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5 | %general-entities; |
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6 | ]> |
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7 | <sect1 id="ch-system-grub" role="wrap"> |
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?> |
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9 | |
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10 | <title>GRUB-&grub-version;</title> |
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11 | |
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12 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub"> |
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13 | <primary sortas="a-GRUB">GRUB</primary> |
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14 | </indexterm> |
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15 | |
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16 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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17 | <title/> |
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18 | |
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19 | <para>The GRUB package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.</para> |
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20 | |
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21 | </sect2> |
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22 | |
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23 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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24 | <title>Installation of GRUB</title> |
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25 | |
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26 | <note os="n1"> |
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27 | <para>If you would like use a different bootloader than this |
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28 | one you can go to the following link for alternative bootloaders |
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29 | and the instructions to use them. |
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30 | <ulink url="http://trac.clfs.org/wiki/bootloaders"/></para> |
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31 | </note> |
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32 | |
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33 | <note os="n2"> |
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34 | <para>This package is known to have issues when its default optimization |
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35 | flags (including the <option>-march</option> and <option>-mtune</option> |
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36 | options) are changed. If any environment variables that override default |
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37 | optimizations have been defined, such as <envar>CFLAGS</envar> and |
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38 | <envar>CXXFLAGS</envar>, unset them when building GRUB.</para> |
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39 | </note> |
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40 | |
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41 | <para os="s1">Glibc-&glibc-version; does not declare gets():</para> |
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42 | |
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43 | <screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' grub-core/gnulib/stdio.in.h</userinput></screen> |
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44 | |
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45 | <para os="a">Prepare GRUB for compilation:</para> |
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46 | |
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47 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \ |
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48 | --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-werror</userinput></screen> |
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49 | |
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50 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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51 | |
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52 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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53 | |
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54 | <para os="e">To test GRUB you must have QEMU installed and then, issue:</para> |
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55 | |
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56 | <screen os="d2"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> |
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57 | |
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58 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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59 | |
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60 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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61 | |
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62 | </sect2> |
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63 | |
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64 | <sect2 id="conf-grub" role="configuration"> |
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65 | <title>Configuring GRUB</title> |
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66 | |
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67 | <indexterm zone="conf-grub"> |
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68 | <primary sortas="a-GRUB">GRUB</primary> |
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69 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> |
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70 | |
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71 | <indexterm zone="conf-grub"> |
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72 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/default/grub">/etc/default/grub</primary> |
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73 | </indexterm> |
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74 | |
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75 | <para>Now that grub is installed, we need to configure the defaults that |
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76 | will be used to generate the configuration after we install the kernel. |
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77 | Create this file with the following:</para> |
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78 | |
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79 | <screen><userinput>install -m755 -dv /etc/default |
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80 | cat > /etc/default/grub << "EOF" |
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81 | <literal># Begin /etc/default/grub |
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82 | |
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83 | GRUB_DEFAULT=0 |
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84 | #GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true |
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85 | GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT= |
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86 | GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false |
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87 | GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 |
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88 | GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Cross-LFS |
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89 | |
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90 | GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" |
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91 | GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="" |
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92 | |
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93 | #GRUB_TERMINAL=console |
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94 | #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 |
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95 | #GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep |
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96 | |
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97 | #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true |
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98 | #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY=true |
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99 | |
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100 | #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1" |
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101 | |
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102 | #GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true |
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103 | |
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104 | # End /etc/default/grub</literal> |
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105 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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106 | |
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107 | <variablelist> |
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108 | <title>The meaning of the above options and possible alternate |
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109 | values:</title> |
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110 | |
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111 | <varlistentry> |
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112 | <term><parameter>GRUB_DEFAULT=</parameter></term> |
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113 | <listitem> |
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114 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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115 | </listitem> |
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116 | </varlistentry> |
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117 | |
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118 | <varlistentry> |
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119 | <term><parameter>GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=</parameter></term> |
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120 | <listitem> |
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121 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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122 | </listitem> |
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123 | </varlistentry> |
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124 | |
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125 | <varlistentry> |
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126 | <term><parameter>GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=</parameter></term> |
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127 | <listitem> |
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128 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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129 | </listitem> |
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130 | </varlistentry> |
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131 | |
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132 | <varlistentry> |
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133 | <term><parameter>GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=</parameter></term> |
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134 | <listitem> |
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135 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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136 | </listitem> |
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137 | </varlistentry> |
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138 | |
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139 | <varlistentry> |
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140 | <term><parameter>GRUB_TIMEOUT=</parameter></term> |
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141 | <listitem> |
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142 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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143 | </listitem> |
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144 | </varlistentry> |
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145 | |
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146 | <varlistentry> |
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147 | <term><parameter>GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=</parameter></term> |
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148 | <listitem> |
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149 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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150 | </listitem> |
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151 | </varlistentry> |
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152 | |
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153 | <varlistentry> |
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154 | <term><parameter>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=</parameter></term> |
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155 | <listitem> |
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156 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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157 | </listitem> |
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158 | </varlistentry> |
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159 | |
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160 | <varlistentry> |
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161 | <term><parameter>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=</parameter></term> |
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162 | <listitem> |
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163 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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164 | </listitem> |
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165 | </varlistentry> |
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166 | |
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167 | <varlistentry> |
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168 | <term><parameter>GRUB_TERMINAL=</parameter></term> |
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169 | <listitem> |
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170 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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171 | </listitem> |
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172 | </varlistentry> |
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173 | |
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174 | <varlistentry> |
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175 | <term><parameter>GRUB_GFXMODE=</parameter></term> |
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176 | <listitem> |
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177 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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178 | </listitem> |
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179 | </varlistentry> |
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180 | |
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181 | <varlistentry> |
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182 | <term><parameter>GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=</parameter></term> |
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183 | <listitem> |
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184 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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185 | </listitem> |
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186 | </varlistentry> |
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187 | |
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188 | <varlistentry> |
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189 | <term><parameter>GRUB_DEFAULT=</parameter></term> |
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190 | <listitem> |
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191 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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192 | </listitem> |
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193 | </varlistentry> |
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194 | |
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195 | <varlistentry> |
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196 | <term><parameter>GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=</parameter></term> |
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197 | <listitem> |
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198 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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199 | </listitem> |
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200 | </varlistentry> |
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201 | |
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202 | <varlistentry> |
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203 | <term><parameter>GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY=</parameter></term> |
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204 | <listitem> |
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205 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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206 | </listitem> |
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207 | </varlistentry> |
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208 | |
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209 | <varlistentry> |
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210 | <term><parameter>GRUB_INIT_TUNE=</parameter></term> |
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211 | <listitem> |
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212 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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213 | </listitem> |
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214 | </varlistentry> |
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215 | |
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216 | <varlistentry> |
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217 | <term><parameter>GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=</parameter></term> |
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218 | <listitem> |
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219 | <para>Write Me</para> |
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220 | </listitem> |
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221 | </varlistentry> |
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222 | |
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223 | </variablelist> |
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224 | |
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225 | </sect2> |
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226 | |
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227 | <sect2 id="contents-grub" role="content"> |
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228 | <title>Contents of GRUB</title> |
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229 | |
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230 | <segmentedlist> |
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231 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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232 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> |
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233 | |
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234 | <seglistitem> |
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235 | <seg>grub, grub-install, grub-md5-crypt, grub-set-default, grub-terminfo, and mbchk</seg> |
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236 | <seg>/usr/lib/grub, /boot/grub</seg> |
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237 | </seglistitem> |
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238 | </segmentedlist> |
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239 | |
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240 | <variablelist> |
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241 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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242 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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243 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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244 | |
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245 | <varlistentry id="grub"> |
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246 | <term><command>grub</command></term> |
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247 | <listitem> |
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248 | <para>The Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell</para> |
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249 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub"> |
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250 | <primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary> |
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251 | </indexterm> |
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252 | </listitem> |
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253 | </varlistentry> |
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254 | |
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255 | <varlistentry id="grub-install"> |
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256 | <term><command>grub-install</command></term> |
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257 | <listitem> |
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258 | <para>Installs GRUB on the given device</para> |
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259 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install"> |
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260 | <primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary> |
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261 | </indexterm> |
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262 | </listitem> |
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263 | </varlistentry> |
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264 | |
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265 | <varlistentry id="grub-md5-crypt"> |
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266 | <term><command>grub-md5-crypt</command></term> |
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267 | <listitem> |
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268 | <para>Encrypts a password in MD5 format</para> |
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269 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt"> |
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270 | <primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary> |
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271 | </indexterm> |
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272 | </listitem> |
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273 | </varlistentry> |
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274 | |
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275 | <varlistentry id="grub-set-default"> |
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276 | <term><command>grub-set-default</command></term> |
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277 | <listitem> |
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278 | <para>Sets the default boot entry for GRUB</para> |
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279 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-set-default"> |
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280 | <primary sortas="b-grub-set-default">grub-set-default</primary> |
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281 | </indexterm> |
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282 | </listitem> |
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283 | </varlistentry> |
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284 | |
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285 | <varlistentry id="grub-terminfo"> |
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286 | <term><command>grub-terminfo</command></term> |
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287 | <listitem> |
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288 | <para>Generates a terminfo command from a terminfo name; it can be |
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289 | employed if an unknown terminal is being used</para> |
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290 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo"> |
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291 | <primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary> |
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292 | </indexterm> |
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293 | </listitem> |
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294 | </varlistentry> |
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295 | |
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296 | <varlistentry id="mbchk"> |
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297 | <term><command>mbchk</command></term> |
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298 | <listitem> |
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299 | <para>Checks the format of a multi-boot kernel</para> |
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300 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk"> |
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301 | <primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary> |
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302 | </indexterm> |
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303 | </listitem> |
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304 | </varlistentry> |
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305 | |
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306 | </variablelist> |
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307 | |
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308 | </sect2> |
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309 | |
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310 | </sect1> |
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