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GRUB is the GRand Unified Bootloader. Briefly, bootloader is the
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first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is
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responsible for loading and transferring control to the operating
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system kernel software (such as NetBSD or Linux). GRUB understands
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ffs, FAT{16,32}, ext2fs, ReiserFS, minixfs, and VSTafs. It can
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directly boot NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Linux without any other
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bootloader, loading a.out and ELF kernels from the disk and passing
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along necessary arguments (in most cases). It can also boot any
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operating system (the above, plus e.g. Windows, OS/2) by chaining
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to that operating system's specific loader. Grub features a runtime
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command line and loads its configuration at boot rather than
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requiring rerunning of a separate utility. Other features are TFTP
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booting, serial console support, large disk support, support for
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both DOS MBR label and BSD disklabel simultaneously, booting from
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hard drive or floppy.
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GRUB is available for the i386 architecture only.
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