1N/ANEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GRUB
1N/A* The command "fallback" supports mutiple fallback entries.
1N/A* The command "savedefault" supports an optional argument which
1N/A is the number of next boot entry or the special keyword `fallback'.
1N/A* New utility "grub-set-default".
1N/A* New section "Making your system robust" in the manual.
1N/ANew in 0.97 - 2005-05-08:
1N/A* Fix the prototypes and the definitions of nested functions. This was
1N/A* Implement a more robust workaround for buggy BIOSes which don't pass
1N/A boot drive correctly (notably for HP Vectra).
1N/ANew in 0.96 - 2005-01-30:
1N/A* The command "fallback" supports mutiple fallback entries.
1N/A* The command "savedefault" supports an optional argument which
1N/A is the number of next boot entry or the special keyword `fallback'.
1N/A* New utility "grub-set-default".
1N/A* New section "Making your system robust" in the manual.
1N/ANew in 0.95 - 2004-06-13:
1N/A* Add support for ReiserFS 3.
1N/A* Fix support for FreeBSD 5.
1N/A* Support ATARAID for Linux in the grub shell and grub-install.
1N/A* Add CDROM support for El Torito with no emulation mode. You can use
1N/A (cd) as a CDROM drive in the config file.
1N/A* Option --no-mem-option is implied for Linux 2.4.18 and newer.
1N/A* Add support for UFS2.
1N/ANew in 0.94 - 2004-01-25:
1N/A* Support building on x86-64 with gcc -m32.
1N/A* Use a BIOS call to turn
on/off Gate A20. This should solve various
1N/A problems related to Gate A20 in modern BIOSes.
1N/A* Add a workaround for buggy BIOSes (notably HP Vectra series) which
1N/A don't pass the boot drive correctly.
1N/A* Display "GNU GRUB" instead of "GRUB" in the menu.
1N/A* Add support for QNX RTP into the grub shell.
1N/A* Add support for the initrd max address of a kernel header in Linux.
1N/A* Support 32 bit and 64 bit dev_t.
1N/A* Add support for an install device in GRUB's notation with no
1N/A parenthesis (
e.g. grub-install hd0).
1N/A* Improve the manual a lot.
1N/ANew in 0.93 - 2002-12-08:
1N/A* Define the behavior of the boot loader when the load end address is
1N/A zero and the bss end address is zero in the Multiboot Specification.
1N/A Also, add the support into GRUB.
1N/A* Finally, we have a Bug Tracking System! Now the preferable way to
1N/A report bugs is to use the BTS rather than sending e-mail to bug-grub.
1N/A* The appendix "FAQ" in the manual is removed. See the GNU GRUB FAQ on
1N/A* The terminal handling code is rewritten radically, and many bugfixes
1N/A are made at the same time.
1N/A* The command "color" is effective even in the command-line.
1N/A* The command "terminal" takes two new options, ``--no-echo'' and
1N/A ``--no-edit''. If you specify ``--no-echo'', GRUB won't echo back
1N/A input characters. If you specify ``--no-edit'', GRUB will disable the
1N/A BASH-like editing feature. These options are useful when using an
1N/A intelligent terminal (such as the comint mode in GNU Emacs).
1N/A* The utility ``grub-md5-crypt'' prompts to retype a password and checks
1N/A if the passwords match.
1N/A* Support for booting Linux is rewritten, so GRUB now supports
1N/A* The menu interfaces supports Page Up, Page Down, and Right Key.
1N/A* New command "terminfo", for vt100-incompatible terminals.
1N/A* New options, ``-D'', ``-g'' and ``-m'' are supported for FreeBSD.
1N/ANew in 0.92 - 2002-04-30:
1N/A* The command "displaymem" uses only hex digits for consistency.
1N/A* The netboot code goes back to the progress bars instead of dots, for
1N/A the notation of data transfers. And, that is displayed only in debug
1N/A mode, that is to say, nothing is displayed by default. Remember that
1N/A you can turn on debug mode via the command "debug".
1N/A* The command "help" doesn't show all the available commands by default,
1N/A when no argument is specified. Rarely used commands (such as
1N/A "testload") and useless commands in interactive use (such as
1N/A "savedefault") are hidden. If you want to see help messages for those
1N/A commands, specify the new option "--all".
1N/A* A built-in, `more'-like pager is added. When a command prints too many
1N/A lines to fit the screen, GRUB waits until you hit return key. This
1N/A feature can be turned off by the new command "pager".
1N/A* The command "terminal" accepts a new option, "--lines=LINES". You can
1N/A set the maximum number of lines arbitrarily with this option. If you
1N/A don't specify it, the maximum number will be 24.
1N/A* The command "terminal" accepts another new option, "--silent". You can
1N/A suppress the "Press any key to continue" message with this option.
1N/A* The mem= option for Linux is recognized and used to limit the maximum
1N/A* A fallback entry is executed immediately after a default entry,
1N/A without prompting a user's intervention, as the manual has ever been
1N/A* The utility ``grub-install'' makes sure that GRUB images have been
1N/A written to a physical disk completely. To assist this feature, a new
1N/A command "dump" is added.
1N/ANew in 0.91 - 2002-01-21:
1N/A* Support for Linux DAC960 is added.
1N/A* JFS and XFS support is added.
1N/A* The commands "hide" and "unhide" support logical partitions.
1N/A* The utility ``grub-install'' supports NetBSD.
1N/A* The network support is updated to Etherboot-5.0.5.
1N/A* The manner of handling the preset menu changes. In the previous
1N/A implementation, the preset menu is used only when opening the
1N/A configuration file failed. Now try to use the preset menu first. And,
1N/A if the configuration file is available, it is read after readoing the
1N/A preset menu. In this case, menu entries in the preset menu (if any)
1N/A are overrided by the configuration file.
1N/A* Diskless support is a bit changed. In the previous, GRUB set up a
1N/A network automatically via a special function. In the current, the
1N/A function is gone and the preset menu feature is used (
i.e. just
1N/A execute the command "bootp" as if you specified it in the preset
1N/A menu). This has no impact against most users, but you should take care
1N/A if using the preset menu for your own purpose, because GRUB doesn't
1N/A call "bootp" implicitly when the preset menu is used explicitly. In
1N/A this case, you would probably need to insert commands to initialize a
1N/A network into your preset menu.
1N/A* Important bugfixes are made for ReiserFS, APM, TFTP, LBA, etc.
1N/ANew in 0.90 - 2001-07-11:
1N/A* The command "setkey" resets key mappings, when no argument is
1N/A* Linux devfs support is added.
1N/A* The utility ``grub-install'' accepts a new option, `--recheck'. If
1N/A this option is specified, probe a device map, even if it already
1N/A exists. You should use this option whenever you
add/remove a disk.
1N/A* The command "password" supports a md5 password if the option `--md5'
1N/A is given. This command can now also be used to protect specific menu
1N/A items with their own passwords.
1N/A* New command, "displayapm".
1N/A* New command, "md5crypt".
1N/A* The new utility ``grub-md5-crypt'' is a frontend of the grub shell. It
1N/A encrypts a password in MD5 format.
1N/A* New commands, "testvbe" and "vbeprobe".
1N/A* The configure script accepts a new option, `--enable-preset-menu'. You
1N/A can embed an arbitrary configuration which will be used when Stage 2
1N/A cannot open a real configuration file, with this option. The argument
1N/A must be an existing file.
1N/A* EZ-BIOS support is added.
1N/A* Booting Windows from a logical partition is supported.
1N/A* The example Multiboot kernel in the directory "docs" is built, if you
1N/A specify the option `--enable-example-kernel' to the configure script.
1N/A* New command, "ifconfig".
1N/A* Linux software RAID support is added (only for RAID-1).
1N/A* Hercules support is added.
1N/A* The configure script now accepts `--disable-auto-linux-mem-opt', which
1N/A has the same meaning as you specify the option `--no-mem-option' to the
1N/A* Jump to the physical entry address of a Multiboot kernel when booting
1N/A it up. The old behavior was to use the virtual one, regardless of the
1N/A setting of the physical address.
1N/A* The commands "bootp" and "dhcp" accepts a new option
1N/A `--with-configfile', so that you can load a remotely specified
1N/A configuration file automatically, like the network boot images.
1N/A* VSTa filesystem support is added.
1N/A* ELF symbol loading support is added.
1N/ANew in 0.5.96 - 2000-10-04:
1N/A* New commands, "reboot" and "halt".
1N/A* New command, "hiddenmenu". You can hide the menu interface by default
1N/A* You can specify `--no-mem-option' to the command "kernel", if you want
1N/A GRUB not to pass a Linux's mem option automatically.
1N/A* Now GRUB is compliant with the
Linux/i386 boot protocol version 2.02.
1N/A* The network support is updated to Etherboot-4.6.4.
1N/A* Symlinks in ReiserFS are supported.
1N/A* Add a workaround into the grub shell, so that it works fine even under
1N/A* Add a new option `--stage2' into the commands "install" and "setup",
1N/A to let the grub shell know what the file name of Stage 2 is under your
1N/A operating system. You must specify the option correctly, if you cannot
1N/A unmount the partition where GRUB images reside. We'd recommend _not_
1N/A using those commands directly, but using the utility "grub-install"
1N/A instead, because this is safer.
1N/A* One violation against the Network Boot Image Proposal was found and
1N/A fixed. So now the image `nbgrub' can work fine even with a card such
1N/A* Serial terminal support is added. The configure script accepts
1N/A a new option `--disable-serial'. Unless it is specified, you can use
1N/A two new commands, "serial" and "terminal" in the command-line and the
1N/A menu. See the manual, for more details.
1N/A* Preserve the possible magic number used by Windows NT in a MBR.
1N/A* The command-line interface is switched to single-line editing mode.
1N/A* Only for developers: the configure script accepts
1N/A `--enable-serial-speed-simulation', which is useful when you want to
1N/A simulate the speed of a serial device on a psuedo terminal.
1N/A* Also only for developers: you can specify an optional argument to the
1N/A option `--hold' for the grub shell. The argument means how many
1N/A seconds the grub shell should wait until diving into the main routine.
1N/A* New command, "savedefault". Now you can save current entry number to
1N/A your disk with this command and then you can set the default boot
1N/A entry to it by the command "default saved".
1N/A* Add a new option `--prefix' into the command "setup", so that you can
1N/A specify the name of a directory which contains GRUB images. And, the
1N/A behavior of this command changed slightly, that is, this command now
1N/A searchs stage1 automatically under "
/boot/grub" and "/grub", unless
1N/A you specify the option `--prefix'.
1N/A* The utility `grub-install' recognizes a separate boot partition
1N/A* New commands, "partnew" and "parttype". You can modify partition
1N/A tables with these commands.
1N/ANew in 0.5.95 - 2000-06-27:
1N/A* NetBSD ELF kernel support is added. You have to specify the new option
1N/A to the command "kernel". See below.
1N/A* Added a new option `--type=TYPE' into the command "kernel". This
1N/A option suggests what type of kernel you want to load. TYPE must be
1N/A either of "netbsd", "freebsd", "openbsd", "linux", "biglinux" and
1N/A "multiboot". Actually, this option will be necessary only if you want
1N/A to load a NetBSD ELF kernel, because GRUB can automatically determine
1N/A a kernel type in the other cases.
1N/A* ReiserFS support is added.
1N/A* Added a new option `--force-lba' into the command "install". This
1N/A option disables some sanity checks for LBA mode (but not all). If you
1N/A are sure that your machine supports LBA mode but GRUB doesn't work in
1N/A LBA mode, you should specify it. It is necessary if your BIOS is too
1N/A buggy. In the previous version, it was a compile-time option, but you
1N/A don't have to recompile GRUB any longer.
1N/A* Likewise, now the command "setup" and the script "grub-install" also
1N/A accept `--force-lba' option. Specifying this option to "setup" or
1N/A "grub-install" has the same effect as to the command "install".
1N/A* The configure script doesn't accept the option
1N/A `--disable-lba-support-bitmap-check' any longer. Use the option above.
1N/A* The network support is updated to Etherboot-4.6.1. So now we have
1N/A 3Com59x and DEPCA drivers.
1N/A* Now you can omit the configuration file argument to the command
1N/A "password". If you omit it, then GRUB will just unlock privileged
1N/A instructions (such as `c') when you enter a correct password.
1N/A* The new command "lock" can be used to prevent end-users from executing
1N/A arbitrary menu entries. This command will emit an error until the user
1N/A enters a correct password.
1N/A* Recognize the Linux extended partition type.
1N/A* Pass a correct memory size to Linux and *BSD.
1N/A* Diskless support is added. Now configure accepts --enable-diskless,
1N/A and "make" will produce two additional images, ``nbgrub'' for Net Boot
1N/A Image Proposal and ``pxegrub'' for Preboot Execution Environment. See
1N/A the documentation, for more details.
1N/A* The command "tftpserver" overrides a TFTP server address returned by a
1N/A BOOTP server, a DHCP server or a RARP server.
1N/A* Fix a serious bug about LBA support. It is possible that you don't
1N/A disable the LBA support bitmap check any longer. Please send a report,
1N/A if you must still disable it. We need to know if we should get rid of
1N/ANew in 0.5.94 - 2000-03-06:
1N/A* Stage 1 supports both the LBA mode and the CHS mode.
1N/A* The NetBSD and OpenBSD boot bug is fixed.
1N/A* The more automatic installation command "setup" is added.
1N/A* The command "embed" embeds a Stage 1.5 in the sectors after a MBR.
1N/A* Support symbolic color name syntax in the command "color".
1N/A* The grub shell loads the BIOS drive mapping information from a device
1N/A map file if it is specified and can be opened. If not found, try to
1N/A create it based on the guessed information.
1N/A* NetBSD support in the grub shell is improved.
1N/A* A simple checker for the format of a Multiboot kernel, ``mbchk'', is
1N/A* The command "find" searches for a filename in all devices and print
1N/A the list of the devices which contain the file.
1N/A* The command "map" maps a drive to another drive so that we can
1N/A chain-load some foolish operating systems (such as DOS) even if such
1N/A an operating system resides at a non-first drive.
1N/A* The command "setkey" maps a key to another.
1N/A* The GRUB manual is rewritten, and now consists of three parts and
1N/A* The command "ioprobe" detects what I/O ports are used for a BIOS
1N/A* OpenBSD support in the grub shell is improved.
1N/A* The command "install" can now patch a Stage 2 with a different
1N/A* New program, ``grub-install''.
1N/A* The command "blocklist" prints the blocklist notation of a file.
1N/A* The command "chainloader" now accepts an option "--force", which is
1N/A required if you want to chain-load a boot loader defective in the
1N/A signature, such as SCO Unixware 7.1.
1N/A* The netboot support is heavily rewritten, based on Etherboot-4.4.3.
1N/A Most of the device drivers are stolen from it, so we now have many
1N/A* Now configure accepts the option `--disable-lba-support-bitmap-check'
1N/A to ignore an incorrect LBA support bitmap returned by a buggy BIOS. If
1N/A you are sure that your BIOS does support LBA mode but GRUB doesn't
1N/A work in LBA mode, recompile GRUB with this option specified. You can
1N/A check if GRUB accesses a drive in LBA mode by the command "geometry".
1N/A* New commands "bootp", "dhcp" and "rarp" can be used to initialize a
1N/A network device and get IP addresses from a network.
1N/A* Long filename support in the FAT filesystem is added.
1N/A* The command "cmp" compares each bytes in two files.
1N/ANew in 0.5.93 - 1999-10-30:
1N/A* ELF format of FreeBSD kernel is supported.
1N/A* Support the partition ids for NetBSD and OpenBSD.
1N/A* Exit from the grub shell just by pushing the key `q' in the menu.
1N/A* New options for configure can disable some functions in Stage 2. See
1N/A the output from `configure --help' for more information.
1N/A* FAT32 support is added.
1N/A* Minix fs support is added.
1N/A* New commands "hide" and "unhide".
1N/A* The character `=' after a command is not necessary any longer, but it
1N/A is supported for backward compatibility.
1N/A* The command "help" displays helpful information about builtin
1N/A* The command "geometry" displays the information of a drive specified
1N/A and set the geometry to arbitrary C/H/S values if the optional
1N/A* The command "configfile" loads a configuration file interactively.
1N/A* The command "device" assigns a BIOS drive to an arbitrary filename in
1N/A* The option `--no-floppy' force the grub shell to assume that there is
1N/A no floppy, and the option `--probe-second-floppy' enables the probe of
1N/A the second floppy drive.
1N/A* Integrated the netboot support in the Dresden version of GRUB.
1N/A* FreeBSD support in the grub shell is improved.
1N/A* Killing (C-u and C-k), yanking (C-y) and manipulating the history
1N/A (C-p and C-n) are supported.
1N/A* The address argument for the command "install" is now optional.
1N/A* Better completion support.
1N/A* The command "cat" displays the contents of a file.
1N/ANew in 0.5.92 - 1999-07-26:
1N/A* Bug fixes (
i.e. Stage 1.5 can work fine again).
1N/A uses the Linux HDIO_GETGEO ioctl to determine hard disk geometry.
1N/A* TAB not only lists filenames, but also completes a filename when the
1N/A* Password is not echoed back, put an asterisk for each of input
1N/A* stage2_debug is removed, and the debugging features are added into
1N/A* Color menu support.
1N/A* New command "quit".
1N/A* All documents become Texinfo.
1N/A* Linux video mode selection is supported.
1N/A* The new Stage 1 `stage1_lba' supports LBA addressing mode.
1N/ANew in 0.5.91 - 1999-03-14, Gordon Matzigkeit:
1N/A* LBA and preliminary AWARD BIOS disk extension support.
1N/A*
/sbin/grub GUI now works (but it doesn't yet access disks properly).
1N/A Run `configure --enable-sbin-grub' to build this program in the grub
1N/ANew in 0.5.90 - 1999-03-01, Gordon Matzigkeit:
1N/A* GRUB understands symlinks on ext2fs (but still not ffs).
1N/A* Many source code and build cleanups to comply with GNU standards.
1N/ANew in 0.5 - 1998-08-20, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Improved error messages in the stage1 to be strings (easier to read
1N/A than the previous case of single characters), and removed any
1N/A display in the case of no error (less confusing).
1N/A* New document describing error conditions and messages.
1N/A* Made the early bootup interrupt-safe. Wasn't doing
cli/sti when
1N/A necessary sometimes.
1N/A* GRUB now shuts off the floppy before transferring control to any
1N/A* Fixed a few stupid bugs, including a several in the ext2fs code.
1N/A* Linux boot format support extended from just "zImage" to include
1N/A "bzImage" and initial ramdisk (also called "initrd") support for
1N/A both. "initrd" support is untested, but the critical parts were
1N/A taken from a supplied patch and seem OK.
1N/A* Several new command features. See the command-listing for details.
1N/ANew in 0.4 - 1998-03-19, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* GRUB now correctly points ES:SI at a partition descriptor when
1N/A* Many minor bugs fixed (some in the build scripts).
1N/A command is completely removed. Check command-listing for details.
1N/AVersion 0.4-pre, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Reorganized docs, moved most "NOTE" items to a FAQ (with new entries
1N/A* Now supports automatic decompression of any files loaded via the
1N/A GRUB stage2 filesystem code. Simply compress the file using GNU
1N/A gzip normally, then when loading, the GRUB internals will see the
1N/A contents in the decompressed state...
i.e. all GRUB functions
1N/A operate normally as if it is the uncompressed file. An extra
1N/A version of the "module" loading function has been added which
1N/A disables this functionality if desired (in all the other cases, not
1N/A decompressing doesn't make sense).
1N/A* Changed device strings used in filesystem code to more logical
1N/A format. Added "relative" disk and partition capability, see
1N/A command-listing and filesystem syntax description for details.
1N/A* "install=" command vastly improved. Also moved to non-debug area.
1N/A Check command-listing and install documentation for details.
1N/A* Added several new commands: "rootnoverify=", "uppermem=", and a new
1N/A debug command "displaymem". Check command-listing for details.
1N/A* Added versioning numbers (and subsequently broke compatibility with
1N/A some of the previous code, so GRUB should be re-installed!).
1N/A* Added unattended booting support via new "fallback=" command.
1N/A* During debug probe of SMP configuration table compatible with Intel
1N/A MPS 1.4 standard, GRUB now checks for a pointer in the EBDA.
1N/A* Using a "default=" entry greater than 11 caused the UI to do funny
1N/A things (it didn't pre-scroll the list to the appropriate place).
1N/A* Reading files on FAT floppies had yet more problems related by many
1N/A users of version 0.3 6/17/96. Again, all known problems fixed.
1N/A* "Extended" partitions now work (still cannot make an extended
1N/A partition active with "makeactive" command).
1N/A* The build environment is greatly simplified, now using an
1N/A autoconf-like "configure" script.
1N/ANew in 0.3-19960617 - 1996-06-17, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Yet more documentation improvements.
1N/A* Known bugs in floppy operation fixed (12-bit FAT didn't work for
1N/A most cases, and inserting other floppies didn't flush the filesystem
1N/A* NASTY uninitialized pointer bug causing "raw" floppy operation to
1N/A crash on several PCs is now fixed. This seems to have been the root
1N/A cause of all of the compatibility problems that have currently been
1N/A* debug-mode command added to automate most difficult step of
1N/A installation for common cases (new install method #4).
1N/A* Testing "mini-debugger" now merged with command-line when "DEBUG"
1N/A defined in compile (no SYSDEBUG option anymore). See description of
1N/A commands in the command-line for details.
1N/ANew in 0.3-19960602 - 1996-06-02, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Completed initial licenses.
1N/A* Initial filesystem documentation written.
1N/A* Block-list and FAT filesystems now work as documented (in
1N/A particular, for the blocklist filesystem, shortcuts like "+1" for
1N/A "0+1,512" now work correctly).
1N/A* Fixed several problems (old and new) in the various filesystems (for
1N/A example, the ext2fs filesystem code is now much faster, as it caches
1N/A some mapping blocks where it didn't at all before). Filesystem
1N/A semantics are much more uniform as well (symbolic links and reading
1N/A a directory as a file now return errors where it would silently fail
1N/A* "makeactive" now works for standard PC partitions on hard disks (not
1N/A extended partitions... so any PC partition number above 3 will give
1N/A a "no such partition" error). If a BSD sub-partition is is used, it
1N/A will ignore it, and only use the primary PC partition number.
1N/ANew in 0.3-19960520 - 1996-05-20, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Updated instructions (though still very sparse).
1N/A* New floppy probe (works much like the Linux floppy boot probe)
1N/A attempts to find the size of a floppy in a drive. Might still need
1N/A work! Please try on various floppy drives with various media!
1N/A* New floppy handler will claim a non-existent drive if the floppy
1N/A disk isn't present in the drive. (for example, it won't be on the
1N/A list of installed drives unless a floppy is present)
1N/A* Stage1 now compatible with both a hard disk MBR and the DOS BIOS
1N/A* Block-list filesystem partially works, as described in the file
1N/A "NOTES". Loading an
a.out or elf kernel won't work with it, but all
1N/A other filetypes pretty much should. (certainly chain-loading works
1N/A NOTE: you must use the full format "0+1,512" for just he first
1N/A block... no parameters can be implicit in this version.. THis is
1N/A* Linux ext2 filesystem works. (it's very slow for big files, but
1N/A this is being fixed)
1N/A* Linux boot type now supported. Use a standard piggybacked image as
1N/A with LILO. Put in hack to support >64MB via GRUB placing the RAM
1N/A size as the first item on the command-line automatically. Must pass
1N/A root partition on command-line using normal Linux syntax... if not,
1N/A it uses it's builtin root partition.
1N/A* Supports chain-loading. For details, see "COMMANDS" and the
1N/A examples directory. (was able to boot DOS and Windows NT on my test
1N/A box). NOTE that the "root partition" must be set to work right.
1N/A "makeactive" is currently a no-op.
1N/A* Several weird bugs fixed. One important note: If you recompile, it
1N/A will warn about a clash with builtin "strcmp". This is normal...
1N/A do NOT remove the strcmp definition, as then GCC will possibly put
1N/A inline code from it's own builtin function in some places. (my
1N/A strcmp has slightly different functionality, hence the problem)
1N/A* Mini-debugger is currently broken.
1N/ANew in 0.2 - 1996-04-12, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Completely new menu-based UI. See "COMMANDS" and the examples
1N/A directory for details. NOTE that the argument to a command must be
1N/A preceded by a space between it and the '=', in both the config file
1N/A and the command-line. This will be fixed.
1N/ANew in 0.1 - 1996-03-31, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.6) supported.
1N/A* Autodetects kernel types. Supports Multiboot, FreeBSD, NetBSD
1N/A (Linux isn't finished).
1N/A* Stage 1.5 works now. Default setup is now for working with a BSD
1N/A* Filesystem support improved. It didn't work on many floppies before
1N/A (problem with the partition-detection code).
1N/A* Memory probe now supports arbitrary amounts of RAM (some technical
1N/A limitations exist, see Multiboot standard version 0.6 for details).
1N/A* A mini-debugger is included by default, activated by hitting '~' on
1N/A the command-line (it might interfere with things, but it seems OK
1N/A for my alpha-testing). The commands are in the function
1N/A "enter_sysdebug" defined in "
common.c". If you have an Intel MPS-
1N/A compatible machine, there are extra commands enabled for SMP cpu
1N/A testing. 'q' exits and goes back to what you were doing before.
1N/ANew in 0.0-19960206 - 1996-02-06, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* Newer version of Multiboot Standard (version 0.4) supported.
1N/ANew in 0.0-19951210 - 1995-12-10, Erich Boleyn:
1N/A* You can now perform TAB-based completion listing of any valid
1N/A out to see what you like, examples are in the NOTES file under
1N/A "Device completion".
1N/A* Fixed a bug causing the memory size routine to sometimes report
1N/A* Fixed some documentation (what little there is :-/ and a few
1N/A assembly bugs in the BIOS access routines that nobody reported yet,
1N/A so I won't detail it here.