July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Boot Methods
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GRUB Commands
The following sections describe two sets of commands. Both can be used at the
GRUB command line. In addition, the first set can be used in the global section of
the menu, and the second can be used in individual menu entries. A few
commands can be used only on the GRUB shell command line; this is noted in the
command entry. The commands default, fallback, hiddenmenu, timeout, and
title are available only in the configuration file, for use with the menu interface.
They are described in “The GRUB Configuration File,” earlier in the chapter.
When running commands, if you find that you aren’t sure how to complete a
pathname, you can use the Tab key to find the possible completions. For
example:
grub> blocklist (hd0,1)/grub/[Tab]
Possible files are: grub.conf splash.xpm.gz menu.lst device.map stage1
stage2 e2fs_stage1_5 fat_stage1_5 ffs_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5
reiserfs_stage1_5 vstafs_stage1_5 xfs_stage1_5
grub> blocklist (hd0,1)/grub/stage2
(hd0,1)33306+24,33332+231
Command-Line and Global Menu Commands
The commands available at the command line and in the global section of the
configuration file are as follows.
bootp
bootp [--with-configfile]
Initialize a network device via the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP).
This command is available only if GRUB ...
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