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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 | <para os="a">This package is known to have issues when its default optimization |
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27 | flags (including the <option>-march</option> and <option>-mcpu</option> |
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28 | options) are changed. If any environment variables that override default |
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29 | optimizations have been defined, such as <envar>CFLAGS</envar> and |
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30 | <envar>CXXFLAGS</envar>, unset them when building GRUB.</para> |
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31 | |
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32 | <para os="b">Prepare GRUB for compilation:</para> |
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33 | |
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34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> |
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35 | |
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36 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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37 | |
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38 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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39 | |
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40 | <para os="e">To test the results, issue: |
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41 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> |
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42 | |
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43 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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44 | |
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45 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install |
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46 | mkdir -v /boot/grub |
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47 | cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen> |
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48 | |
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49 | <para os="h">Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever |
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50 | directory is appropriate for the hardware in use.</para> |
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51 | |
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52 | <para os="i">The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory |
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53 | contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different |
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54 | ones for different file systems. Review the files available and copy |
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55 | the appropriate ones to the <filename |
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56 | class="directory">/boot/grub</filename> directory. Most users will |
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57 | copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename> and/or |
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58 | <filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para> |
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59 | |
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60 | </sect2> |
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61 | |
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62 | <sect2 id="contents-grub" role="content"> |
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63 | <title>Contents of GRUB</title> |
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64 | |
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65 | <segmentedlist> |
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66 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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67 | |
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68 | <seglistitem> |
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69 | <seg>grub, grub-install, grub-md5-crypt, grub-terminfo, and mbchk</seg> |
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70 | </seglistitem> |
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71 | </segmentedlist> |
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72 | |
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73 | <variablelist> |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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75 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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76 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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77 | |
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78 | <varlistentry id="grub"> |
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79 | <term><command>grub</command></term> |
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80 | <listitem> |
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81 | <para>The Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell</para> |
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82 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub"> |
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83 | <primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary> |
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84 | </indexterm> |
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85 | </listitem> |
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86 | </varlistentry> |
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87 | |
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88 | <varlistentry id="grub-install"> |
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89 | <term><command>grub-install</command></term> |
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90 | <listitem> |
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91 | <para>Installs GRUB on the given device</para> |
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92 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install"> |
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93 | <primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary> |
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94 | </indexterm> |
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95 | </listitem> |
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96 | </varlistentry> |
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97 | |
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98 | <varlistentry id="grub-md5-crypt"> |
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99 | <term><command>grub-md5-crypt</command></term> |
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100 | <listitem> |
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101 | <para>Encrypts a password in MD5 format</para> |
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102 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt"> |
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103 | <primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary> |
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104 | </indexterm> |
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105 | </listitem> |
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106 | </varlistentry> |
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107 | |
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108 | <varlistentry id="grub-terminfo"> |
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109 | <term><command>grub-terminfo</command></term> |
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110 | <listitem> |
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111 | <para>Generates a terminfo command from a terminfo name; it can be |
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112 | employed if an unknown terminal is being used</para> |
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113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo"> |
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114 | <primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary> |
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115 | </indexterm> |
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116 | </listitem> |
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117 | </varlistentry> |
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118 | |
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119 | <varlistentry id="mbchk"> |
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120 | <term><command>mbchk</command></term> |
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121 | <listitem> |
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122 | <para>Checks the format of a multi-boot kernel</para> |
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123 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk"> |
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124 | <primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary> |
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125 | </indexterm> |
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126 | </listitem> |
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127 | </varlistentry> |
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128 | |
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129 | </variablelist> |
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130 | |
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131 | </sect2> |
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132 | |
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133 | </sect1> |
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