many seconds after the menu is
- displayed, unless a key is pressed. The default is `5'. Set to
- `0' to boot immediately without displaying the menu, or to `-1' to
- wait indefinitely.
-
-`GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT'
- Wait this many seconds for a key to be pressed before displaying
- the menu. If no key is pressed during that time, boot
- immediately. Unset by default.
-
-`GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET'
- In conjunction with `GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT', set this to `true' to
- suppress the verbose countdown while waiting for a key to be
- pressed before displaying the menu. Unset by default.
-
-`GRUB_DEFAULT_BUTTON'
-`GRUB_TIMEOUT_BUTTON'
-`GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_BUTTON'
-`GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_ADDRESS'
- Variants of the corresponding variables without the `_BUTTON'
- suffix, used to support vendor-specific power buttons. *Note
- Vendor power-on keys::.
-
-`GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR'
- Set by distributors of GRUB to their identifying name. This is
- used to generate more informative menu entry titles.
-
-`GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT'
- Select the terminal input device. You may select multiple devices
- here, separated by spaces.
-
- Valid terminal input names depend on the platform, but may include
- `console' (PC BIOS and EFI consoles), `serial' (serial terminal),
- `ofconsole' (Open Firmware console), `at_keyboard' (PC AT
- keyboard, mainly useful with Coreboot), or `usb_keyboard' (USB
- keyboard using the HID Boot Protocol, for cases where the firmware
- does not handle this).
-
- The default is to use the platform's native terminal input.
-
-`GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT'
- Select the terminal output device. You may select multiple
- devices here, separated by spaces.
-
- Valid terminal output names depend on the platform, but may include
- `console' (PC BIOS and EFI consoles), `serial' (serial terminal),
- `gfxterm' (graphics-mode output), `ofconsole' (Open Firmware
- console), or `vga_text' (VGA text output, mainly useful with
- Coreboot).
-
- The default is to use the platform's native terminal input.
-
-`GRUB_TERMINAL'
- If this option is set, it overrides both `GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT' and
- `GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT' to the same value.
-
-`GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND'
- A command to configure the serial port when using the serial
- console. *Note serial::. Defaults to `serial'.
-
-`GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX'
- Command-line arguments to add to menu entries for the Linux kernel.
-
-`GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT'
- Unless `GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY' is set, two menu entries will
- be generated for each Linux kernel: one default entry and one
- entry for recovery mode. This option lists command-line arguments
- to add only to the default menu entry, after those listed in
- `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX'.
-
-`GRUB_CMDLINE_NETBSD'
-`GRUB_CMDLINE_NETBSD_DEFAULT'
- As `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX' and `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT', but for
- NetBSD.
-
-`GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID'
- Normally, `grub-mkconfig' will generate menu entries that use
- universally-unique identifiers (UUIDs) to identify the root
- filesystem to the Linux kernel, using a `root=UUID=...' kernel
- parameter. This is usually more reliable, but in some cases it
- may not be appropriate. To disable the use of UUIDs, set this
- option to `true'.
-
-`GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY'
- Disable the generation of recovery mode menu entries for Linux.
-
-`GRUB_DISABLE_NETBSD_RECOVERY'
- Disable the generation of recovery mode menu entries for NetBSD.
-
-`GRUB_GFXMODE'
- Set the resolution used on the `gfxterm' graphical terminal. Note
- that you can only use modes which your graphics card supports via
- VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE), so for example native LCD panel
- resolutions may not be available. The default is `640x480'.
-
-`GRUB_BACKGROUND'
- Set a background image for use with the `gfxterm' graphical
- terminal. The value of this option must be a file readable by
- GRUB at boot time, and it must end with `.png', `.tga', `.jpg', or
- `.jpeg'. The image will be scaled if necessary to fit the screen.
-
-`GRUB_THEME'
- Set a theme for use with the `gfxterm' graphical terminal. *Note
- Themes::.
-
-`GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX'
- Set to `text' to force the Linux kernel to boot in normal text
- mode, `keep' to preserve the graphics mode set using
- `GRUB_GFXMODE', `WIDTHxHEIGHT'[`xDEPTH'] to set a particular
- graphics mode, or a sequence of these separated by commas or
- semicolons to try several modes in sequence.
-
- Depending on your kernel, your distribution, your graphics card,
- and the phase of the moon, note that using this option may cause
- GNU/Linux to suffer from various display problems, particularly
- during the early part of the boot sequence. If you have problems,
- simply unset this option and GRUB will tell Linux to boot in
- normal text mode.
-
-`GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER'
- Normally, `grub-mkconfig' will try to use the external `os-prober'
- program, if installed, to discover other operating systems
- installed on the same system and generate appropriate menu entries
- for them. Set this option to `true' to disable this.
-
-`GRUB_INIT_TUNE'
- Play a tune on the speaker when GRUB starts. This is particularly
- useful for users unable to see the screen. The value of this
- option is passed directly to *note play::.
-
- For more detailed customisation of `grub-mkconfig''s output, you may
-edit the scripts in `/etc/grub.d' directly. `/etc/grub.d/40_custom' is
-particularly useful for adding entire custom menu entries; simply type
-the menu entries you want to add at the end of that file, making sure
-to leave at least the first two lines intact.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Shell-like scripting, Prev: Simple configuration, Up: Configuration
-
-5.2 Writing full configuration files directly
-=============================================
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Serial terminal, Next: Vendor power-on keys, Prev: Network, Up: Top
-
-6 Using GRUB via a serial line
-******************************
-
-This chapter describes how to use the serial terminal support in GRUB.
-
- If you have many computers or computers with no display/keyboard, it
-could be very useful to control the computers through serial
-communications. To connect one computer with another via a serial line,
-you need to prepare a null-modem (cross) serial cable, and you may need
-to have multiport serial boards, if your computer doesn't have extra
-serial ports. In addition, a terminal emulator is also required, such as
-minicom. Refer to a manual of your operating system, for more
-information.
-
- As for GRUB, the instruction to set up a serial terminal is quite
-simple. First of all, make sure that you haven't specified the option
-`--disable-serial' to the configure script when you built your GRUB
-images. If you get them in binary form, probably they have serial
-terminal support already.
-
- Then, initialize your serial terminal after GRUB starts up. Here is
-an example:
-
- grub> serial --unit=0 --speed=9600
- grub> terminal serial
-
- The command `serial' initializes the serial unit 0 with the speed
-9600bps. The serial unit 0 is usually called `COM1', so, if you want to
-use COM2, you must specify `--unit=1' instead. This command accepts
-many other options, so please refer to *note serial::, for more details.
-
- The command `terminal' (*note terminal::) chooses which type of
-terminal you want to use. In the case above, the terminal will be a
-serial terminal, but you can also pass `console' to the command, as
-`terminal serial console'. In this case, a terminal in which you press
-any key will be selected as a GRUB terminal.
-
- However, note that GRUB assumes that your terminal emulator is
-compatible with VT100 by default. This is true for most terminal
-emulators nowadays, but you should pass the option `--dumb' to the
-command if your terminal emulator is not VT100-compatible or implements
-few VT100 escape sequences. If you specify this option then GRUB
-provides you with an alternative menu interface, because the normal
-menu requires several fancy features of your terminal.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Vendor power-on keys, Next: Preset Menu, Prev: Serial terminal, Up: Top
-
-7 Using GRUB with vendor power-on keys
-**************************************
-
-Some laptop vendor provide an additional power-on button which boots
-another OS. GRUB supports such buttons with GRUB_TIMEOUT_BUTTON,
-GRUB_DEFAULT_BUTTON, GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_BUTTON and
-GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_ADDRESS variables in default/grub.
-GRUB_TIMEOUT_BUTTON, GRUB_DEFAULT_BUTTON and GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_BUTTON
-are used instead of corresponding variables without _BUTTON suffix when
-powered using special button. GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_ADDRESS is vendor
-specific and partially model-specific. Values known to GRUB team are:
-
-<Dell XPS M1530>
- 85:3
-
- To take full advantage of this function install GRUB into MBR.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Filesystem, Next: Interface, Prev: Images, Up: Top
-
-8 Filesystem syntax and semantics
-*********************************
-
-GRUB uses a special syntax for specifying disk drives which can be
-accessed by BIOS. Because of BIOS limitations, GRUB cannot distinguish
-between IDE, ESDI, SCSI, or others. You must know yourself which BIOS
-device is equivalent to which OS device. Normally, that will be clear if
-you see the files in a device or use the command `find' (*note find::).
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Device syntax:: How to specify devices
-* File name syntax:: How to specify files
-* Block list syntax:: How to specify block lists
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Device syntax, Next: File name syntax, Up: Filesystem
-
-8.1 How to specify devices
-==========================
-
-The device syntax is like this:
-
- `(DEVICE[,PART-NUM][,BSD-SUBPART-LETTER])'
-
- `[]' means the parameter is optional. DEVICE should be either `fd'
-or `hd' followed by a digit, like `fd0'. But you can also set DEVICE
-to a hexadecimal or a decimal number which is a BIOS drive number, so
-the following are equivalent:
-
- (hd0)
- (0x80)
- (128)
-
- PART-NUM represents the partition number of DEVICE, starting from
-one for primary partitions and from five for extended partitions, and
-BSD-SUBPART-LETTER represents the BSD disklabel subpartition, such as
-`a' or `e'.
-
- A shortcut for specifying BSD subpartitions is
-`(DEVICE,BSD-SUBPART-LETTER)', in this case, GRUB searches for the
-first PC partition containing a BSD disklabel, then finds the
-subpartition BSD-SUBPART-LETTER. Here is an example:
-
- (hd0,a)
-
- The syntax `(hd0)' represents using the entire disk (or the MBR when
-installing GRUB), while the syntax `(hd0,1)' represents using the first
-partition of the disk (or the boot sector of the partition when
-installing GRUB).
-
- If you enabled the network support, the special drive, `(nd)', is
-also available. Before using the network drive, you must initialize the
-network. *Note Network::, for more information.
-
- If you boot GRUB from a CD-ROM, `(cd)' is available. *Note Making a
-GRUB bootable CD-ROM::, for details.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: File name syntax, Next: Block list syntax, Prev: Device syntax, Up: Filesystem
-
-8.2 How to specify files
-========================
-
-There are two ways to specify files, by "absolute file name" and by
-"block list".
-
- An absolute file name resembles a Unix absolute file name, using `/'
-for the directory separator (not `\' as in DOS). One example is
-`(hd0,1)/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. This means the file `/boot/grub/grub.cfg'
-in the first partition of the first hard disk. If you omit the device
-name in an absolute file name, GRUB uses GRUB's "root device"
-implicitly. So if you set the root device to, say, `(hd1,1)' by the
-command `root' (*note root::), then `/boot/kernel' is the same as
-`(hd1,1)/boot/kernel'.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Block list syntax, Prev: File name syntax, Up: Filesystem
-
-8.3 How to specify block lists
-==============================
-
-A block list is used for specifying a file that doesn't appear in the
-filesystem, like a chainloader. The syntax is
-`[OFFSET]+LENGTH[,[OFFSET]+LENGTH]...'. Here is an example:
-
- `0+100,200+1,300+300'
-
- This represents that GRUB should read blocks 0 through 99, block 200,
-and blocks 300 through 599. If you omit an offset, then GRUB assumes
-the offset is zero.
-
- Like the file name syntax (*note File name syntax::), if a blocklist
-does not contain a device name, then GRUB uses GRUB's "root device". So
-`(hd0,2)+1' is the same as `+1' when the root device is `(hd0,2)'.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Interface, Next: Commands, Prev: Filesystem, Up: Top
-
-9 GRUB's user interface
-***********************
-
-GRUB has both a simple menu interface for choosing preset entries from a
-configuration file, and a highly flexible command-line for performing
-any desired combination of boot commands.
-
- GRUB looks for its configuration file as soon as it is loaded. If one
-is found, then the full menu interface is activated using whatever
-entries were found in the file. If you choose the "command-line" menu
-option, or if the configuration file was not found, then GRUB drops to
-the command-line interface.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Command-line interface:: The flexible command-line interface
-* Menu interface:: The simple menu interface
-* Menu entry editor:: Editing a menu entry
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Command-line interface, Next: Menu interface, Up: Interface
-
-9.1 The flexible command-line interface
-=======================================
-
-The command-line interface provides a prompt and after it an editable
-text area much like a command-line in Unix or DOS. Each command is
-immediately executed after it is entered(1) (*note Command-line
-interface-Footnote-1::). The commands (*note Command-line and menu
-entry commands::) are a subset of those available in the configuration
-file, used with exactly the same syntax.
-
- Cursor movement and editing of the text on the line can be done via a
-subset of the functions available in the Bash shell:
-
-<C-f>
-<PC right key>
- Move forward one character.
-
-<C-b>
-<PC left key>
- Move back one character.
-
-<C-a>
-<HOME>
- Move to the start of the line.
-
-<C-e>
-<END>
- Move the the end of the line.
-
-<C-d>
-<DEL>
- Delete the character underneath the cursor.
-
-<C-h>
-<BS>
- Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
-
-<C-k>
- Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the
- line.
-
-<C-u>
- Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
-
-<C-y>
- Yank the killed text back into the buffer at the cursor.
-
-<C-p>
-<PC up key>
- Move up through the history list.
-
-<C-n>
-<PC down key>
- Move down through the history list.
-
- When typing commands interactively, if the cursor is within or before
-the first word in the command-line, pressing the <TAB> key (or <C-i>)
-will display a listing of the available commands, and if the cursor is
-after the first word, the `<TAB>' will provide a completion listing of
-disks, partitions, and file names depending on the context. Note that
-to obtain a list of drives, one must open a parenthesis, as `root ('.
-
- Note that you cannot use the completion functionality in the TFTP
-filesystem. This is because TFTP doesn't support file name listing for
-the security.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Command-line interface-Footnotes, Up: Command-line interface
-
- (1) However, this behavior will be changed in the future version, in
-a user-invisible way.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Menu interface, Next: Menu entry editor, Prev: Command-line interface, Up: Interface
-
-9.2 The simple menu interface
-=============================
-
-The menu interface is quite easy to use. Its commands are both
-reasonably intuitive and described on screen.
-
- Basically, the menu interface provides a list of "boot entries" to
-the user to choose from. Use the arrow keys to select the entry of
-choice, then press <RET> to run it. An optional timeout is available
-to boot the default entry (the first one if not set), which is aborted
-by pressing any key.
-
- Commands are available to enter a bare command-line by pressing <c>
-(which operates exactly like the non-config-file version of GRUB, but
-allows one to return to the menu if desired by pressing <ESC>) or to
-edit any of the "boot entries" by pressing <e>.
-
- If you protect the menu interface with a password (*note Security::),
-all you can do is choose an entry by pressing <RET>, or press <p> to
-enter the password.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Menu entry editor, Prev: Menu interface, Up: Interface
-
-9.3 Editing a menu entry
-========================
-
-The menu entry editor looks much like the main menu interface, but the
-lines in the menu are individual commands in the selected entry instead
-of entry names.
-
- If an <ESC> is pressed in the editor, it aborts all the changes made
-to the configuration entry and returns to the main menu interface.
-
- When a particular line is selected, the editor places the user in a
-special version of the GRUB command-line to edit that line. When the
-user hits <RET>, GRUB replaces the line in question in the boot entry
-with the changes (unless it was aborted via <ESC>, in which case the
-changes are thrown away).
-
- If you want to add a new line to the menu entry, press <o> if adding
-a line after the current line or press <O> if before the current line.
-
- To delete a line, hit the key <d>. Although GRUB unfortunately does
-not support "undo", you can do almost the same thing by just returning
-to the main menu.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Commands, Next: Troubleshooting, Prev: Interface, Up: Top
-
-10 The list of available commands
-*********************************
-
-In this chapter, we list all commands that are available in GRUB.
-
- Commands belong to different groups. A few can only be used in the
-global section of the configuration file (or "menu"); most of them can
-be entered on the command-line and can be used either anywhere in the
-menu or specifically in the menu entries.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Menu-specific commands::
-* General commands::
-* Command-line and menu entry commands::
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Menu-specific commands, Next: General commands, Up: Commands
-
-10.1 The list of commands for the menu only
-===========================================
-
-The semantics used in parsing the configuration file are the following:
-
- * The menu-specific commands have to be used before any others.
-
- * The files _must_ be in plain-text format.
-
- * `#' at the beginning of a line in a configuration file means it is
- only a comment.
-
- * Options are separated by spaces.
-
- * All numbers can be either decimal or hexadecimal. A hexadecimal
- number must be preceded by `0x', and is case-insensitive.
-
- * Extra options or text at the end of the line are ignored unless
- otherwise specified.
-
- * Unrecognized commands are added to the current entry, except
- before entries start, where they are ignored.
-
- These commands can only be used in the menu:
-
-* Menu:
-
-* menuentry:: Start a menu entry
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: menuentry, Up: Menu-specific commands
-
-10.1.1 menuentry
-----------------
-
- -- Command: title name ...
- Start a new boot entry, and set its name to the contents of the
- rest of the line, starting with the first non-space character.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: General commands, Next: Command-line and menu entry commands, Prev: Menu-specific commands, Up: Commands
-
-10.2 The list of general commands
-=================================
-
-Commands usable anywhere in the menu and in the command-line.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* serial:: Set up a serial device
-* terminfo:: Define terminal type
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: serial, Next: terminfo, Up: General commands
-
-10.2.1 serial
--------------
-
- -- Command: serial [`--unit=unit'] [`--port=port'] [`--speed=speed']
- [`--word=word'] [`--parity=parity'] [`--stop=stop']
- Initialize a serial device. UNIT is a number in the range 0-3
- specifying which serial port to use; default is 0, which
- corresponds to the port often called COM1. PORT is the I/O port
- where the UART is to be found; if specified it takes precedence
- over UNIT. SPEED is the transmission speed; default is 9600. WORD
- and STOP are the number of data bits and stop bits. Data bits must
- be in the range 5-8 and stop bits must be 1 or 2. Default is 8 data
- bits and one stop bit. PARITY is one of `no', `odd', `even' and
- defaults to `no'.
-
- The serial port is not used as a communication channel unless the
- `terminal' command is used (*note terminal::).
-
- This command is only available if GRUB is compiled with serial
- support. See also *note Serial terminal::.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: terminfo, Prev: serial, Up: General commands
-
-10.2.2 terminfo
----------------
-
- -- Command: terminfo [term]
- Define the capabilities of your terminal by giving the name of an
- entry in the terminfo database, which should correspond roughly to
- a `TERM' environment variable in Unix.
-
- At the moment, only `vt100' is supported in GRUB 2. If you need
- other terminal types, please contact us to discuss the best way to
- include support for these in GRUB.
-
- If no option is specified, the current terminal type is printed.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Command-line and menu entry commands, Prev: General commands, Up: Commands
-
-10.3 The list of command-line and menu entry commands
-=====================================================
-
-These commands are usable in the command-line and in menu entries. If
-you forget a command, you can run the command `help' (*note help::).
-
-* Menu:
-
-* acpi:: Load ACPI tables
-* blocklist:: Print a block list
-* boot:: Start up your operating system
-* cat:: Show the contents of a file
-* chainloader:: Chain-load another boot loader
-* cmp:: Compare two files
-* configfile:: Load a configuration file
-* crc:: Calculate CRC32 checksums
-* date:: Display or set current date and time
-* drivemap:: Map a drive to another
-* echo:: Display a line of text
-* export:: Export an environment variable
-* gettext:: Translate a string
-* gptsync:: Fill an MBR based on GPT entries
-* halt:: Shut down your computer
-* help:: Show help messages
-* insmod:: Insert a module
-* keystatus:: Check key modifier status
-* ls:: List devices or files
-* parttool:: Modify partition table entries
-* play:: Play a tune
-* reboot:: Reboot your computer
-* set:: Set an environment variable
-* unset:: Unset an environment variable
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: acpi, Next: blocklist, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.1 acpi
------------
-
- -- Command: acpi [`-1'|`-2']
- [`--exclude=table1,...'|`--load-only=table1,...']
- [`--oemid=id'] [`--oemtable=table'] [`--oemtablerev=rev']
- [`--oemtablecreator=creator'] [`--oemtablecreatorrev=rev']
- [`--no-ebda'] filename ...
- Modern BIOS systems normally implement the Advanced Configuration
- and Power Interface (ACPI), and define various tables that
- describe the interface between an ACPI-compliant operating system
- and the firmware. In some cases, the tables provided by default
- only work well with certain operating systems, and it may be
- necessary to replace some of them.
-
- Normally, this command will replace the Root System Description
- Pointer (RSDP) in the Extended BIOS Data Area to point to the new
- tables. If the `--no-ebda' option is used, the new tables will be
- known only to GRUB, but may be used by GRUB's EFI emulation.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: blocklist, Next: boot, Prev: acpi, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.2 blocklist
-----------------
-
- -- Command: blocklist file
- Print a block list (*note Block list syntax::) for FILE.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: boot, Next: cat, Prev: blocklist, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.3 boot
------------
-
- -- Command: boot
- Boot the OS or chain-loader which has been loaded. Only necessary
- if running the fully interactive command-line (it is implicit at
- the end of a menu entry).
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: cat, Next: chainloader, Prev: boot, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.4 cat
-----------
-
- -- Command: cat file
- Display the contents of the file FILE. This command may be useful
- to remind you of your OS's root partition:
-
- grub> cat /etc/fstab
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: chainloader, Next: cmp, Prev: cat, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.5 chainloader
-------------------
-
- -- Command: chainloader [`--force'] file
- Load FILE as a chain-loader. Like any other file loaded by the
- filesystem code, it can use the blocklist notation (*note Block
- list syntax::) to grab the first sector of the current partition
- with `+1'. If you specify the option `--force', then load FILE
- forcibly, whether it has a correct signature or not. This is
- required when you want to load a defective boot loader, such as
- SCO UnixWare 7.1 (*note SCO UnixWare::).
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: cmp, Next: configfile, Prev: chainloader, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.6 cmp
-----------
-
- -- Command: cmp file1 file2
- Compare the file FILE1 with the file FILE2. If they differ in
- size, print the sizes like this:
-
- Differ in size: 0x1234 [foo], 0x4321 [bar]
-
- If the sizes are equal but the bytes at an offset differ, then
- print the bytes like this:
-
- Differ at the offset 777: 0xbe [foo], 0xef [bar]
-
- If they are completely identical, nothing will be printed.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: configfile, Next: crc, Prev: cmp, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.7 configfile
------------------
-
- -- Command: configfile file
- Load FILE as a configuration file.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: crc, Next: date, Prev: configfile, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.8 crc
-----------
-
- -- Command: crc file
- Display the CRC32 checksum of FILE.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: date, Next: drivemap, Prev: crc, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.9 date
------------
-
- -- Command: date [[year-]month-day] [hour:minute[:second]]
- With no arguments, print the current date and time.
-
- Otherwise, take the current date and time, change any elements
- specified as arguments, and set the result as the new date and
- time. For example, `date 01-01' will set the current month and
- day to January 1, but leave the year, hour, minute, and second
- unchanged.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: drivemap, Next: echo, Prev: date, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.10 drivemap
-----------------
-
- -- Command: drivemap `-l'|`-r'|[`-s'] from_drive to_drive
- Without options, map the drive FROM_DRIVE to the drive TO_DRIVE.
- This is necessary when you chain-load some operating systems, such
- as DOS, if such an OS resides at a non-first drive. For
- convenience, any partition suffix on the drive is ignored, so you
- can safely use ${root} as a drive specification.
-
- With the `-s' option, perform the reverse mapping as well, swapping
- the two drives.
-
- With the `-l' option, list the current mappings.
-
- With the `-r' option, reset all mappings to the default values.
-
- For example:
-
- drivemap -s (hd0) (hd1)
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: echo, Next: export, Prev: drivemap, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.11 echo
-------------
-
- -- Command: echo [`-n'] [`-e'] string ...
- Display the requested text and, unless the `-n' option is used, a
- trailing new line. If there is more than one string, they are
- separated by spaces in the output. As usual in GRUB commands,
- variables may be substituted using `${var}'.
-
- The `-e' option enables interpretation of backslash escapes. The
- following sequences are recognised:
-
- `\\'
- backslash
-
- `\a'
- alert (BEL)
-
- `\c'
- suppress trailing new line
-
- `\f'
- form feed
-
- `\n'
- new line
-
- `\r'
- carriage return
-
- `\t'
- horizontal tab
-
- `\v'
- vertical tab
-
- When interpreting backslash escapes, backslash followed by any
- other character will print that character.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: export, Next: gettext, Prev: echo, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.12 export
---------------
-
- -- Command: export envvar
- Export the environment variable ENVVAR. Exported variables are
- visible to subsidiary configuration files loaded using
- `configfile'.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: gettext, Next: gptsync, Prev: export, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.13 gettext
----------------
-
- -- Command: gettext string
- Translate STRING into the current language.
-
- The current language code is stored in the `lang' variable in
- GRUB's environment. Translation files in MO format are read from
- `locale_dir', usually `/boot/grub/locale'.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: gptsync, Next: halt, Prev: gettext, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.14 gptsync
----------------
-
- -- Command: gptsync device [partition[+/-[type]]] ...
- Disks using the GUID Partition Table (GPT) also have a legacy
- Master Boot Record (MBR) partition table for compatibility with
- the BIOS and with older operating systems. The legacy MBR can
- only represent a limited subset of GPT partition entries.
-
- This command populates the legacy MBR with the specified PARTITION
- entries on DEVICE. Up to three partitions may be used.
-
- TYPE is an MBR partition type code; prefix with `0x' if you want
- to enter this in hexadecimal. The separator between PARTITION and
- TYPE may be `+' to make the partition active, or `-' to make it
- inactive; only one partition may be active. If both the separator
- and type are omitted, then the partition will be inactive.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: halt, Next: help, Prev: gptsync, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.15 halt
-------------
-
- -- Command: halt `--no-apm'
- The command halts the computer. If the `--no-apm' option is
- specified, no APM BIOS call is performed. Otherwise, the computer
- is shut down using APM.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: help, Next: insmod, Prev: halt, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.16 help
-------------
-
- -- Command: help `--all' [pattern ...]
- Display helpful information about builtin commands. If you do not
- specify PATTERN, this command shows short descriptions of most of
- available commands. If you specify the option `--all' to this
- command, short descriptions of rarely used commands (such as *note
- testload::) are displayed as well.
-
- If you specify any PATTERNS, it displays longer information about
- each of the commands which match those PATTERNS.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: insmod, Next: keystatus, Prev: help, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.17 insmod
---------------
-
- -- Command: insmod module
- Insert the dynamic GRUB module called MODULE.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: keystatus, Next: ls, Prev: insmod, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.18 keystatus
------------------
-
- -- Command: keystatus [`--shift'] [`--ctrl'] [`--alt']
- Return true if the Shift, Control, or Alt modifier keys are held
- down, as requested by options. This is useful in scripting, to
- allow some user control over behaviour without having to wait for
- a keypress.
-
- Checking key modifier status is only supported on some platforms.
- If invoked without any options, the `keystatus' command returns
- true if and only if checking key modifier status is supported.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: ls, Next: parttool, Prev: keystatus, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.19 ls
-----------
-
- -- Command: ls [arg]
- List devices or files.
-
- With no arguments, print all devices known to GRUB.
-
- If the argument is a device name enclosed in parentheses (*note
- Device syntax::), then list all files at the root directory of
- that device.
-
- If the argument is a directory given as an absolute file name
- (*note File name syntax::), then list the contents of that
- directory.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: parttool, Next: play, Prev: ls, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.20 parttool
-----------------
-
- -- Command: parttool partition commands
- Make various modifications to partition table entries.
-
- Each COMMAND is either a boolean option, in which case it must be
- followed with `+' or `-' (with no intervening space) to enable or
- disable that option, or else it takes a value in the form
- `COMMAND=VALUE'.
-
- Currently, `parttool' is only useful on DOS partition tables (also
- known as Master Boot Record, or MBR). On these partition tables,
- the following commands are available:
-
- `boot' (boolean)
- When enabled, this makes the selected partition be the active
- (bootable) partition on its disk, clearing the active flag on
- all other partitions. This command is limited to _primary_
- partitions.
-
- `type' (value)
- Change the type of an existing partition. The value must be
- a number in the range 0-0xFF (prefix with `0x' to enter it in
- hexadecimal).
-
- `hidden' (boolean)
- When enabled, this hides the selected partition by setting
- the "hidden" bit in its partition type code; when disabled,
- unhides the selected partition by clearing this bit. This is
- useful only when booting DOS or Wwindows and multiple primary
- FAT partitions exist in one disk. See also *note
- DOS/Windows::.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: play, Next: reboot, Prev: parttool, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.21 play
-------------
-
- -- Command: play file | tempo [pitch1 duration1] [pitch2 duration2] ...
- Plays a tune
-
- If the argument is a file name (*note File name syntax::), play
- the tune recorded in it. The file format is first the tempo as an
- unsigned 32bit little-endian number, then pairs of unsigned 16bit
- little-endian numbers for pitch and duration pairs.
-
- If the arguments are a series of numbers, play the inline tune.
-
- The tempo is the base for all note durations. 60 gives a 1-second
- base, 120 gives a half-second base, etc. Pitches are Hz. Set
- pitch to 0 to produce a rest.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: reboot, Next: set, Prev: play, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.22 reboot
---------------
-
- -- Command: reboot
- Reboot the computer.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: set, Next: unset, Prev: reboot, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.23 set
------------
-
- -- Command: set [envvar=value]
- Set the environment variable ENVVAR to VALUE. If invoked with no
- arguments, print all environment variables with their values.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: unset, Prev: set, Up: Command-line and menu entry commands
-
-10.3.24 unset
--------------
-
- -- Command: unset envvar
- Unset the environment variable ENVVAR.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Invoking grub-install, Next: Invoking grub-mkconfig, Prev: Troubleshooting, Up: Top
-
-11 Invoking grub-install
-************************
-
-The program `grub-install' installs GRUB on your drive using
-`grub-mkimage' and (on some platforms) `grub-setup'. You must specify
-the device name on which you want to install GRUB, like this:
-
- grub-install INSTALL_DEVICE
-
- The device name INSTALL_DEVICE is an OS device name or a GRUB device
-name.
-
- `grub-install' accepts the following options:
-
-`--help'
- Print a summary of the command-line options and exit.
-
-`--version'
- Print the version number of GRUB and exit.
-
-`--root-directory=DIR'
- Install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root
- directory. This option is useful when you want to install GRUB
- into a separate partition or a removable disk. Here is an example
- in which you have a separate "boot" partition which is mounted on
- `/boot':
-
- grub-install --root-directory=/boot hd0
-
-`--recheck'
- Recheck the device map, even if `/boot/grub/device.map' already
- exists. You should use this option whenever you add/remove a disk
- into/from your computer.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Invoking grub-mkconfig, Next: Obtaining and Building GRUB, Prev: Invoking grub-install, Up: Top
-
-12 Invoking grub-mkconfig
-*************************
-
-The program `grub-mkconfig' generates a configuration file for GRUB
-(*note Simple configuration::).
-
- grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-
- `grub-mkconfig' accepts the following options:
-
-`--help'
- Print a summary of the command-line options and exit.
-
-`--version'
- Print the version number of GRUB and exit.
-
-`-o FILE'
-`--output=FILE'
- Send the generated configuration file to FILE. The default is to
- send it to standard output.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Obtaining and Building GRUB, Next: Reporting bugs, Prev: Invoking grub-mkconfig, Up: Top
-
-Appendix A How to obtain and build GRUB
-***************************************
-
- *Caution:* GRUB requires binutils-2.9.1.0.23 or later because the
- GNU assembler has been changed so that it can produce real 16bits
- machine code between 2.9.1 and 2.9.1.0.x. See
- `http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/', to obtain information on
- how to get the latest version.
-
- GRUB is available from the GNU alpha archive site
-`ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub' or any of its mirrors. The file will be
-named grub-version.tar.gz. The current version is 1.98, so the file you
-should grab is:
-
- `ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-1.98.tar.gz'
-
- To unbundle GRUB use the instruction:
-
- zcat grub-1.98.tar.gz | tar xvf -
-
- which will create a directory called `grub-1.98' with all the
-sources. You can look at the file `INSTALL' for detailed instructions
-on how to build and install GRUB, but you should be able to just do:
-
- cd grub-1.98
- ./configure
- make install
-
- Also, the latest version is available from the SVN. See
-`http://savannah.gnu.org/svn/?group=grub' for more information.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Reporting bugs, Next: Future, Prev: Obtaining and Building GRUB, Up: Top
-
-Appendix B Reporting bugs
-*************************
-
-These are the guideline for how to report bugs. Take a look at this
-list below before you submit bugs:
-
- 1. Before getting unsettled, read this manual through and through.
- Also, see the GNU GRUB FAQ
- (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-faq.html).
-
- 2. Always mention the information on your GRUB. The version number
- and the configuration are quite important. If you build it
- yourself, write the options specified to the configure script and
- your operating system, including the versions of gcc and binutils.
-
- 3. If you have trouble with the installation, inform us of how you
- installed GRUB. Don't omit error messages, if any. Just `GRUB hangs
- up when it boots' is not enough.
-
- The information on your hardware is also essential. These are
- especially important: the geometries and the partition tables of
- your hard disk drives and your BIOS.
-
- 4. If GRUB cannot boot your operating system, write down _everything_
- you see on the screen. Don't paraphrase them, like `The foo OS
- crashes with GRUB, even though it can boot with the bar boot
- loader just fine'. Mention the commands you executed, the messages
- printed by them, and information on your operating system
- including the version number.
-
- 5. Explain what you wanted to do. It is very useful to know your
- purpose and your wish, and how GRUB didn't satisfy you.
-
- 6. If you can investigate the problem yourself, please do. That will
- give you and us much more information on the problem. Attaching a
- patch is even better.
-
- When you attach a patch, make the patch in unified diff format, and
- write ChangeLog entries. But, even when you make a patch, don't
- forget to explain the problem, so that we can understand what your
- patch is for.
-
- 7. Write down anything that you think might be related. Please
- understand that we often need to reproduce the same problem you
- encounterred in our environment. So your information should be
- sufficient for us to do the same thing--Don't forget that we
- cannot see your computer directly. If you are not sure whether to
- state a fact or leave it out, state it! Reporting too many things
- is much better than omitting something important.
-
- If you follow the guideline above, submit a report to the Bug
-Tracking System (http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=grub).
-Alternatively, you can submit a report via electronic mail to
-<bug-grub@gnu.org>, but we strongly recommend that you use the Bug
-Tracking System, because e-mail can be passed over easily.
-
- Once we get your report, we will try to fix the bugs.
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Future, Next: Internals, Prev: Reporting bugs, Up: Top
-
-Appendix C Where GRUB will go
-*****************************
-
-We started the next generation of GRUB, GRUB 2. GRUB 2 includes
-internationalization, dynamic module loading, real memory management,
-multiple architecture support, a scripting language, and many other
-nice feature. If you are interested in the development of GRUB 2, take
-a look at the homepage (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html).
-
-
-File: grub.info, Node: Copying This Manual, Next: Index, Prev: Internals, Up: Top
-
-Appendix D Copying This Manual
-******************************
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-* Menu:
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-* blocklist: blocklist. (line 7)
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-* cat: cat. (line 7)
-* chainloader: chainloader. (line 7)
-* cmp: cmp. (line 7)
-* configfile: configfile. (line 7)
-* crc: crc. (line 7)
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-* play: play. (line 7)
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diff --git a/system/grub2/grub2.SlackBuild b/system/grub2/grub2.SlackBuild
index 8291739afb..dd6616dcf2 100644
--- a/system/grub2/grub2.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/grub2/grub2.SlackBuild
@@ -2,20 +2,19 @@
# Slackware build script for grub2
-# Written by crocket (crockabiscuit@yahoo.com)
+# Written by crocket (crockabiscuit@gmail.com)
PRGNAM=grub2
-ARCNAM=grub
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.98}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.99}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
+ARCNAM=grub
+
if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
case "$( uname -m )" in
i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
- # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
*) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
esac
fi
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
-FONT_SIZE=${FONT_SIZE:-16}
+FONT_SIZE=${FONT_SIZE:-19}
if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
@@ -34,7 +33,9 @@ elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
- SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+ # -fPIC generates errors with grub2 1.99
+ # SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+ SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
else
SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
cd $TMP
rm -rf $ARCNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$ARCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$ARCNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
cd $ARCNAM-$VERSION
chown -R root:root .
find . \
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
--prefix=/usr \
--libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
+ --localstatedir=/var \
--infodir=/usr/info \
--mandir=/usr/man \
--build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
@@ -69,30 +71,26 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
make
make install DESTDIR=$PKG
-# Copy grub files from ubuntu.
mkdir -p $PKG/etc/default
-cat $CWD/etc.default.grub > $PKG/etc/default/grub
-sed "s#/usr/lib#/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}#" \
- $CWD/05_debian_theme > $PKG/etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme
+cat $CWD/etc.default.grub > $PKG/etc/default/grub.new
-# Don't strip the files because it breaks module loading.
-#find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
-# | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+find $PKG/usr/bin | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+ | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+find $PKG/usr/sbin | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+ | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
# convert gnu-unifont to a font useable by grub2 gfxterm.
$PKG/usr/bin/grub-mkfont -o $PKG/usr/share/grub/unifont.pf2 -abv \
-s $FONT_SIZE /usr/share/fonts/TTF/unifont.ttf
-# Copy a snapshot version of grub2 info since the current version's is deficient.
-cat $CWD/grub.INFO > $PKG/usr/info/grub.info
-gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*.info*
rm -f $PKG/usr/info/dir
+gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*.info*
find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
for i in $(find $PKG/usr/man -type l); do ln -s $(readlink $i).gz $i.gz; rm $i; done
mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README THANKS TODO docs/grub.cfg \
+cp -a ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README THANKS TODO \
$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
@@ -102,11 +100,12 @@ cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
# Add .new extension to all configuration files
# and add them to doinst.sh
-for file in $(find $PKG/etc -type f)
+for file in $(find $PKG/etc -type f -perm -444)
do
mv $file $file.new
- chmod -x $file.new # leaving execution permission is dangerous
- echo config ${file#$PKG/}.new >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+ # This leads grub-mkconfig to abnormal behaviors.
+ # chmod -x $file.new
+ echo "config ${file#$PKG/}.new" >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
done
cd $PKG
diff --git a/system/grub2/grub2.info b/system/grub2/grub2.info
index 04936d44f6..1d54ffdfc9 100644
--- a/system/grub2/grub2.info
+++ b/system/grub2/grub2.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
PRGNAM="grub2"
-VERSION="1.98"
+VERSION="1.99"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-1.98.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="c0bcf60e524739bb64e3a2d4e3732a59"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-1.99.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="27e360b951f006c464299d06bbd63442"
DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
MD5SUM_x86_64=""
MAINTAINER="crocket"
-EMAIL="crockabiscuit@yahoo.com"
+EMAIL="crockabiscuit@gmail.com"
APPROVED="dsomero"
diff --git a/system/grub2/slack-desc b/system/grub2/slack-desc
index ed61e9fd38..5c1910c5d4 100644
--- a/system/grub2/slack-desc
+++ b/system/grub2/slack-desc
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
|-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
-grub2: GRUB (the GRand Unified Bootloader)
+grub2: GRUB2 (the GRand Unified Bootloader)
grub2:
grub2: GNU GRUB is a multiboot boot loader.
grub2:
-grub2: os-prober is needed to detect OSes on other partitions.
+grub2: Website: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
+grub2:
+grub2:
+grub2:
grub2:
-grub2: unifont is required since graphical terminal uses unifont.
-grub2: Graphical terminal displays background images on grub.
grub2:
-grub2: The website of grub is http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
grub2: