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2000-05-22 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
Synchronize the documentation with the code.
* docs/user-ref.texi: Added ReiserFS as a supported filesystem.
Updated the descriptions about `password', `install', `kernel',
and `setup'.
Added a description about `lock'.
Added descriptions about ERR_UNALIGNED and ERR_PRIVILEGED.
Added a description about the option `--force-lba' of
the program `grub-install'.
* docs/tutorial.texi: Updated the subsection for NetBSD.
2000-05-21 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@gnu.org>
* stage2/asm.S (set_int13_handler): Don't use MBI to get the

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@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ If you install GRUB into a partition or a drive except for the first
one, you must chain-load GRUB from another boot loader. Refer the manual
for the boot loader to know how to chain-load GRUB.
@c FIXME: you should specify --force-lba when...
That's all there is to it: now you can boot GRUB without a GRUB
floppy. See the next chapter to find out how to boot your operating
systems from GRUB.
@ -452,14 +454,19 @@ grub> boot
@node NetBSD
@subsection NetBSD
GRUB can load NetBSD a.out directly, follow these steps:
GRUB can load NetBSD a.out and ELF directly, follow these steps:
@enumerate
@item
Set GRUB's root device with @command{root}.
@item
Load the kernel with @command{kernel}.
Load the kernel with @command{kernel}. You should append the ugly option
@option{--type=netbsd}, if you want to load a ELF kernel, like this:
@example
grub> kernel --type=netbsd /netbsd-elf
@end example
@item
Run @command{boot}.
@ -763,3 +770,11 @@ GRUB. To learn more about GRUB, see the User Reference Manual
(@pxref{Introduction}).
Have fun!
@c FIXME: I think we should write some notes on the security here, or in
@c another chapter. Perhaps we should pick up all the user-visible
@c features in this tutorial and make the reference manual just a record
@c of the pure information. - okuji
@c
@c BTW, how many people think that this tutorial is easy to read? I
@c don't know. God knows? I don't think so. :p - okuji

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@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ partitions, and files in a directory depending on context.
@item Multiple Filesystem Types
Supports multiple filesystem types transparently, plus a useful explicit
blocklist notation. The currently supported filesystem types are
@dfn{BSD FFS}, @dfn{DOS FAT16 and FAT32}, @dfn{Minix fs}, and
@dfn{Linux ext2fs}. @xref{Filesystem}, for more information.
@dfn{BSD FFS}, @dfn{DOS FAT16 and FAT32}, @dfn{Minix fs}, @dfn{Linux
ext2fs}, and @dfn{ReiserFS}. @xref{Filesystem}, for more information.
@item Decompression Support
Can decompress files which were compressed by @command{gzip}. This
@ -487,11 +487,13 @@ command). This obviously won't help if the machine was rebooted by a
kernel that GRUB loaded.
@end deffn
@deffn Command password passwd new-config-file
@deffn Command password passwd [new-config-file]
Disable all interactive editing control (menu entry editor and
command line). If the password @var{passwd} is entered, it loads the
@var{new-config-file} as a new config file and restarts the GRUB Stage
2.
command line) and entries protected by the command @command{lock}. If
the password @var{passwd} is entered, it loads the @var{new-config-file}
as a new config file and restarts the GRUB Stage 2, if
@var{new-config-file} is specified. Otherwise, GRUB will just unlock the
privileged instructions.
@end deffn
@deffn Command timeout sec
@ -881,7 +883,7 @@ Load an initial ramdisk for a Linux format boot image and set the
appropriate parameters in the Linux setup area in memory.
@end deffn
@deffn Command install stage1_file [@option{d}] dest_dev stage2_file [addr] [@option{p}] [config_file] [real_config_file]
@deffn Command install [@option{--force-lba}] stage1_file [@option{d}] dest_dev stage2_file [addr] [@option{p}] [config_file] [real_config_file]
This command is fairly complex, and you should not use this command
unless you are familiar with GRUB. In short, it will perform a full
install presuming the Stage 2 or Stage 1.5@footnote{They're loaded the
@ -921,6 +923,11 @@ Fujitsu LifeBook 400 BIOS version 31J0103A
@item
HP Vectra XU 6/200 BIOS version GG.06.11
@end table
@strong{Caution2:} A number of BIOSes don't return a correct LBA support
bitmap even if they do have the support. So GRUB provides a solution to
ignore the wrong bitmap, that is, the option @option{--force-lba}. Don't
use this option if you know that your BIOS doesn't have LBA support.
@end deffn
@deffn Command ioprobe drive
@ -929,11 +936,34 @@ the I/O ports on the screen. For technical information, @xref{I/O ports
detection}.
@end deffn
@deffn Command kernel file @dots{}
@deffn Command kernel [@option{--type=type}] file @dots{}
Attempt to load the primary boot image (Multiboot a.out or @sc{elf},
Linux zImage or bzImage, FreeBSD a.out, NetBSD a.out, etc.) from
@var{file}. The rest of the line is passed verbatim as the @dfn{kernel
command line}. Any modules must be reloaded after using this command.
This command also accepts the option @option{--type} so that you can
specify the kernel type of @var{file} explicitly. The argument
@var{type} must be one of these: @samp{netbsd}, @samp{freebsd},
@samp{openbsd}, @samp{linux}, @samp{biglinux}, and
@samp{multiboot}. However, you need to specify it only if you want to
load a NetBSD @sc{elf} kernel, because GRUB can automatically determine
a kernel type in the other cases, quite safely.
@end deffn
@deffn Command lock
Prevent normal users from executing arbitrary menu entries. You must use
the command @command{password} if you really want this command to be
useful.
This command will be used like this example:
@example
title This is a too dangerous entry to be executed by normal users
lock
root (hd0,a)
kernel /no-security-os
@end example
@end deffn
@deffn Command makeactive
@ -1007,7 +1037,7 @@ desired. Note that the items mentioned in @command{root} above which
derived from attempting the mount will @emph{not} work correctly.
@end deffn
@deffn Command setup install_device [image_device]
@deffn Command setup [@option{--force-lba}] install_device [image_device]
Set up the installation of GRUB automatically. This command uses the
more flexible command @command{install} in the backend and installs GRUB
into the device @var{install_device}. If @var{image_device} is
@ -1015,6 +1045,10 @@ specified, then find the GRUB images in the device @var{image_device},
otherwise use the current @dfn{root device}, which can be set by the
command @command{root}. If @var{install_device} is a hard disk, then
embed a Stage 1.5 in the disk if possible.
The option @option{--force-lba} is just passed to @command{install} if
specified. See the description on @command{install}, for more
information.
@end deffn
@deffn Command testload file
@ -1248,6 +1282,15 @@ install of set active partition command.
@item 30 : Invalid argument specified
This error is returned if an argument specified to a command is invalid.
@item 31 : File is not sector aligned
This error may occur only when you access a ReiserFS partition by
block-lists (e.g. the command @command{install}). In this case, you
should mount the partition with the @samp{-o notail} option.
@item 32 : Must be autheticated
This error is returned if you try to run a locked entry. You should
enter a correct password before running such an entry.
@end table
@ -1431,6 +1474,10 @@ Print a summary of the command line options and exit.
@item --version
Print the version number of GRUB and exit.
@item --force-lba
Force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS. Use this option only
if your BIOS doesn't work in LBA mode even though it supports LBA mode.
@item --root-directory=@var{dir}
Install GRUB images under the directory @var{dir} instead of the root
directory. This option is useful when you want to install GRUB into a