Graphical tools for configuring the GRUB2 bootloader
Boot Helper
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A graphical tool might be your best option for configuring or adapting the GRUB2 boot loader.
Most Linux distributions use the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) [1] to start the operating system. GRUB has long since overtaken older developments such as LILO [2], which is no longer in active development. The current second incarnation of GRUB (known as GRUB2) offers granular configuration, and it can boot several different operating systems.
Parameters stored in the grub.cfg configuration file control GRUB2's range of functions. The grub.cfg file is automatically created at install time and every change to the system parameters is reflected in it. You can modify the runtime configuration manually (with root privileges) or automatically using the update-grub command.
The following commands:
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