Version 1.98-1 of grub has been uploaded. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2.en.html
Description from README: This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader. GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more robust, more powerful, and more portable. The following packages are available: grub: GRUB binaries build for PC/BIOS architecture. grub-fonts: optional fonts. grub-emu: emulated version of GRUB for debugging purposes. Cygwin NEWS: * GRUB now builds OOTB on Cygwin. Upstream NEWS: New in 1.98: * Graphical menu support. * Saved default menu entry support, with new utilities `grub-reboot' and `grub-set-default'. * Unit testing framework. * Support for multiple terminals. * Encrypted password support, with a new utility `grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2'. * `grub-mkfloppy' removed; use `grub-mkrescue' to create floppy images. * Add support for gettext. New in 1.97: * Add support for loading XNU (MacOS X kernel). * ACPI override support. * Integrated gptsync. * Password protection support. * Partition manipulation tool. * Add `keystatus' command. * Unicode fonts are now used by default. * Add `hdparm' command. * Add support for getting the current date and time from CMOS as variables. * Add `drivemap' command. * Add support for RAID levels 4,6 and 10. * update-grub is replaced by grub-mkconfig. * When booting from PXE, PXE can be used to load files. * High resolution timer support. * Image loaders now support IO buffering. * Add `crc' command. * Add Cygwin support. * Add x86_64 EFI support. * Use LZMA compression instead of LZO. * Support for saving the environment from and loading the environment from a file. * Allow the UUID to be used as device name. * The `search' command can use UUIDs now. * Add support for IEEE 1275 on i386. * Create partmap.lst and use it to automatically load partition map modules. * grub-mkconfig supports os-prober to add operating systems to the boot menu. * The ATA driver supports devices bigger than 2 TiB. * Add support for the UDF, AFS and EXT4 filesystems. * The ISO9660 filesystem supports the Joliet extension * Add support for loading kernels of FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. * Add new command `sleep'. * Support for direct access to AT keyboards. * New utility `grub-fstest'. Known issues: Due to a regression in the Cygwin specific path conversion, grub-mkconfig does not enable terminal gfxterm automatically. Christian Franke -- To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and keep clicking "Next". If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, please use the automated form at: http://cygwin.com/lists.html#subscribe-unsubscribe If this does not work, then look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain....@cygwin.com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
