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'''GRUB 2''' is the GNU Projectproject's next-generation bootloader. ItThe hascurrent version 2 series have a more complete feature set than [[GRUB]] Legacy|GRUB 0.97]] (commonly referred to as "GRUB Legacy"). Still, all things considered, [[GRUB]] Legacy is more mature and most of the available documentation is for [[GRUB]] Legacy (hence the brief page).

GRUB version 2 started its life as the [http://www.nongnu.org/pupa/ PUPA] (note the pun) research project and was rewritten from the ground up. Since then GRUB 2 (actually at time of update 1.97) has grown more stable and even hobby operating systems are starting to make use of the new bootloader instead of GRUB Legacy.

Since modern GRUB 2 is very different from GRUB Legacy, the directions for getting your kernel up and running are different. Modern GRUB 2 differs from GRUB Legacy in that to implement all but the most basic functionality, the user must load so-called "modules": little bits of code that add components (e.g. a different file system or a VGA font). This section gives you an overview of the process you need to go through when you want to have GRUB 2 load your kernel. It's actually rather simple to create a GRUB2 image (assuming you have GRUB2 either built or installed):