July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Programs that you can use to create .xpm files include the GIMP,
xv, and xpaint.
terminal
terminal [options] [console] [serial]
Specify a terminal for user interaction. This command is available
only if GRUB was compiled with serial support. If both console
and serial are specified, GRUB uses the first terminal where a key is
pressed, or the first after the timeout has expired. If neither is speci-
fied, GRUB displays the current setting.
Options
--dumb
The terminal is a dumb terminal; if this option is not speci-
fied, the terminal is assumed to be VT100-compatible.
--lines=num
The terminal has num lines. The default is 24.
--silent
Suppress the prompt to hit any key (useful if your system does
not have a terminal).
--timeout=secs
Specify the timeout in seconds.
tftpserver
tftpserver ipaddress
Specify a TFTP server, overriding the address returned by a
BOOTP, DHCP, or RARP server. The IP address must be specified
in dotted decimal format. This command is available only if GRUB
was compiled with netboot support. This command is deprecated;
use ifconfig instead.
unhide
unhide partition
Unhide the specified partition. This is useful when booting DOS or
Windows when there are multiple primary partitions on one disk.
You can unhide the partition you want to boot and hide the ...
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