[Devil-linux-software] [fmII] GNU GRUB 1.94 released (Development branch)

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The changes in this release are as follows:
Several serious bugs in HFS+ were fixed. Experimental EFI support was
added for chainloading and Linux loading. The "blocklist" command was
added to show a block list. The --with-platform option is used to
specify a boot environment. The filename "kernel.elf" should be used
instead of "grubof" on ieee1275. GRUB is installed into pkglibdir
instead of pkgdatadir. Environment variables are supported by the
"export" command. "default" and "timeout" are now variables instead
of commands. The "source" and "." commands were added to include a
file. An experimental video API and a new "gfxterm" terminal based on
the video API were implemented.  

Release focus:
5 - Major feature enhancements 

Project added:
Mon, Jul 13th 1998 17:06 (7 years, 10 months ago)

Project description:
GNU GRUB is a Multiboot loader. It was derived from GRUB. It is an
attempt to produce a bootloader for IBM PC-compatible machines that
has both the capability to be friendly to beginning or otherwise
non-technically interested users and the flexibility to help experts
in diverse environments. It is compatible with FreeBSD, NetBSD,
OpenBSD and Linux. It supports Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP and OS/2 via
chain-loaders. It has a menu interface and a command-line interface. 

Trove categories:
[Development Status  ] 4 - Beta
[Environment         ] Console (Text Based)
[License             ] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System    ] OS Independent
[Programming Language] Assembly, C
[Topic               ] System :: Boot 

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