diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index ef9357431..58c029ea4 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-12-13 Vladimir Serbinenko + + * NEWS: Emptied. It contained no multiboot information. + * README: Likewise. + 2009-12-13 Vladimir Serbinenko * ChangeLog: Remove non-multiboot entries. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cb37450a2..e69de29bb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,558 +0,0 @@ -NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GRUB - -New in 0.97 - 2005-05-08: -* Fix the prototypes and the definitions of nested functions. This was - required for gcc-4. -* Implement a more robust workaround for buggy BIOSes which don't pass - boot drive correctly (notably for HP Vectra). - -New in 0.96 - 2005-01-30: -* The command "fallback" supports mutiple fallback entries. -* The command "savedefault" supports an optional argument which - is the number of next boot entry or the special keyword `fallback'. -* New utility "grub-set-default". -* New section "Making your system robust" in the manual. - -New in 0.95 - 2004-06-13: -* Add support for ReiserFS 3. -* Fix support for FreeBSD 5. -* Support ATARAID for Linux in the grub shell and grub-install. -* Add CDROM support for El Torito with no emulation mode. You can use - (cd) as a CDROM drive in the config file. -* Option --no-mem-option is implied for Linux 2.4.18 and newer. -* Add support for UFS2. - -New in 0.94 - 2004-01-25: -* Support building on x86-64 with gcc -m32. -* Use a BIOS call to turn on/off Gate A20. This should solve various - problems related to Gate A20 in modern BIOSes. -* Add a workaround for buggy BIOSes (notably HP Vectra series) which - don't pass the boot drive correctly. -* Display "GNU GRUB" instead of "GRUB" in the menu. -* Add support for QNX RTP into the grub shell. -* Add support for the initrd max address of a kernel header in Linux. -* Support 32 bit and 64 bit dev_t. -* Add support for an install device in GRUB's notation with no - parenthesis (e.g. grub-install hd0). -* Improve the manual a lot. - -New in 0.93 - 2002-12-08: -* Define the behavior of the boot loader when the load end address is - zero and the bss end address is zero in the Multiboot Specification. - Also, add the support into GRUB. -* Finally, we have a Bug Tracking System! Now the preferable way to - report bugs is to use the BTS rather than sending e-mail to bug-grub. - See , for more - details. -* The appendix "FAQ" in the manual is removed. See the GNU GRUB FAQ on - the web instead. -* The terminal handling code is rewritten radically, and many bugfixes - are made at the same time. -* The command "color" is effective even in the command-line. -* The command "terminal" takes two new options, ``--no-echo'' and - ``--no-edit''. If you specify ``--no-echo'', GRUB won't echo back - input characters. If you specify ``--no-edit'', GRUB will disable the - BASH-like editing feature. These options are useful when using an - intelligent terminal (such as the comint mode in GNU Emacs). -* The utility ``grub-md5-crypt'' prompts to retype a password and checks - if the passwords match. -* Support for booting Linux is rewritten, so GRUB now supports - large-EBDA systems. -* The menu interfaces supports Page Up, Page Down, and Right Key. -* New command "terminfo", for vt100-incompatible terminals. -* New options, ``-D'', ``-g'' and ``-m'' are supported for FreeBSD. - -New in 0.92 - 2002-04-30: -* The command "displaymem" uses only hex digits for consistency. -* The netboot code goes back to the progress bars instead of dots, for - the notation of data transfers. And, that is displayed only in debug - mode, that is to say, nothing is displayed by default. Remember that - you can turn on debug mode via the command "debug". -* The command "help" doesn't show all the available commands by default, - when no argument is specified. Rarely used commands (such as - "testload") and useless commands in interactive use (such as - "savedefault") are hidden. If you want to see help messages for those - commands, specify the new option "--all". -* A built-in, `more'-like pager is added. When a command prints too many - lines to fit the screen, GRUB waits until you hit return key. This - feature can be turned off by the new command "pager". -* The command "terminal" accepts a new option, "--lines=LINES". You can - set the maximum number of lines arbitrarily with this option. If you - don't specify it, the maximum number will be 24. -* The command "terminal" accepts another new option, "--silent". You can - suppress the "Press any key to continue" message with this option. -* The mem= option for Linux is recognized and used to limit the maximum - address of initrd. -* A fallback entry is executed immediately after a default entry, - without prompting a user's intervention, as the manual has ever been - saying. -* The utility ``grub-install'' makes sure that GRUB images have been - written to a physical disk completely. To assist this feature, a new - command "dump" is added. - -New in 0.91 - 2002-01-21: -* Support for Linux DAC960 is added. -* JFS and XFS support is added. -* The commands "hide" and "unhide" support logical partitions. -* The utility ``grub-install'' supports NetBSD. -* The network support is updated to Etherboot-5.0.5. -* The manner of handling the preset menu changes. In the previous - implementation, the preset menu is used only when opening the - configuration file failed. Now try to use the preset menu first. And, - if the configuration file is available, it is read after readoing the - preset menu. In this case, menu entries in the preset menu (if any) - are overrided by the configuration file. -* Diskless support is a bit changed. In the previous, GRUB set up a - network automatically via a special function. In the current, the - function is gone and the preset menu feature is used (i.e. just - execute the command "bootp" as if you specified it in the preset - menu). This has no impact against most users, but you should take care - if using the preset menu for your own purpose, because GRUB doesn't - call "bootp" implicitly when the preset menu is used explicitly. In - this case, you would probably need to insert commands to initialize a - network into your preset menu. -* Important bugfixes are made for ReiserFS, APM, TFTP, LBA, etc. - -New in 0.90 - 2001-07-11: -* The command "setkey" resets key mappings, when no argument is - specified. -* Linux devfs support is added. -* The utility ``grub-install'' accepts a new option, `--recheck'. If - this option is specified, probe a device map, even if it already - exists. You should use this option whenever you add/remove a disk. -* The command "password" supports a md5 password if the option `--md5' - is given. This command can now also be used to protect specific menu - items with their own passwords. -* New command, "displayapm". -* New command, "md5crypt". -* The new utility ``grub-md5-crypt'' is a frontend of the grub shell. It - encrypts a password in MD5 format. -* New commands, "testvbe" and "vbeprobe". -* The configure script accepts a new option, `--enable-preset-menu'. You - can embed an arbitrary configuration which will be used when Stage 2 - cannot open a real configuration file, with this option. The argument - must be an existing file. -* EZ-BIOS support is added. -* Booting Windows from a logical partition is supported. -* The example Multiboot kernel in the directory "docs" is built, if you - specify the option `--enable-example-kernel' to the configure script. -* New command, "ifconfig". -* Linux software RAID support is added (only for RAID-1). -* Hercules support is added. -* The configure script now accepts `--disable-auto-linux-mem-opt', which - has the same meaning as you specify the option `--no-mem-option' to the - command "kernel". -* Jump to the physical entry address of a Multiboot kernel when booting - it up. The old behavior was to use the virtual one, regardless of the - setting of the physical address. -* The commands "bootp" and "dhcp" accepts a new option - `--with-configfile', so that you can load a remotely specified - configuration file automatically, like the network boot images. -* VSTa filesystem support is added. -* ELF symbol loading support is added. - -New in 0.5.96 - 2000-10-04: -* New commands, "reboot" and "halt". -* New command, "hiddenmenu". You can hide the menu interface by default - with this command. -* You can specify `--no-mem-option' to the command "kernel", if you want - GRUB not to pass a Linux's mem option automatically. -* Now GRUB is compliant with the Linux/i386 boot protocol version 2.02. -* The network support is updated to Etherboot-4.6.4. -* Symlinks in ReiserFS are supported. -* Add a workaround into the grub shell, so that it works fine even under - Linux 2.4. -* Add a new option `--stage2' into the commands "install" and "setup", - to let the grub shell know what the file name of Stage 2 is under your - operating system. You must specify the option correctly, if you cannot - unmount the partition where GRUB images reside. We'd recommend _not_ - using those commands directly, but using the utility "grub-install" - instead, because this is safer. -* One violation against the Network Boot Image Proposal was found and - fixed. So now the image `nbgrub' can work fine even with a card such - as rtl8139. -* Serial terminal support is added. The configure script accepts - a new option `--disable-serial'. Unless it is specified, you can use - two new commands, "serial" and "terminal" in the command-line and the - menu. See the manual, for more details. -* Preserve the possible magic number used by Windows NT in a MBR. -* The command-line interface is switched to single-line editing mode. -* Only for developers: the configure script accepts - `--enable-serial-speed-simulation', which is useful when you want to - simulate the speed of a serial device on a psuedo terminal. -* Also only for developers: you can specify an optional argument to the - option `--hold' for the grub shell. The argument means how many - seconds the grub shell should wait until diving into the main routine. -* New command, "savedefault". Now you can save current entry number to - your disk with this command and then you can set the default boot - entry to it by the command "default saved". -* Add a new option `--prefix' into the command "setup", so that you can - specify the name of a directory which contains GRUB images. And, the - behavior of this command changed slightly, that is, this command now - searchs stage1 automatically under "/boot/grub" and "/grub", unless - you specify the option `--prefix'. -* The utility `grub-install' recognizes a separate boot partition - automatically. -* New commands, "partnew" and "parttype". You can modify partition - tables with these commands. - -New in 0.5.95 - 2000-06-27: -* NetBSD ELF kernel support is added. You have to specify the new option - to the command "kernel". See below. -* Added a new option `--type=TYPE' into the command "kernel". This - option suggests what type of kernel you want to load. TYPE must be - either of "netbsd", "freebsd", "openbsd", "linux", "biglinux" and - "multiboot". Actually, this option will be necessary only if you want - to load a NetBSD ELF kernel, because GRUB can automatically determine - a kernel type in the other cases. -* ReiserFS support is added. -* Added a new option `--force-lba' into the command "install". This - option disables some sanity checks for LBA mode (but not all). If you - are sure that your machine supports LBA mode but GRUB doesn't work in - LBA mode, you should specify it. It is necessary if your BIOS is too - buggy. In the previous version, it was a compile-time option, but you - don't have to recompile GRUB any longer. -* Likewise, now the command "setup" and the script "grub-install" also - accept `--force-lba' option. Specifying this option to "setup" or - "grub-install" has the same effect as to the command "install". -* The configure script doesn't accept the option - `--disable-lba-support-bitmap-check' any longer. Use the option above. -* The network support is updated to Etherboot-4.6.1. So now we have - 3Com59x and DEPCA drivers. -* Now you can omit the configuration file argument to the command - "password". If you omit it, then GRUB will just unlock privileged - instructions (such as `c') when you enter a correct password. -* The new command "lock" can be used to prevent end-users from executing - arbitrary menu entries. This command will emit an error until the user - enters a correct password. -* Recognize the Linux extended partition type. -* Pass a correct memory size to Linux and *BSD. -* Diskless support is added. Now configure accepts --enable-diskless, - and "make" will produce two additional images, ``nbgrub'' for Net Boot - Image Proposal and ``pxegrub'' for Preboot Execution Environment. See - the documentation, for more details. -* The command "tftpserver" overrides a TFTP server address returned by a - BOOTP server, a DHCP server or a RARP server. -* Fix a serious bug about LBA support. It is possible that you don't - disable the LBA support bitmap check any longer. Please send a report, - if you must still disable it. We need to know if we should get rid of - the option. - -New in 0.5.94 - 2000-03-06: -* Stage 1 supports both the LBA mode and the CHS mode. -* The NetBSD and OpenBSD boot bug is fixed. -* The more automatic installation command "setup" is added. -* The command "embed" embeds a Stage 1.5 in the sectors after a MBR. -* Support symbolic color name syntax in the command "color". -* The grub shell loads the BIOS drive mapping information from a device - map file if it is specified and can be opened. If not found, try to - create it based on the guessed information. -* NetBSD support in the grub shell is improved. -* A simple checker for the format of a Multiboot kernel, ``mbchk'', is - added. -* The command "find" searches for a filename in all devices and print - the list of the devices which contain the file. -* The command "map" maps a drive to another drive so that we can - chain-load some foolish operating systems (such as DOS) even if such - an operating system resides at a non-first drive. -* The command "setkey" maps a key to another. -* The GRUB manual is rewritten, and now consists of three parts and - appendices. -* The command "ioprobe" detects what I/O ports are used for a BIOS - drive. -* OpenBSD support in the grub shell is improved. -* The command "install" can now patch a Stage 2 with a different - filename from "/boot/grub/menu.lst" even if a Stage 1.5 is used. -* New program, ``grub-install''. -* The command "blocklist" prints the blocklist notation of a file. -* The command "chainloader" now accepts an option "--force", which is - required if you want to chain-load a boot loader defective in the - signature, such as SCO Unixware 7.1. -* The netboot support is heavily rewritten, based on Etherboot-4.4.3. - Most of the device drivers are stolen from it, so we now have many - network drivers. See netboot/README.netboot for more details. -* Now configure accepts the option `--disable-lba-support-bitmap-check' - to ignore an incorrect LBA support bitmap returned by a buggy BIOS. If - you are sure that your BIOS does support LBA mode but GRUB doesn't - work in LBA mode, recompile GRUB with this option specified. You can - check if GRUB accesses a drive in LBA mode by the command "geometry". -* New commands "bootp", "dhcp" and "rarp" can be used to initialize a - network device and get IP addresses from a network. -* Long filename support in the FAT filesystem is added. -* The command "cmp" compares each bytes in two files. - -New in 0.5.93 - 1999-10-30: -* ELF format of FreeBSD kernel is supported. -* Support the partition ids for NetBSD and OpenBSD. -* Exit from the grub shell just by pushing the key `q' in the menu. -* New options for configure can disable some functions in Stage 2. See - the output from `configure --help' for more information. -* FAT32 support is added. -* Minix fs support is added. -* New commands "hide" and "unhide". -* The character `=' after a command is not necessary any longer, but it - is supported for backward compatibility. -* The command "help" displays helpful information about builtin - commands. -* The command "geometry" displays the information of a drive specified - and set the geometry to arbitrary C/H/S values if the optional - arguments are used. -* The command "configfile" loads a configuration file interactively. -* The command "device" assigns a BIOS drive to an arbitrary filename in - the grub shell. -* The option `--no-floppy' force the grub shell to assume that there is - no floppy, and the option `--probe-second-floppy' enables the probe of - the second floppy drive. -* Integrated the netboot support in the Dresden version of GRUB. -* FreeBSD support in the grub shell is improved. -* Killing (C-u and C-k), yanking (C-y) and manipulating the history - (C-p and C-n) are supported. -* The address argument for the command "install" is now optional. -* Better completion support. -* The command "cat" displays the contents of a file. - -New in 0.5.92 - 1999-07-26: -* Bug fixes (i.e. Stage 1.5 can work fine again). -* The /sbin/grub stage2 simulator now works at least on GNU/Linux, and - uses the Linux HDIO_GETGEO ioctl to determine hard disk geometry. -* TAB not only lists filenames, but also completes a filename when the - filename is unique. -* Password is not echoed back, put an asterisk for each of input - characters. -* stage2_debug is removed, and the debugging features are added into - stage2. -* Color menu support. -* New command "quit". -* The man page for /sbin/grub. -* All documents become Texinfo. -* Linux video mode selection is supported. -* The new Stage 1 `stage1_lba' supports LBA addressing mode. - -New in 0.5.91 - 1999-03-14, Gordon Matzigkeit: -* LBA and preliminary AWARD BIOS disk extension support. -* Started docs/grub.texi. -* /sbin/grub GUI now works (but it doesn't yet access disks properly). - Run `configure --enable-sbin-grub' to build this program in the grub - subdirectory. - -New in 0.5.90 - 1999-03-01, Gordon Matzigkeit: -* Bug fixes. -* GRUB understands symlinks on ext2fs (but still not ffs). -* Many source code and build cleanups to comply with GNU standards. - -New in 0.5 - 1998-08-20, Erich Boleyn: - -* Improved error messages in the stage1 to be strings (easier to read - than the previous case of single characters), and removed any - display in the case of no error (less confusing). - -* New document describing error conditions and messages. - -* Improved configure/build process. - -* Made the early bootup interrupt-safe. Wasn't doing cli/sti when - necessary sometimes. - -* GRUB now shuts off the floppy before transferring control to any - other programs/modules/loaders. (chain-loading doesn't matter here, - just loading 32-bit modules/kernels) - -* Fixed a few stupid bugs, including a several in the ext2fs code. - -* Linux boot format support extended from just "zImage" to include - "bzImage" and initial ramdisk (also called "initrd") support for - both. "initrd" support is untested, but the critical parts were - taken from a supplied patch and seem OK. - -* Several new command features. See the command-listing for details. - -New in 0.4 - 1998-03-19, Erich Boleyn: - -* GRUB now correctly points ES:SI at a partition descriptor when - chain-loading. - -* Many minor bugs fixed (some in the build scripts). - -* Intel MPS 1.4 config/check code is totally new, and the "syscmd=" - command is completely removed. Check command-listing for details. - -Version 0.4-pre, Erich Boleyn: - -* Reorganized docs, moved most "NOTE" items to a FAQ (with new entries - as well). - -* Now supports automatic decompression of any files loaded via the - GRUB stage2 filesystem code. Simply compress the file using GNU - gzip normally, then when loading, the GRUB internals will see the - contents in the decompressed state... i.e. all GRUB functions - operate normally as if it is the uncompressed file. An extra - version of the "module" loading function has been added which - disables this functionality if desired (in all the other cases, not - decompressing doesn't make sense). - -* Changed device strings used in filesystem code to more logical - format. Added "relative" disk and partition capability, see - command-listing and filesystem syntax description for details. - -* "install=" command vastly improved. Also moved to non-debug area. - Check command-listing and install documentation for details. - -* Added several new commands: "rootnoverify=", "uppermem=", and a new - debug command "displaymem". Check command-listing for details. - -* Added versioning numbers (and subsequently broke compatibility with - some of the previous code, so GRUB should be re-installed!). - -* Added unattended booting support via new "fallback=" command. - -* During debug probe of SMP configuration table compatible with Intel - MPS 1.4 standard, GRUB now checks for a pointer in the EBDA. - -* Using a "default=" entry greater than 11 caused the UI to do funny - things (it didn't pre-scroll the list to the appropriate place). - -* Reading files on FAT floppies had yet more problems related by many - users of version 0.3 6/17/96. Again, all known problems fixed. - -* "Extended" partitions now work (still cannot make an extended - partition active with "makeactive" command). - -* The build environment is greatly simplified, now using an - autoconf-like "configure" script. - -New in 0.3-19960617 - 1996-06-17, Erich Boleyn: - -* Yet more documentation improvements. - -* Known bugs in floppy operation fixed (12-bit FAT didn't work for - most cases, and inserting other floppies didn't flush the filesystem - cache). - -* NASTY uninitialized pointer bug causing "raw" floppy operation to - crash on several PCs is now fixed. This seems to have been the root - cause of all of the compatibility problems that have currently been - observed. - -* debug-mode command added to automate most difficult step of - installation for common cases (new install method #4). - -* Testing "mini-debugger" now merged with command-line when "DEBUG" - defined in compile (no SYSDEBUG option anymore). See description of - commands in the command-line for details. - -New in 0.3-19960602 - 1996-06-02, Erich Boleyn: - -* Completed initial licenses. - -* Initial filesystem documentation written. - -* Block-list and FAT filesystems now work as documented (in - particular, for the blocklist filesystem, shortcuts like "+1" for - "0+1,512" now work correctly). - -* Fixed several problems (old and new) in the various filesystems (for - example, the ext2fs filesystem code is now much faster, as it caches - some mapping blocks where it didn't at all before). Filesystem - semantics are much more uniform as well (symbolic links and reading - a directory as a file now return errors where it would silently fail - before). - -* "makeactive" now works for standard PC partitions on hard disks (not - extended partitions... so any PC partition number above 3 will give - a "no such partition" error). If a BSD sub-partition is is used, it - will ignore it, and only use the primary PC partition number. - -New in 0.3-19960520 - 1996-05-20, Erich Boleyn: - -* Updated instructions (though still very sparse). - -* New floppy probe (works much like the Linux floppy boot probe) - attempts to find the size of a floppy in a drive. Might still need - work! Please try on various floppy drives with various media! - -* New floppy handler will claim a non-existent drive if the floppy - disk isn't present in the drive. (for example, it won't be on the - list of installed drives unless a floppy is present) - -* Stage1 now compatible with both a hard disk MBR and the DOS BIOS - parameter block (see "install/README" for more details on how this - can be used). - -* Block-list filesystem partially works, as described in the file - "NOTES". Loading an a.out or elf kernel won't work with it, but all - other filetypes pretty much should. (certainly chain-loading works - OK) - - NOTE: you must use the full format "0+1,512" for just he first - block... no parameters can be implicit in this version.. THis is - being fixed too. - -* Linux ext2 filesystem works. (it's very slow for big files, but - this is being fixed) - -* Linux boot type now supported. Use a standard piggybacked image as - with LILO. Put in hack to support >64MB via GRUB placing the RAM - size as the first item on the command-line automatically. Must pass - root partition on command-line using normal Linux syntax... if not, - it uses it's builtin root partition. - -* Supports chain-loading. For details, see "COMMANDS" and the - examples directory. (was able to boot DOS and Windows NT on my test - box). NOTE that the "root partition" must be set to work right. - "makeactive" is currently a no-op. - -* Several weird bugs fixed. One important note: If you recompile, it - will warn about a clash with builtin "strcmp". This is normal... - do NOT remove the strcmp definition, as then GCC will possibly put - inline code from it's own builtin function in some places. (my - strcmp has slightly different functionality, hence the problem) - -* Mini-debugger is currently broken. - -New in 0.2 - 1996-04-12, Erich Boleyn: - -* Completely new menu-based UI. See "COMMANDS" and the examples - directory for details. NOTE that the argument to a command must be - preceded by a space between it and the '=', in both the config file - and the command-line. This will be fixed. - -New in 0.1 - 1996-03-31, Erich Boleyn: - -* Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.6) supported. - -* Autodetects kernel types. Supports Multiboot, FreeBSD, NetBSD - (Linux isn't finished). - -* Stage 1.5 works now. Default setup is now for working with a BSD - FFS floppy loading "/grub/stage2" as the main bootloader. - -* Filesystem support improved. It didn't work on many floppies before - (problem with the partition-detection code). - -* Memory probe now supports arbitrary amounts of RAM (some technical - limitations exist, see Multiboot standard version 0.6 for details). - -* A mini-debugger is included by default, activated by hitting '~' on - the command-line (it might interfere with things, but it seems OK - for my alpha-testing). The commands are in the function - "enter_sysdebug" defined in "common.c". If you have an Intel MPS- - compatible machine, there are extra commands enabled for SMP cpu - testing. 'q' exits and goes back to what you were doing before. - -New in 0.0-19960206 - 1996-02-06, Erich Boleyn: - -* Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.4) supported. - -New in 0.0-19951210 - 1995-12-10, Erich Boleyn: - -* You can now perform TAB-based completion listing of any valid - partially completed disk/partition/file-name combination. Try it - out to see what you like, examples are in the NOTES file under - "Device completion". - -* Fixed a bug causing the memory size routine to sometimes report - ridiculous values. - -* Fixed some documentation (what little there is :-/ and a few - assembly bugs in the BIOS access routines that nobody reported yet, - so I won't detail it here. diff --git a/README b/README index 10233f729..e69de29bb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ -This is GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader. GRUB is intended to -provide important bootloader features that are missing from typical -personal computer BIOSes: - - - provides fully-featured command line and graphical interfaces - - recognizes fdisk partitions and BSD disklabels - - can dynamically read Linux ext2fs, ReiserFS, JFS and XFS, BSD ufs, - MS-DOS FAT16 and FAT32, Minix fs, and VSTa fs filesystems, plus - hardcoded blocklists - - can boot Multiboot-compliant kernels (such as GNU Mach), as well - as standard Linux and *BSD kernels - -See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB. - -If you are interested in the network support, see the file -README.netboot under the directory netboot. - -See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the -GRUB data and program files. See the GRUB manual for details about -using GRUB as your boot loader. Type "info grub" in the shell prompt. - -Please visit the official web page of GNU GRUB, for more information. -The URL is .