17c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateThis is GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader. GRUB is intended to 27c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateprovide important bootloader features that are missing from typical 37c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatepersonal computer BIOSes: 47c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 57c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate - provides fully-featured command line and graphical interfaces 67c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate - recognizes fdisk partitions and BSD disklabels 77c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate - can dynamically read Linux ext2fs, ReiserFS, JFS and XFS, BSD ufs, 87c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate MS-DOS FAT16 and FAT32, Minix fs, and VSTa fs filesystems, plus 97c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate hardcoded blocklists 107c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate - can boot Multiboot-compliant kernels (such as GNU Mach), as well 117c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate as standard Linux and *BSD kernels 127c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 137c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateSee the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB. 147c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 157c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateIf you are interested in the network support, see the file 167c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateREADME.netboot under the directory netboot. 177c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 187c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateSee the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the 197c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateGRUB data and program files. See the GRUB manual for details about 207c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateusing GRUB as your boot loader. Type "info grub" in the shell prompt. 217c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gate 227c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gatePlease visit the official web page of GNU GRUB, for more information. 237c478bd9Sstevel@tonic-gateThe URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>. 24