GRUB -- GRand Unified Boot-loader

			version 0.5

		by Erich Boleyn  <erich@uruk.org>


Introduction

  This is the public release of GRUB version 0.5, a bootloader for
  PC-compatible machines.


Installation

  Precompiled versions are included in the "bin" directory:

	bin/
		stage1		This is the 512-byte stage1 which reads
				in the rest of GRUB at boot-time.
		ffs_stage1_5	This is an example for how to build a
				"stage 1.5" to automatically load a stage2
				from the filesystem.
		stage2		This is the main part of GRUB.
		stage2_debug	Same as "stage2", but compiled with the
				debug features enabled.

  Instructions for installing can be found in "docs/install.html".


Building From Source

  To build GRUB from source, first run the bourne-shell script "configure"
  (options can be found by running "./configure --help").  It will complain
  of missing or bad tools determined by it's tests.  If it completes
  successfully, then just type "make".

  Note that the binary names correspond to subdirectories in the top level
  of the distribution.  See the makefiles in there for details on where
  the source files are drawn from, but in general, the "stage1" only uses
  the "stage1.S" file, and the others use source files from the "shared_src"
  subdirectory.

  IMPORTANT SIZE LIMITS:

  - For the various stage2's, if they are being loaded from a block-list
    in the stage1, then be sure your blocklist is big enough.  The
    automated install will generally do this for you, it's just when
    dropping it on a raw floppy, you get the default compiled in, which
    is 512 * 80 disk sectors, or 40960 bytes.

  - For the FFS stage1.5, if you want to fit into the "bootloader" area
    of an FFS partition, it cannot be larger than 512 * 14 disk sectors,
    or 7168 bytes.


Other Documentation

  Pretty much all of the documentation and other helpful information is
  in the "docs" directory mostly as HTML files, the root of which is
  "index.html".

  The FAQ and Installation instructions really need to be updated and
  improved!

  The TODO and NEWS files are always up-to-date.