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This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader.
GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more
robust, more powerful, and more portable.

See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2.

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the
GRUB 2 data and program files.

Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information.
The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>.

More extensive documentation is available in the Info manual,
accessible using 'info grub' after building and installing GRUB 2.

There are a number of important user-visible differences from the
first version of GRUB, now known as GRUB Legacy. For a summary, please
see:

  info grub Introduction 'Changes from GRUB Legacy'
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4d8d554a CW	1	This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader.
	2	GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more
	3	robust, more powerful, and more portable.
	4
	5	See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2.
	6
	7	See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the
	8	GRUB 2 data and program files.
	9
	10	Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information.
	11	The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>.
	12
	13	More extensive documentation is available in the Info manual,
	14	accessible using 'info grub' after building and installing GRUB 2.
	15
	16	There are a number of important user-visible differences from the
	17	first version of GRUB, now known as GRUB Legacy. For a summary, please
	18	see:
	19
	20	info grub Introduction 'Changes from GRUB Legacy'