| PackageDescription | GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS binaries)
GRUB is a portable, powerful bootloader. This version of GRUB is based on a
cleaner design than its predecessors, and provides the following new features:
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- Scripting in grub.cfg using BASH-like syntax.
- Support for modern partition maps such as GPT.
- Modular generation of grub.cfg via update-grub. Packages providing GRUB
add-ons can plug in their own script rules and trigger updates by invoking
update-grub2.
- VESA-based graphical mode with background image support and complete 24-bit
color set.
- Support for extended charsets. Users can write UTF-8 text to their menu
entries.
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This package contains a version of GRUB that has been built for use with
traditional PC/BIOS architecture. It will not automatically install GRUB
as the active boot loader, nor will it automatically update grub.cfg on
upgrade, so most people should install grub-pc instead. |