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[b06ca36] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[4ae4324] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-grub" role="wrap">
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[4ae4324] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?>
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| 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>grub</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&grub-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&grub-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[4ae4324] | 17 | <title>GRUB-&grub-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Grub">GRUB</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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[673b0d8] | 25 |
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[4ae4324] | 26 | <para>The GRUB package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.</para>
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[955533b] | 27 |
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[4ae4324] | 28 | <segmentedlist>
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| 29 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[5888299] | 31 |
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[4ae4324] | 32 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 33 | <seg>&grub-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 34 | <seg>&grub-ch6-du;</seg>
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[4ae4324] | 35 | </seglistitem>
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| 36 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 37 |
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[4ae4324] | 38 | </sect2>
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[81fd230] | 39 |
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[4ae4324] | 40 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 41 | <title>Installation of GRUB</title>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>This package is known to have issues when its default
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| 44 | optimization flags (including the <parameter>-march</parameter> and
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| 45 | <parameter>-mcpu</parameter> options) are changed. If any environment
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| 46 | variables that override default optimizations have been defined, such
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| 47 | as <envar>CFLAGS</envar> and <envar>CXXFLAGS</envar>,
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| 48 | unset them when building GRUB.</para>
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| 49 |
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[e1060de] | 50 | <para>Start by applying the following patch to allow for better drive
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[c226182] | 51 | detection, fix some GCC 4.x issues, and provide better SATA support
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| 52 | for some disk controllers:</para>
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[e1060de] | 53 |
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[0445a3d] | 54 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&grub-geometry-patch;</userinput></screen>
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[e1060de] | 55 |
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[6bf97d68] | 56 | <para>By default, GRUB doesn't support ext2 filesystems with 256-byte inodes.
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| 57 | Fix this by applying the following patch:</para>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&grub-inode-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 60 |
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[4ae4324] | 61 | <para>Prepare GRUB for compilation:</para>
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[9dfc02f] | 62 |
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[0445a3d] | 63 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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[9dfc02f] | 64 |
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[4ae4324] | 65 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 66 |
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[0445a3d] | 67 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 68 |
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[0445a3d] | 69 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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[81fd230] | 72 |
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[4ae4324] | 73 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 74 |
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[0445a3d] | 75 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
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[5998892] | 76 | mkdir -v /boot/grub
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| 77 | cp -v /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 78 |
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[4ae4324] | 79 | <para>Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever
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| 80 | directory is appropriate for the hardware in use.</para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <para>The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory
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| 83 | contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different
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| 84 | ones for different file systems. Review the files available and copy
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| 85 | the appropriate ones to the <filename
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| 86 | class="directory">/boot/grub</filename> directory. Most users will
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| 87 | copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename> and/or
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| 88 | <filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | </sect2>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <sect2 id="contents-gRUB" role="content">
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| 93 | <title>Contents of GRUB</title>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <segmentedlist>
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| 96 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <seglistitem>
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[8bc46a5] | 99 | <seg>grub, grub-install, grub-md5-crypt, grub-set-default,
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| 100 | grub-terminfo, and mbchk</seg>
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[4ae4324] | 101 | </seglistitem>
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| 102 | </segmentedlist>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <variablelist>
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| 105 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 106 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 107 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="grub">
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| 110 | <term><command>grub</command></term>
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| 111 | <listitem>
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| 112 | <para>The Grand Unified Bootloader's command shell</para>
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| 113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub">
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| 114 | <primary sortas="b-grub">grub</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="grub-install">
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| 120 | <term><command>grub-install</command></term>
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| 121 | <listitem>
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| 122 | <para>Installs GRUB on the given device</para>
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| 123 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install">
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| 124 | <primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</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 | <varlistentry id="grub-md5-crypt">
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| 130 | <term><command>grub-md5-crypt</command></term>
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| 131 | <listitem>
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| 132 | <para>Encrypts a password in MD5 format</para>
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| 133 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt">
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| 134 | <primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary>
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| 135 | </indexterm>
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| 136 | </listitem>
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| 137 | </varlistentry>
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| 138 |
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[8bc46a5] | 139 | <varlistentry id="grub-set-default">
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| 140 | <term><command>grub-set-default</command></term>
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| 141 | <listitem>
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| 142 | <para>Sets the default boot entry for GRUB</para>
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| 143 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-set-default">
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| 144 | <primary sortas="b-grub-set-default">grub-set-default</primary>
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| 145 | </indexterm>
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| 146 | </listitem>
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| 147 | </varlistentry>
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| 148 |
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[4ae4324] | 149 | <varlistentry id="grub-terminfo">
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| 150 | <term><command>grub-terminfo</command></term>
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>Generates a terminfo command from a terminfo name; it can be
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| 153 | employed if an unknown terminal is being used</para>
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| 154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo">
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| 155 | <primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary>
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| 156 | </indexterm>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <varlistentry id="mbchk">
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| 161 | <term><command>mbchk</command></term>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>Checks the format of a multi-boot kernel</para>
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| 164 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk">
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| 165 | <primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary>
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| 166 | </indexterm>
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| 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 | </varlistentry>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | </variablelist>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | </sect2>
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[673b0d8] | 173 |
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| 174 | </sect1>
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