["Boot"] > BootLoader
GRUB is the !["GRand"] Unified Bootloader, a very powerful newish BootLoader that can be used to boot most ?OperatingSystems on the ["x86"] platform.
See Also
GRUB Configuration: GrubConfiguration
Recover GRUB: GrubRecover
From LILO to GRUB: FromLiloToGrub
["Synaptic"] and ?AptGet .
- ["Kernel"]
- ["FAQ"]
Discussion
Q
Will GRUB allow me to hibernate Linux and activate another ?OperatingSystem (such as ["WindowsXP"]) that I hibernated earlier, i.e. a ?DualHibernate rather than a DualBoot?
Is there a way to install GRUB in the MasterBootRecord from DOS or ["WindowsXP"], i.e. a utility similar to rawrite.exe or fdisk.exe that write a GRUB MBR? What I want here is to install Linux without having a bootable floppy.
A
Answer by Mecki: GRUB uses several stages for loading, only stage 0 can reside in MBR GRUB will need at least a ["partition"] of its own for the remaining stages 1.5 and 2.0
Answer by RainerKulow: There is a win32 Version of GRUB, i used it to install linux from ["Windows2000"] , but i am not sure what exactly the source is you can download the exe at: [http://www.skyjammer.com/files/knoppix/ grubwin32]
Just unzip grubwin32 to c:\ then run c:\boot\grub\w32grub This would patch the necessary files(under XP, not linux). Then add :
c:\boot\stage1="GRUB"
to c:\boot.ini
And you now have a grub boot loader on your XP system.
External Links
[http://www.gnu.org/software/grub GRUB homepage].
[http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/ GRUB manual].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/["GRand" wiki:?GRUB]_Unified_Bootloader Wikipedia article about].
[http://www.ameritech.net/users/gholmer/booting.html wiki:?GRUB Booting with].
[http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-faq.en.html wiki:FAQ GRUB].
[http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/install.html GRUB Install].
[http://www.autistici.org/grub/moin.cgi/FrontPage GRUB Wiki]