From FedoraProject  Revision as of 20:33, 1 August 2012 by
Dowdle (Talk | contribs)  Jump to: navigation, search    GRUB 2
is the latest version of GNU GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader.
A bootloader is the first software program that runs when a
computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring
control to the operating system kernel, (Linux, in the case of
Fedora). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the
operating system.   Starting with Fedora 16, GRUB 2 is the
default bootloader on x86 BIOS systems. For upgrades of BIOS
systems the default is also to install GRUB 2, but you can opt
to skip bootloader configuration entirely.  Tasks / Common
issues  Updating GRUB 2 configuration  The grub2 packages
contain commands for installing a bootloader and for creating a
bootloader configuration file.  grub2-install will install the
bootloader - usually in the MBR, in free unpartioned space, and
as files in /boot. The bootloader is installed with something
like:  grub2-install /dev/sda  grub2-m