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* docs/grub.texi (Installing GRUB using grub-install): Proofread.

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(Supported kernels): Likewise.
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2010-10-22 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* docs/grub.texi (Installing GRUB using grub-install): Proofread.
(Supported kernels): Likewise.
2010-10-18 Grégoire Sutre <gregoire.sutre@gmail.com>
Make mktemp invocations portable.

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@ -559,11 +559,12 @@ always. Therefore, GRUB provides you with a map file called the
@dfn{device map}, which you must fix if it is wrong. @xref{Device
map}, for more details.
On BIOS platforms GRUB has to use a so called embedding zone. On msdos
partition tables it's the space between MBR and first partition (called
MBR gap), on GPT partition it uses a BIOS Boot Partition (a partition
having type 21686148-6449-6e6f-744e656564454649). If you use GRUB on
BIOS be sure to supply at least 31 KiB of embedding zone (512KiB or more
On BIOS platforms GRUB has to use a so-called embedding zone. On msdos
partition tables, this is the space between the MBR and the first partition
(called the MBR gap or the boot track), while on GPT partition tables it
uses a BIOS Boot Partition (a partition with GUID
21686148-6449-6e6f-744e656564454649). If you use GRUB on a BIOS system, make
sure that the embedding zone is at least 31 KiB (512KiB or more
recommended).
If you still do want to install GRUB under a UNIX-like OS (such
@ -617,9 +618,9 @@ installation. The format is defined in @ref{Device map}. Please be
quite careful. If the output is wrong, it is unlikely that your
computer will be able to boot with no problem.
Some BIOSes have a bug of exposing first partition of USB pendrive as a floppy
instead of exposing pendrive as a hard disk (they call it ``USB-FDD'' boot)
In such cases you need to install as following:
Some BIOSes have a bug of exposing the first partition of a USB drive as a
floppy instead of exposing the USB drive as a hard disk (they call it
``USB-FDD'' boot). In such cases, you need to install like this:
@example
# @kbd{losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb1}
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@node Supported kernels
@chapter Supported boot targets
X86 support is summarised in following table. ``Yes'' means that kernel works on the given platform, ``crashes'' means an early kernel crash which we hove will be fixed by concerned kernel developpers. ``no'' means GRUB doesn't load given kernel on a given platform. ``headless'' means that the kernel works but lacks console drivers (you can still use serial or network console). In case of ``no'' and ``crashes'' the reason is given in footnote.
X86 support is summarised in the following table. ``Yes'' means that the kernel works on the given platform, ``crashes'' means an early kernel crash which we hope will be fixed by concerned kernel developers. ``no'' means GRUB doesn't load the given kernel on a given platform. ``headless'' means that the kernel works but lacks console drivers (you can still use serial or network console). In case of ``no'' and ``crashes'' the reason is given in footnote.
@multitable @columnfractions .50 .22 .22
@item @tab BIOS @tab Coreboot
@item BIOS chainloading @tab yes @tab no (1)