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