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* commands/cat.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Use better documentation. (grub_cat_init): Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/chainloader_normal.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. (options): Likewise. * commands/configfile.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. (grub_configfile_init): Likewise. * font/manager.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. * commands/help.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. (grub_help_init): Likewise. * normal/command.c (grub_command_init): Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/linux_normal.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. * disk/loopback.c (grub_loop_init): Likewise. (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. * commands/ls.c (grub_ls_init): Likewise. (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. (options): Likewise. * commands/boot.c (grub_boot_init): Likewise. (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/multiboot_normal.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. * commands/i386/pc/reboot.c (grub_reboot_init): Likewise. (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. * commands/cmp.c (grub_cmp_init): Likewise. (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Likewise. * normal/arg.c: Use <> instead of "" to include header files. (SHORT_ARG_HELP): New macro. (SHORT_ARG_USAGE): Likewise. (help_options): Specify SHORT_ARG_HELP and SHORT_ARG_USAGE instead of 'h' and 'u' for help and usage, respectively. Use more GNU-like descriptions. (find_short): Check if C is 'h' or 'u' explicitly. (grub_arg_show_help): Use space characters instead of tabs. Treat SHORT_ARG_HELP and SHORT_ARG_USAGE exceptionally so that -h and -u are shown with --help and --usage only if they are not used for the command itself. (parse_option): Use SHORT_ARG_HELP and SHORT_ARG_USAGE instead of 'h' and 'u'. * include/grub/arg.h (struct grub_arg_option): Add the qualifier const into "longarg". Change the type of "shortarg" to int.
This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader.
GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more
robust, more powerful, and more portable.
Because GRUB 2 was formerly developed under the project PUPA, there
remain still many places where PUPA is used instead of GRUB 2. So
suppose that PUPA is a synonym of GRUB 2 for now.
See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2.
See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the
GRUB 2 data and program files.
Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information.
The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>.
Because GRUB 2 is still in developmental stage, GRUB 2 is not for general
use (yet). For now, you can install GRUB 2 into a floppy by these
instructions:
$ configure && make
$ ./grub-mkimage -v -d . -o core.img _chain ext2
$ dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
$ dd if=core.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
It would be easier to use Bochs <http://bochs.sf.net/> than a real
machine.