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Colin Watson
bca58c7bb6 * docs/grub.texi (Embedded configuration): New section (replacing
old "Preset Menu" stub).
(Images): New section.
(configfile): Note that any menu entries defined in `file' are shown
immediately.
2010-06-28 11:32:50 +01:00
Colin Watson
bbe346529e * commands/cat.c (options): New variable.
(grub_cmd_cat): Parse options.  If the --dos option is given, print
DOS-style "\r\n" line endings as simple newlines (Debian bug
#586358).
(GRUB_MOD_INIT): Use extcmd.
(GRUB_MOD_FINI): Likewise.
* docs/grub.texi (cat): Document --dos.
2010-06-28 08:51:46 +01:00
Colin Watson
d803460357 * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Explain that
GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY and GRUB_DISABLE_NETBSD_RECOVERY must be
set to `true' to disable their respective recovery entries, not
merely set.
2010-06-26 10:50:39 +01:00
Colin Watson
e803a2b793 merge mainline 2010-06-17 16:14:08 +01:00
Colin Watson
e4311a9f0f * util/grub-mkconfig.in: Stop setting GRUB_VIDEO_BACKEND. Make it
available as a user override instead.  Replace the gfxterm backend
check with a check that ${GRUB_PREFIX}/video.lst is non-empty.
* util/grub.d/00_header.in (load_video): New generated function.
Call it before loading gfxterm rather than loading
${GRUB_VIDEO_BACKEND}.
* util/grub.d/10_linux.in (linux_entry): Call load_video.
* util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in (osx_entry): Likewise.
* docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Document
GRUB_VIDEO_BACKEND.
2010-06-17 16:01:17 +01:00
Colin Watson
41160e2e6f * docs/man/grub-emu.h2m: New file. 2010-06-14 15:08:02 +01:00
Colin Watson
b5309cc1b2 * docs/grub.texi (Commands): Document reduced command set in rescue
mode.
(cpuid): New section.
2010-06-13 13:17:23 +01:00
Colin Watson
56a0d956d1 * Makefile.in (install-local): Include $(srcdir)/docs/man/$$dest.h2m
when generating manual pages.
* docs/man/grub-bin2h.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-editenv.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-fstest.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-install.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-macho2img.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-mkconfig.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-mkdevicemap.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-mkfont.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-mkimage.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-mkrelpath.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-mkrescue.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-ofpathname.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-pe2elf.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-probe.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-reboot.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-script-check.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-set-default.h2m: New file.
* docs/man/grub-setup.h2m: New file.
2010-06-11 22:12:16 +01:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
6289c3a715 * docs/grub.texi (Vendor power-on button): Add Asus EeePC 1005PE as
reported by Henrique Ferreiro.
2010-06-09 22:24:12 +02:00
Colin Watson
d39f3dec5f * docs/grub.texi (History): Expand to cover GRUB 2.
(Serial terminal): Refer to `terminal_input' and `terminal_output'
commands, not `terminal'.
(serial): Likewise.
(terminal_input): New section.
(terminal_output): New section.
(uppermem): New section (stub).
(Obtaining and Building GRUB): Refer to Bazaar, not Subversion.
2010-06-08 10:29:25 +01:00
Colin Watson
6ef0ddb476 * docs/grub.texi (Security): Menu entries are unrestricted by
default, not restricted to superusers as I had previously thought.
Reword to account for this.
2010-06-08 10:18:53 +01:00
BVK Chaitanya
baea17662b merge with mainline 2010-06-08 09:36:44 +05:30
Colin Watson
da90820083 * docs/grub.texi (Naming convention): Use GRUB 2 syntax.
(File name syntax): Likewise.
(help): --all is no longer supported in GRUB 2.  Be more precise
about pattern matching.
2010-06-07 22:18:00 +01:00
Colin Watson
ee75515e69 * docs/grub.texi (Network): New section.
(Device syntax): The network device is called `(pxe)' in GRUB 2, not
`(nd)' as in GRUB Legacy.
(pxe_unload): New section.
2010-06-07 21:26:30 +01:00
Colin Watson
a6a700aa52 * docs/grub.texi (Troubleshooting): `echo' is not usually available
in the rescue shell, so recommend using `set' instead.  Thanks,
Jordan Uggla.
2010-06-07 21:10:29 +01:00
Colin Watson
4003dd38df * docs/grub.texi (Filesystem): Refer to search' instead of find'.
(password): New section.
(password_pbkdf2): New section.
(search): New section.
(Security): New section.
(Troubleshooting): New section, currently very incomplete.
(Invoking grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2): New section.
(Internals): New section, currently very incomplete.
2010-06-07 14:32:12 +01:00
Colin Watson
0819fec8a1 * docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Fix copy-and-paste typo.
Thanks to Jordan Uggla for spotting this.
2010-06-02 22:48:13 +01:00
Colin Watson
ca0afd5bab * 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 13:11:33 +01:00
Colin Watson
1c41aa7883 * docs/grub.texi (Chain-loading): New section.
(DOS/Windows): New section, borrowed from GRUB Legacy with details
adjusted for GRUB 2.
(SCO UnixWare): Likewise.
(QNX): Likewise.
(chainloader): Add reference to `Block list syntax'.
(drivemap): New section.
(parttool): New section.
2010-06-02 12:47:11 +01:00
Colin Watson
bb8ea0f5c3 * docs/grub.texi (GNU GRUB manual): Remove reference to `Invoking
the grub shell'.
(Installation): Add reference to `Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM'.
(Installing GRUB using grub-install): Remove reference to the grub
shell; mention `grub-mkimage' and `grub-setup' instead.
(Invoking grub-install): Likewise.
(Interface): Add reference to `Menu entry editor'.
(serial): Remove `--device' option.
2010-06-02 11:26:28 +01:00
Colin Watson
288dd6ed3d * docs/grub.texi (Configuration): New section, documenting
configuration file generation using grub-mkconfig.  I've left a slot
for documenting the full shell scripting format but have not yet
started on writing that up.
(Invoking grub-mkconfig): New section.
2010-06-02 11:14:02 +01:00
Colin Watson
34c9f0e949 * docs/grub.texi (direntry): Remove grub-terminfo reference.
(GNU GRUB manual): Likewise.
(General commands): Update description of `terminfo' for GRUB 2.
2010-06-02 02:50:04 +01:00
Colin Watson
9121567e16 * commands/gptsync.c (grub_cmd_gptsync): Fix typos.
(GRUB_MOD_INIT): Fix capitalisation.
* docs/grub.texi (Command-line and menu entry commands): Document
gettext and gptsync commands.
2010-06-02 02:37:55 +01:00
BVK Chaitanya
692d7c2855 pull-in emu-lite branch 2010-05-26 17:49:05 +05:30
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
f24f430030 cmostest support.
* commands/i386/cmostest.c: New file.
	* conf/i386-coreboot.rmk (pkglib_MODULES): Add cmostest.mod.
	(cmostest_mod_SOURCES): New variable.
	(cmostest_mod_CFLAGS): Likewise.
	(cmostest_mod_LDFLAGS): Likewise.
	* conf/i386-pc.rmk: Likewise.
	* docs/grub.texi (Vendor power-on keys): New section.
	* util/grub-mkconfig.in: export GRUB_DEFAULT_BUTTON,
	GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_BUTTON, GRUB_TIMEOUT_BUTTON
	and GRUB_BUTTON_CMOS_ADDRESS.
	* util/grub.d/00_header.in: Handle powering-on by separate button.
2010-05-23 14:16:17 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
76e6d0d767 Add default/grub support 2010-05-23 14:11:11 +02:00
BVK Chaitanya
8c41176882 automake commit without merge history 2010-05-06 11:34:04 +05:30
Samuel Thibault
bb06ba0892 * docs/grub.texi (play): Document that zero pitches produce rests. 2010-04-28 22:59:27 +02:00
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
d9f31a41ca 2010-02-16 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
Remove any reference to non-free fonts.

	* commands/videotest.c (grub_cmd_videotest): Use unifont by default.
	* docs/gfxmenu-theme-example.txt: Removed. It's both outdated and
	uses non-free components.
	* font/font.c (grub_font_get_name): Remove example name.
	* gfxmenu/gui_label.c (grub_gui_label_new): Use unifont by default.
	* gfxmenu/gui_list.c (grub_gui_list_new): Likewise.
	* gfxmenu/gui_progress_bar.c (grub_gui_progress_bar_new): Likewise.
	* gfxmenu/view.c (grub_gfxmenu_view_new): Likewise.
2010-02-16 13:23:08 +01:00
Samuel Thibault
6fa7cfce65 2010-02-14 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
* commands/i386/pc/play.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT(play)): Fix help.
	* docs/grub.texi (Command-line and menu entry commands): Document play
	command.
2010-02-14 18:36:26 +01:00
Colin D Bennett
d920a32ab6 gfxmenu import 2009-11-20 16:02:58 +01:00
robertmh
5c35048e23 2009-10-26 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
* docs/grub.cfg: Fix example usage of *BSD loaders.
2009-10-26 00:38:38 +00:00
robertmh
f669389090 2009-10-25 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
Patch from Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
        * docs/grub.cfg: Compensate for recent change in multiboot
        loader (since 2009-08-14 it won't pass filename to payload).
        * util/grub.d/10_hurd.in: Likewise.
2009-10-24 23:03:02 +00:00
cjwatson
cb8a2c382e 2009-09-26 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* docs/grub.texi (Command-line and menu entry commands): Document
	date and echo commands.
2009-09-25 23:43:46 +00:00
cjwatson
c44c90db27 2009-09-21 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
Build info documentation.  Some code borrowed from Automake.

	* configure.ac: Check for makeinfo.
	* Makefile.in (MAKEINFO, INFOS, info_INFOS): New variables.
	(MAINTAINER_CLEANFILES): Add $(INFOS), docs/stamp-vti, and
	docs/version.texi.
	(MOSTLYCLEANFILES): Add vti.tmp.
	(docs/version.texi, docs/stamp-vti): Update automatically.
	(docs/grub.info): Build info documentation.  Use --force and ignore
	errors for now.
	(all-local): Add $(INFOS).
	(install-local): Install info files.
	(uninstall): Uninstall info files.
	* docs/version.texi: Remove from revision control.  This file is
	automatically generated on build now.
	* gendistlist.sh: Add `*.info'.
2009-09-21 18:22:27 +00:00
robertmh
8ef070f50d 2009-09-12 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
* configure.ac: Bump version to 1.97~beta3.
        * docs/version.texi: Likewise.
2009-09-12 13:08:38 +00:00
fzielcke
c0d343875a 2009-09-10 Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>
* docs/grub.cfg: Add an example menu entry for memtest86+.
2009-09-09 22:31:51 +00:00
robertmh
4ff0d7a4b8 2009-09-04 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
* configure.ac: Bump version to 1.97~beta2.
        * docs/version.texi: Likewise.
2009-09-04 12:08:43 +00:00
cjwatson
f091064493 2009-09-02  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
* docs/grub.texi (Naming convention): Describe one-based partition
	numbering.
	(Device syntax): Likewise.
	(File name syntax): Likewise.
	(Block list syntax): Likewise.
	(Making a GRUB bootable CD-ROM): Talk about grub.cfg rather than
	menu.lst.
	(File name syntax): Likewise.
	(Command-line and menu entry commands): Document acpi, blocklist,
	crc, export, insmod, keystatus, ls, set, and unset commands.
2009-09-02 09:29:58 +00:00
robertmh
cc55302e00 2009-08-30 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
* configure.ac: Bump version to 1.97~beta1.
        * docs/version.texi: Likewise.
2009-08-30 15:12:48 +00:00
robertmh
892a3d9805 2009-08-07 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
* docs/grub.texi: Major overhaul.  Remove all sections that are
        specific to GRUB Legacy, or mostly composed of Legacy-specific
        information.
2009-08-07 17:18:12 +00:00
robertmh
ed94253fbf 2009-08-07 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
* docs/version.texi: New file.  Provides version information for
        grub.texi.
2009-08-07 17:14:16 +00:00
robertmh
126d662892 2009-08-07 Robert Millan <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
* docs/grub.texi: Update CVS information to SVN.
        Replace outdated "GRUB 2 will include" phrase with "GRUB 2 includes".
2009-08-07 16:51:13 +00:00
fzielcke
b39f9d20a9 remove all trailing whitespace 2009-06-10 21:04:23 +00:00
robertmh
7161f0e02b 2008-08-13 Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
* docs/grub.cfg: Remove `/dev/' prefix in GNU/Hurd boot entry.
2008-08-13 16:59:12 +00:00
robertmh
a196752277 2008-08-13 Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
* docs/grub.cfg: Use the native device name for the example GNU/Hurd
        boot entry.
2008-08-13 16:55:06 +00:00
robertmh
094c01d09c 2008-04-29 Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
* docs/grub.cfg: New file (example GRUB configuration).
2008-04-29 12:17:33 +00:00
okuji
87a95d1fb3 2008-03-01 Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
* DISTLIST: Added docs/fdl.texi, docs/grub.texi, docs/mdate-sh and
    texinfo.tex.

    * docs/grub.texi: New file. Copied from GRUB Legacy, and slightly
    modified.

    * docs/fdl.texi: New file.

    * docs/mdate-sh: New file. Copied from gnulib.
    * docs/texinfo.tex: Likewise.

    * config.guess: Updated from gnulib.
    * install-sh: Likewise.
2008-03-01 17:27:51 +00:00