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Colin Watson
351c7c8a15 * docs/grub.texi (Obtaining and Building GRUB): Substitute 
`ftp.gnu.org' for `alpha.gnu.org'.
 2011-05-29 22:15:08 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
e3a1073fd2 FreeDOS direct loading support. 
* docs/grub.texi (Supported OS): Add FreeDOS.
	* grub-core/Makefile.core.def (freedos): New module.
	* grub-core/lib/i386/relocator.c (grub_relocator16_ebx): New extern
	variable.
	(grub_relocator16_boot): Handle %ebx.
	* grub-core/lib/i386/relocator16.S: Likewise.
	* grub-core/loader/i386/pc/freedos.c: New file.
 2011-05-18 12:15:16 +02:00
Colin Watson
d064b83056 * util/grub.d/20_linux_xen.in: Honour GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_XEN_REPLACE 
and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_XEN_REPLACE_DEFAULT, which replace
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT (complementing the
existing options which append).
* docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Document new options.
Reported by: Ian Jackson.  Fixes Debian bug #617538.
 2011-05-17 18:10:29 +01:00
Jordan Uggla
6ada82d14d * docs/grub.texi (Invoking grub-install): Fix additional outdated claims 
and add some clarification.
 2011-05-14 22:49:53 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
0cac83df85 * docs/grub.texi (Installation): Fix several outdated claims. 2011-05-14 17:50:48 +02:00
Colin Watson
8f94255340 * docs/grub.texi (GRUB only offers a rescue shell): Suggest the use 
of `ls' to find out which devices are available.
 2011-05-01 20:04:02 +01:00
Colin Watson
9d5f81622c * docs/grub.texi (normal): New section. 
(normal_exit): New section.
(Embedded configuration): Add reference to normal.
(GRUB only offers a rescue shell): Likewise.
* docs/grub-dev.texi (Error Handling): Fix typo.
 2011-04-12 13:23:19 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
67e11623a8 * docs/grub.texi (Vendor power-on buttons): Explain how the numbers 
are obtained.
 2011-04-03 15:34:50 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
caee5efd31 GRUB developper manual based on existing Internals section and 
contributions by the various authors with active copyright assignment.

	* docs/Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Add grub-dev.texi.
	* docs/font_char_metrics.png: New file.
	* docs/font_char_metrics.txt: Likewise.
	* docs/grub-dev.texi: Likewise.
	* docs/grub.texi (Internals): Move from here ...
	* docs/grub-dev.texi: ... here.
 2011-04-03 15:30:28 +02:00
Colin Watson
a826cc7d7e * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Be more explicit about 
GRUB_DEFAULT, and add an example.
Reported by: Leslie Rhorer.
 2011-03-31 08:46:41 +01:00
Colin Watson
875b67ba09 * docs/grub.texi (Commands): Link to "GRUB only offers a rescue 
shell".
 2011-03-30 20:52:26 +01:00
Colin Watson
2d5d0333d6 * docs/grub.texi (default): Use @example rather than nested 
itemized lists to avoid breaking gendocs.
 2011-03-30 11:46:36 +01:00
Colin Watson
3d7ed04e92 * docs/grub.texi (Future): Update. 2011-03-30 11:34:52 +01:00
abf042006e * docs/grub.texi (Environment): New chapter. 
(Changes from GRUB Legacy): Link to "Environment block" section for
details of limitations.
(Simple configuration): Likewise.  Link to documentation of gfxmode
and gfxpayload variables from GRUB_GFXMODE and GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD
respectively.
(Shell-like scripting): Note that normal variables are stored in the
environment.
(gettext): Link to documentation of lang and locale_dir.
(list_env): New section.
(load_env): New section.
(save_env): New section.
(Reporting bugs): Fix typo.
 2011-03-30 11:31:33 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
e1ad0edd11 * docs/grub.texi: Correctly use "terminal_input" and not "terminal" in 
the example.
 2011-03-30 09:35:35 +02:00
Colin Watson
2a2da1d030 * docs/grub.texi (Menu-specific commands): Remove some semantics 
that were true in GRUB Legacy but not in GRUB 2.
(submenu): New section.
(false): New section.
(read): New section.
(true): New section.
 2011-03-30 03:49:22 +01:00
Colin Watson
a752763906 * docs/grub.texi (Changes from GRUB Legacy): Minor proofreading. 2011-03-30 03:26:11 +01:00
Colin Watson
e30af0297d * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Explain some of the 
current limitations of grub-mkconfig.
 2011-03-30 03:20:09 +01:00
Colin Watson
5c650f4c8e * docs/grub.texi (loopback): New section. 2011-03-29 18:08:23 +01:00
Colin Watson
994b826432 * docs/grub.texi (BIOS installation): New section, partly based on 
previous text in other sections.
(Installing GRUB using grub-install): Replace BIOS discussion with a
cross-reference.
(Images): Likewise.
 2011-03-29 14:32:38 +01:00
Colin Watson
83a3c48d37 * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Tidy up formatting. 2011-03-09 17:35:16 +00:00
Colin Watson
97286eb547 * docs/grub.texi (Kernel): Add reference to grub-mkrescue. 
(Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM): Likewise.
(Invoking grub-mkrescue): New section.
Reported by: Yann Dirson.  Fixes Debian bug #612585.
 2011-02-09 12:14:10 +00:00
Colin Watson
800f188183 * docs/grub.texi (Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM): Update to describe 
grub-mkrescue.
 2011-01-28 17:01:28 +00:00
Colin Watson
81431e2b02 * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Document 
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES.
 2011-01-22 01:11:56 +00:00
Szymon Janc
64d1f0412b * docs/grub.texi (Support automatic decompression): Update with xz 
decompression support.
 2011-01-07 22:42:02 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
b28fd807eb freedos support 2010-12-26 00:38:20 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
130da6a745 * docs/grub.texi (Changes from GRUB Legacy): Note when save_env is 
unavailable.
	(Simple configuration): Refer to Changes from GRUB Legacy about
	save_env availability.
 2010-11-14 16:25:28 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
7625a68ebb * docs/grub.texi (menu): Correct the order. 
Reported by: D. Hugh Redelmeier.
 2010-11-13 15:56:23 +01:00
Colin Watson
0cbcdf0e6f * docs/grub.texi (Installing GRUB using grub-install): Proofread. 
(Supported kernels): Likewise.
 2010-10-22 14:17:33 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
d82df574cd * docs/grub.texi (GNU/Linux): Document APM unavailability with 
32-bit linux protocol.
 2010-10-17 02:08:08 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
5b0276902e * docs/grub.texi (Installation): Document buggy BIOS install. 2010-10-17 00:46:39 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
ba5f65cfa1 * docs/grub.texi (Installation): Indent. 2010-10-17 00:38:57 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
27d9ee3253 * docs/grub.texi (Installation): Document embedding zone. Remove 
obsolete grub-install example.
 2010-10-16 23:38:30 +02:00
Robert Millan
219b35646a 2010-10-12 Robert Millan <rmh@gnu.org> 
* util/grub-mkconfig.in: Merge `GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY' and
	`GRUB_DISABLE_NETBSD_RECOVERY' into a single `GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY'
	variable.  All references updated.
	
	* util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in: Support recovery boot entries.
 2010-10-12 14:47:04 +02:00
Colin Watson
61c874c51c * .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 14:03:47 +01:00
Colin Watson
e5bfc130a4 * docs/grub.texi (serial): Remove obsolete comment about GRUB 
needing to be compiled with serial support.
(ls): Indicate that multiple files are accepted.
* grub-core/commands/ls.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Update help text to
indicate that multiple files are accepted.
 2010-09-16 14:13:48 +01:00
bvk.groups@gmail.com
4d69c7863b * docs/grub.texi (Shell-like scripting): Fix @dots to @dots{}. 2010-09-07 11:00:37 +05:30
bvk.groups@gmail.com
40294df243 merge with mainline 2010-09-07 09:35:57 +05:30
bvk.groups@gmail.com
e175e78d4a documentation for some grub-script features 2010-09-07 09:33:29 +05:30
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
d7e06c1f0b * docs/grub.texi (Theme file format): Document new position format. 2010-09-05 20:33:03 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
fc157e539c * docs/grub.texi (Theme file format): Replace Box_slice_names.png with 
a table. Use @code instead of @verbatim.
 2010-09-05 20:17:34 +02:00
Colin D Bennett
506e9a1ce0 Gfxmenu documentation. 
* docs/grub.texi (Theme file format): New chapter.
 2010-09-05 20:04:10 +02:00
Colin Watson
da2891f962 * docs/grub.texi: Add myself as an author. 2010-09-01 10:29:30 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
b4c1aae0f1 * docs/grub.texi (Network): Fix reference to pxe_blksize. 2010-08-30 01:56:35 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
a30f510eac newreloc documentation upgrade 2010-08-29 02:29:14 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
5dc598851f Document newreloc 2010-08-29 00:21:16 +02:00
Samuel Thibault
b40ea81bc7 2010-08-21 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> 
* docs/grub.texi (GNU/Hurd): Document booting GNU/Hurd.
 2010-08-21 01:36:02 +02:00
Colin Watson
63c734a63e * commands/i386/pc/sendkey.c (keysym_table): Rename "numlock" to 
"numcenter" (I misunderstood the purpose of this entry).
* docs/grub.texi (sendkey): Likewise.
 2010-08-20 00:15:23 +01:00
Colin Watson
c4d1654256 * commands/i386/pc/sendkey.c (options): Remove "keep" from all 
status flag options; simply omitting the option is equivalent and
simpler.  Rename "wait" to "pause".  Rename "sysreq" to "sysrq".
(keysym_table): Rename "num5numlock" to "numlock".
(grub_cmd_sendkey): Reinitialise `andmask' and `ormask', so that we
can uniformly say that only the last of multiple `sendkey'
invocations has any effect.
* docs/grub.texi (sendkey): New section.
 2010-08-20 00:05:14 +01:00
Colin Watson
2cfb45df5e * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Document GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN 
and GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT.  Recommend setting
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text rather than unsetting it in order to
disable gfxpayload.
(Shell-like scripting): Add real content.
(Serial terminal): Suggest `terminal_input serial; terminal_output
serial' rather than putting the two commands on separate lines,
since console input will be inoperative after the first command.
(menuentry): Document --class, --users, and --hotkey options.
(terminfo): Describe what `visually-ordered UTF-8' means (thanks,
Vladimir Serbinenko).
 2010-08-01 11:25:09 -05:00