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* .bzrignore: Add grub-core/gnulib/sys, widthspec.bin, and

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widthspec.h.
* docs/grub.texi (Shell-like scripting): Document `!'.
(Network): Simplify using new i386-pc-pxe format.  Mention
grub-mknetdir.
* NEWS: Update.
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@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ grub-core/gnulib/stdio.h
grub-core/gnulib/stdlib.h
grub-core/gnulib/string.h
grub-core/gnulib/strings.h
grub-core/gnulib/sys
grub-core/gnulib/unistd.h
grub-core/gnulib/warn-on-use.h
grub-core/gnulib/wchar.h
grub-core/gnulib/wctype.h
widthspec.bin
widthspec.h

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2010-09-20 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* .bzrignore: Add grub-core/gnulib/sys, widthspec.bin, and
widthspec.h.
* docs/grub.texi (Shell-like scripting): Document `!'.
(Network): Simplify using new i386-pc-pxe format. Mention
grub-mknetdir.
* NEWS: Update.
2010-09-20 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Restore "."; it's important to force

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New in 1.99:
* Keyboard layouts support.
* New `lsapm' command (i386-pc only).
* Parser for GRUB Legacy configuration files.
* Support RAID on virtio devices.
* Remove deprecated `root' command.
* New `euro.pf2' font which supports most European languages.
* Avoid opening the same device twice on Open Firmware platforms.
* Extend `vbeinfo' and `vbetest' commands to non-VBE graphics, as
`videoinfo' and `videotest'.
* New `lsefisystab' and `lssal' commands on EFI platforms.
* Support explicit user claim that a device is BIOS-visible. Devices
listed in device.map will be assumed to be readable using only BIOS
facilities, rather than anything more complex such as LVM or RAID.
* New bash-completion script for GRUB utilities.
* Use ACPI to shut down if possible.
* New `lsacpi' command.
* Basic btrfs support (detection and UUID).
* New `--boot-directory' option to `grub-install', `grub-reboot', and
`grub-set-default', with clearer semantics than the previous
`--root-directory' option.
* Rename CD-ROM device to "cd" on BIOS platforms.
* Transparent decompression filters.
* Simpler PXE image generation. New `grub-mknetdir' utility to generate
netboot directory trees.
* New relocator. Allows for more kernel support and more
straightforward loader writing.
@ -60,7 +102,8 @@ New in 1.99:
* `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms.
* Unify `grub-mkimage' source code across platforms.
* Unify `grub-mkimage', `grub-setup', and `grub-install' source code
across platforms.
* Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver.
@ -83,8 +126,9 @@ New in 1.99:
* sunpc partition table support.
* Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while',
`until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', and
`shift'.
`until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', `shift',
multi-line quoted strings, positional parameters with `setparams',
`return', filename wildcard expansion, and `!'.
* Support nested partition tables. GRUB now prefers to name partitions
in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'.

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@ -1264,7 +1264,9 @@ and terminated by a semicolon or a newline. The first word specifies the
command to be executed. The remaining words are passed as arguments to the
invoked command.
The return value of a simple command is its exit status.
The return value of a simple command is its exit status. If the reserved
word @code{!} precedes the command, then the return value is instead the
logical negation of the command's exit status.
@heading Compound commands
@ -1796,8 +1798,7 @@ To generate a PXE boot image, run:
@example
@group
grub-mkimage --format=i386-pc --output=core.img --prefix='(pxe)/boot/grub' pxe pxecmd
cat /boot/grub/pxeboot.img core.img >grub.pxe
grub-mkimage --format=i386-pc-pxe --output=grub.pxe --prefix='(pxe)/boot/grub' pxe pxecmd
@end group
@end example
@ -1807,6 +1808,9 @@ accessible via the @file{/boot/grub/} path from the TFTP server root. Set
the DHCP server configuration to offer @file{grub.pxe} as the boot file (the
@samp{filename} option in ISC dhcpd).
You can also use the @command{grub-mknetdir} utility to generate an image
and a GRUB directory tree, rather than copying files around manually.
After GRUB has started, files on the TFTP server will be accessible via the
@samp{(pxe)} device.