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About This Book

1.  Oracle Solaris Management Tools (Road Map)

2.  Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks)

3.  Working With the Oracle Java Web Console (Tasks)

4.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)

5.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)

6.  Managing Client-Server Support (Overview)

7.  Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)

8.  Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System

9.  Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)

10.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

11.  Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)

12.  Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

13.  Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Tasks)

14.  Troubleshooting Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

15.  x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)

x86: Boot Processes

x86: System BIOS

x86: Kernel Initialization Process

x86: Support for GRUB in the Oracle Solaris OS

x86: GRUB Terminology

x86: Functional Components of GRUB

Naming Conventions That Are Used for Configuring GRUB

Naming Conventions That Are Used by the findroot Command

How Multiple Operating Systems Are Supported by GRUB

x86: Supported GRUB Versions

Description of the menu.lst File (ZFS Support)

Description of the menu.lst File (UFS Support)

16.  x86: Booting a System That Does Not Implement GRUB (Tasks)

17.  Working With Oracle Configuration Manager

18.  Managing Services (Overview)

19.  Managing Services (Tasks)

20.  Managing Software (Overview)

21.  Managing Software With Oracle Solaris System Administration Tools (Tasks)

22.  Managing Software by Using Oracle Solaris Package Commands (Tasks)

23.  Managing Patches

A.  SMF Services

Index

Chapter 15

x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)

This chapter contains information about x86 boot processes, including GRUB implementation details and additional GRUB reference information.

For overview information, see Chapter 9, Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview).

For step-by-step instructions on booting a system, see Chapter 12, Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks).