GNU GRUB - GRUB Legacy (original) (raw)

GRUB Legacy is not actively developed any longer. Only bugfixes will be made so that GRUB Legacy can stil be used for older systems.

GRUB Legacy has the following features:

Compliance with theMultiboot Specification
Basic functions are easy for an end-user to use.
Good functionality for OS experts/designers.
Compatibility for booting FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and GNU/Linux. Proprietary OS's such as most current Windows releases and OS/2 are supported via a chain-loading function.

In addition to the requirements above, GNU GRUB Legacy has the following additional features:

Support multiple executable formats.
Support non-Multiboot OS's.
Load multiple modules.
Support a human-readable configuration file.
Menu interface.
Flexible command-line interface.
Support for multiple filesystem types.
Support for automatic decompression.
Data accessability on any installed device.
Geometry translation independence.
Detection of all installed RAM.
Support for Logical Block Address (LBA) mode.
Ability to download OS images from a network.
Support for diskless systems.
Support for remote terminals.

You can browse the documentation of GNU GRUB by "info grub" on your shell prompt (or use your favorite Info browser, if you don't likeinfo).

The on-line pages are also still available in multiple page or single pageforms.

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GRUB is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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Updated:$Date: 2012/01/05 23:51:21 $ Author:bdubbsAuthor: bdubbs Author:bdubbs