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This is GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader. GRUB is intended to
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provide important bootloader features that are missing from typical
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personal computer BIOSes:
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- provides fully-featured command line and graphical interfaces
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- recognizes fdisk partitions and BSD disklabels
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- can dynamically read Linux ext2fs, ReiserFS, JFS and XFS, BSD ufs,
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MS-DOS FAT16 and FAT32, Minix fs, and VSTa fs filesystems, plus
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hardcoded blocklists
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- can boot Multiboot-compliant kernels (such as GNU Mach), as well
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as standard Linux and *BSD kernels
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See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB.
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If you are interested in the network support, see the file
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README.netboot under the directory netboot.
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See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the
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GRUB data and program files. See the GRUB manual for details about
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using GRUB as your boot loader. Type "info grub" in the shell prompt.
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Please visit the official web page of GNU GRUB, for more information.
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The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>.
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