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posted by martyb on Saturday April 29 2017, @09:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the download-it-now dept.

Softpedia News reports that version 2.02 of the GRUB boot loader has been released. Among the many new features are support for LZ4 compression on ZFS, 64-bit ext2, XFS v5, Morse code output and a modem-like output through the PC speaker, Xen paravirtualisation, TrueCrypt ISOs, Apple fat binaries on non-Apple hardware, and 16-bit mode on non-x86 hardware.

Further information:
NEWS file

Related stories:
Windows 8 Update Erases Grub, Enables Secure Boot
Press Backspace 28 times: Pwn Unlucky Linux Systems Running GRUB


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  • (Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:27AM

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:27AM (#501744)

    oops, bumped a grubus.

    (the grubus has moved.)

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