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per the GNU Coding Standards; this is now too obscure to be worth
documenting.
(QNX): Likewise.
(chainloader): Remove cross-reference to `SCO UnixWare'.
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2010-06-02 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* docs/grub.texi (SCO UnixWare): Remove, at Vladimir's request and
per the GNU Coding Standards; this is now too obscure to be worth
documenting.
(QNX): Likewise.
(chainloader): Remove cross-reference to `SCO UnixWare'.
2010-06-02 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* docs/grub.texi (Chain-loading): New section.

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@ -685,8 +685,6 @@ Here, we describe some caveats on several operating systems.
* GNU/Hurd::
* GNU/Linux::
* DOS/Windows::
* SCO UnixWare::
* QNX::
@end menu
@ -777,38 +775,6 @@ boot
@end example
@node SCO UnixWare
@subsection SCO UnixWare
It is known that the signature in the boot loader for SCO UnixWare is
wrong, so you will have to specify the option @option{--force} to
@command{chainloader} (@pxref{chainloader}), like this:
@example
@group
set root=(hd1,1)
chainloader --force +1
parttool @verb{'${root}'} boot+
boot
@end group
@end example
@node QNX
@subsection QNX
QNX seems to use a bigger boot loader, so you need to boot it up, like
this:
@example
@group
set root=(hd1,2)
chainloader +4
boot
@end group
@end example
@node Configuration
@chapter Writing your own configuration file
@ -1518,8 +1484,7 @@ filesystem code, it can use the blocklist notation (@pxref{Block list
syntax}) to grab the first sector of the current partition with @samp{+1}.
If you specify the option @option{--force}, then load @var{file} forcibly,
whether it has a correct signature or not. This is required when you want to
load a defective boot loader, such as SCO UnixWare 7.1 (@pxref{SCO
UnixWare}).
load a defective boot loader, such as SCO UnixWare 7.1.
@end deffn