README

   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 Because GRUB 2 was formerly developed under the project PUPA, there
   6 remain still many places where PUPA is used instead of GRUB 2. So
   7 suppose that PUPA is a synonym of GRUB 2 for now.
   8
   9 See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2.
  10
  11 See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the
  12 GRUB 2 data and program files.
  13
  14 Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information.
  15 The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>.
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  19 Because GRUB 2 is still in developmental stage, GRUB 2 is not for general
  20 use (yet). For now, you can install GRUB 2 into a floppy by these
  21 instructions:
  22
  23 $ configure && make
  24 $ ./pupa-mkimage -v -d . -o core.img _chain ext2
  25 $ dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
  26 $ dd if=core.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
  27
  28 It would be easier to use Bochs <http://bochs.sf.net/> than a real
  29 machine.