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Diffstat (limited to 'sysutils/grub')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysutils/grub/DESCR | 28 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/grub/DESCR b/sysutils/grub/DESCR index fd2f136bd07..542694ab189 100644 --- a/sysutils/grub/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/grub/DESCR @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ -GRUB is the GRand Unified Bootloader. Briefly, bootloader is the first -software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for -loading and transferring control to the operating system kernel software -(such as NetBSD orLinux). GRUB understands ffs, FAT{16,32}, ext2fs, -ReiserFS, minixfs, and VSTafs. It can directly boot NetBSD, FreeBSD, -OpenBSD and Linux without any other bootloader, loading a.out and ELF -kernels from the disk and passing along necessary arguments (in most cases). -It can also boot any operating system (the above, plus eg Windows, OS/2) by -chaining to that operating system's specific loader. Grub features a -runtime command line and loads its configuration at boot rather than -requiring rerunning of a separate utility. Other features are TFTP booting, -serial console support, large disk support, support for both DOS MBR label -and BSD disklabel simultaneously, booting from hard drive or floppy. +GRUB is the GRand Unified Bootloader. Briefly, bootloader is the +first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is +responsible for loading and transferring control to the operating +system kernel software (such as NetBSD or Linux). GRUB understands +ffs, FAT{16,32}, ext2fs, ReiserFS, minixfs, and VSTafs. It can +directly boot NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Linux without any other +bootloader, loading a.out and ELF kernels from the disk and passing +along necessary arguments (in most cases). It can also boot any +operating system (the above, plus e.g. Windows, OS/2) by chaining +to that operating system's specific loader. Grub features a runtime +command line and loads its configuration at boot rather than +requiring rerunning of a separate utility. Other features are TFTP +booting, serial console support, large disk support, support for +both DOS MBR label and BSD disklabel simultaneously, booting from +hard drive or floppy. GRUB is available for the i386 architecture only. |