GRUB Manual

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GRUB manual

This is the documentation of GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, a flexible and powerful boot loader program for PCs.

This edition documents version 0.92.

• 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
• Preset Menu: Embedding a configuration file into GRUB
• Security: Improving the security
• 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 the grub shell: How to use the grub shell
• Invoking grub-install: How to use the GRUB installer
• Invoking grub-md5-crypt: How to generate a cryptic password
• Invoking mbchk: How to use the Multiboot checker
• FAQ: Frequently asked questions
• 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
• Index: