GNU GRUB

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GNU Project software boot loader free software open-source software

GNU GRUB is a widely used open-source bootloader that allows users to select and load different operating systems and kernels at startup.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
GRUB 4
GNU GRand Unified Bootloader 1
GRUB (on BIOS/legacy systems) 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf GNU Project software ⓘ
boot loader ⓘ
free software ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ
configurationFile /boot/grub/grub.cfg ⓘ
designGoal provide a flexible and powerful boot loader ⓘ
developer Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ
feature LVM support ⓘ
RAID support ⓘ
boot menu ⓘ
command-line interface ⓘ
configuration file support ⓘ
graphical boot menu themes ⓘ
modular architecture ⓘ
multiboot support ⓘ
network booting ⓘ
password protection ⓘ
fullName GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
license GNU General Public License ⓘ
GPL-3.0-or-later ⓘ
operatingSystem BSD ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ
surface form: GNU

Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form: Illumos

Linux ⓘ
Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form: Solaris (some versions)
partOf GNU toolchain ⓘ
surface form: GNU operating system toolchain
predecessor GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GRUB Legacy
primaryFunction load and transfer control to operating system kernels ⓘ
provide a menu to select operating systems at boot ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ
shortName GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GRUB
supportsBootMethod chainloading other bootloaders ⓘ
direct kernel loading ⓘ
supportsFileSystem Btrfs ⓘ
FAT ⓘ
NTFS (read-only in many setups) ⓘ
ReiserFS ⓘ
XFS ⓘ
ext2 ⓘ
ext3 ⓘ
ext4 ⓘ
supportsFirmwareInterface BIOS ⓘ
UEFI ⓘ
supportsInitrd initial RAM disk loading ⓘ
supportsKernel FreeBSD ⓘ
surface form: FreeBSD kernel

Linux kernel ⓘ
NetBSD kernel ⓘ
OpenBSD ⓘ
surface form: OpenBSD kernel (via chainloading)

multiboot-compliant kernels ⓘ
supportsPlatform ARM ⓘ
IA-32 ⓘ
PowerPC ⓘ
SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
surface form: SPARC

x86 ⓘ
x86_64 ⓘ
supportsSecurityFeature password-protected menu entries ⓘ
signed boot images (with appropriate platform support) ⓘ
supportsStandard Multiboot Specification ⓘ
usedBy Arch Linux ⓘ
Debian ⓘ
Fedora Linux ⓘ
surface form: Fedora

Linux Mint ⓘ
Ubuntu ⓘ
many GNU/Linux distributions ⓘ
openSUSE ⓘ
versionFamily GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GRUB 2
website https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arch Linux → bootLoaderOptions → GNU GRUB ⓘ
this entity surface form: GRUB
Fedora Kinoite → bootloader → GNU GRUB ⓘ
this entity surface form: GRUB (on BIOS/legacy systems)
Kali Linux → bootloader → GNU GRUB ⓘ
this entity surface form: GRUB
GNU GRUB → fullName → GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
GNU Project → hasPart → GNU GRUB ⓘ
GNU GRUB → predecessor → GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GRUB Legacy
GNU GRUB → shortName → GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GRUB
Slackware → supportsBootloader → GNU GRUB ⓘ
this entity surface form: GRUB
GNU GRUB → versionFamily → GNU GRUB self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GRUB 2
Matthew Garrett → workedOn → GNU GRUB ⓘ
this entity surface form: UEFI Secure Boot implementation for Linux