The GNU GRUB Manual the Grand Unified Bootloader, Version 2.02, 25 April 2017
the GNU GRUB manual The GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2.02, 25 April 2017. Gordon Matzigkeit Yoshinori K. Okuji Colin Watson Colin D. Bennett This manual is for GNU GRUB (version 2.02, 25 April 2017). Copyright c 1999,2000,2001,2002,2004,2006,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. i Table of Contents 1 Introduction to GRUB ::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 1.1 Overview :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 1.2 History of GRUB :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1 1.3 Differences from previous versions :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2 1.4 GRUB features::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 3 1.5 The role of a boot loader ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 5 2 Naming convention ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 7 3 OS-specific notes about grub tools :::::::::::: 9 4 Installation ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 11 4.1 Installing GRUB using grub-install :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 11 4.2 Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM :::::::::::::::::::::::::: 12 4.3 The map between BIOS drives and OS devices :::::::::::::::: 13 4.4 BIOS installation ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 13 5 Booting::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 15 5.1 How to boot operating systems :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 15 5.1.1 How to boot an OS directly with GRUB ::::::::::::::::::
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