Grand Unified Boat Loader (improved) - GRUB2 Flashcards
GRUB2
boot volume for GRUB2
/boot
GRUB2
kernel and related files stored here
kernel
config file
initrd (ramdisk) file
default boot message
module ‘smyvers’
system map file
the kernel itself - vmlinuz
GRUB2
kernel version file containing all kernel module symbols
module ‘smyvers’
GRUB2
kernel aka
vmlinuz
GRUB2
compatibility with GRUB directory and will sometimes contain splash image for boot menu
/boot/grub
GRUB2
/boot/grub2
generated file menu containing more complex config that is combo of files when grub2-mkconfig utility is used
grub.cfg
GRUB2
EFI extensions on modern distributions
/boot/grub2/efi
GRUB2
default and custom font(s0 for GRUB2 menu
/boot/grub2/fonts
GRUB2
themes for GRUB2 graphical menu
/boot/grub2/themes
GRUB2
numbered files used when gru2-mkconfig file is run and all concat to make /boot/grub2/grub.cfg menu file
/etc/grub.d
GRUB2 SPECIFIC COMMANDS
file containing the GRUB2 specific configurations
timeouts
default option
options for command line
/etc/default/grub