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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-grub" xreflabel="Grub">
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7 | <title>Grub-&grub-version;</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub"><primary sortas="a-Grub">Grub</primary></indexterm>
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11 |
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12 | <para>The Grub package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.</para>
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13 |
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14 | <screen>&buildtime; 0.2 SBU
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15 | &diskspace; 10 MB</screen>
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16 |
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17 | <para>Grub installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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18 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.</para>
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Installation of Grub</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its default
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26 | optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options). Therefore, if you
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27 | have defined any environment variables that override default optimizations,
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28 | such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend un-setting them when building
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29 | Grub.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <para>First prepare Grub for compilation:</para>
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32 |
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33 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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34 |
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35 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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36 |
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37 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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38 |
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39 | <para>Now install it:</para>
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40 |
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41 | <screen><userinput>make install
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42 | mkdir /boot/grub
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43 | cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen>
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44 |
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45 | <para>Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever
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46 | directory is appropriate for your hardware.</para>
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47 |
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48 | <para>The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory also
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49 | contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different ones
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50 | for different file systems. Have a look at the ones available and copy the
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51 | appropriate ones to the <filename class="directory">/boot/grub</filename>
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52 | directory. Most people will copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename>
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53 | and/or <filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para>
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54 |
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55 | </sect2>
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56 |
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57 |
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58 | <sect2 id="contents-grub"><title>Contents of Grub</title>
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59 |
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60 | <para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: grub, grub-install,
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61 | grub-md5-crypt, grub-terminfo and mbchk</para>
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62 |
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63 | </sect2>
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64 |
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65 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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66 |
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67 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub"><primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary></indexterm>
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68 | <para id="grub"><command>grub</command> is the GRand Unified Bootloader's command
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69 | shell.</para>
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70 |
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71 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install"><primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary></indexterm>
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72 | <para id="grub-install"><command>grub-install</command> installs GRUB on the given device.</para>
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73 |
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74 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt"><primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary></indexterm>
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75 | <para id="grub-md5-crypt"><command>grub-md5-crypt</command> encrypts a password in MD5
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76 | format.</para>
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77 |
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78 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo"><primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary></indexterm>
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79 | <para id="grub-terminfo"><command>grub-terminfo</command> generates a terminfo command from a
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80 | terminfo name. It can be used if you have an uncommon terminal.</para>
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81 |
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82 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk"><primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary></indexterm>
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83 | <para id="mbchk"><command>mbchk</command> checks the format of a multi-boot kernel.</para>
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84 |
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85 | </sect2>
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86 |
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87 |
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88 | </sect1>
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