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GRUB 1.96 is released
From: |
Yoshinori K. Okuji |
Subject: |
GRUB 1.96 is released |
Date: |
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:10:48 +0100 |
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I'm happy to announce the release of GRUB 1.96. This is the seventh of
our prereleases leading up to GRUB 2.0. We encourage you to try it, as
we have done a significant amount of work towards GRUB 2. Note that this
release is mainly for developers who are willing to contribute to our
project. If you need a working solution immediately, you'd better to stick to
GRUB Legacy at the moment.
The source distribution is available from <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/>.
Send any questions, ideas, bug reports to <address@hidden>. For discussions
about the development, to <address@hidden>.
Here is the relevant NEWS:
New in 1.96 - 2008-02-03:
* The license term is changed to GNU General Public License Version 3.
* grub-emu is made optional. Now you have to use
`--enable-grub-emu' to enable it.
* Add Multiboot2 support.
* grub-emu can access the host filesystem now.
* Add support for the NTFS, cpio/tar and Reiserfs filesystems.
* Add support for ATA/ATAPI.
* Add update-grub script to generate grub.cfg.
* Add grub-mkrescue script to generate floppy or ElTorito images
(i386-pc only).
* Add support for background images in gfxterm (background_image command).
* Add support for detection of 64-bit support in CPU (cpuid command).
* GPT is now enabled in i386-pc target.
* Add grub-install for EFI.
* Ported to the following new platforms: Efika, coreboot (a.k.a. LinuxBIOS),
OLPC XO.
* Add support for colored menu (menu_color_normal and menu_color_highlight
variables).
* Fix support for loading Linux zImages (such as memtest86).
Thanks,
Okuji
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