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Add `linux.mod' and `multiboot.mod' so linux and multiboot kernels can be loaded from normal mode. * conf/i386-pc.rmk (pkgdata_MODULES): Add `linux.mod' and `multiboot.mod'. (linux_mod_SOURCES, linux_mod_CFLAGS, multiboot_mod_SOURCES) (multiboot_mod_CFLAGS): New variables. * loader/i386/pc/linux_normal.c: New file. * loader/i386/pc/multiboot_normal.c: Likewise. * loader/i386/pc/linux.c (grub_rescue_cmd_initrd): Don't use the attribute `unused'. * fs/ext2.c (grub_ext2_iterate_dir): Fix typos in inode type. Use `fdiro' to read the mode information from instead of `diro'. * fs/fshelp.c (grub_fshelp_find_file): Set type to foundtype after looking up a symlink. * include/grub/normal.h (GRUB_COMMAND_FLAG_NO_ARG_PARSE): New macro. * normal/command.c (grub_command_execute): Don't parse the arguments when `GRUB_COMMAND_FLAG_NO_ARG_PARSE' is set in the flags of the command. * normal/menu.c (grub_menu_run): Fix typo.
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.