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the file device.map, which can be edited if necessary. Information about the file
device.map is available in
A complete GRUB path consists of a device name written in parentheses and the path
to the file in the file system in the specified partition. The path begins with a slash. For
example, the bootable kernel could be specified as follows on a system with a single
IDE hard disk containing Linux in its first partition:
(hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz
An Example Menu File
The following example shows the structure of a GRUB menu file. The example instal-
lation has a Linux boot partition under /dev/hda5, a root partition under /dev/
hda7, and a Windows installation under /dev/hda1.
gfxmenu (hd0,4)/message
color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
title linux
kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 vga=791
initrd (hd0,4)/initrd
title windows
chainloader(hd0,0)+1
title floppy
chainloader(fd0)+1
title failsafe
kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz.shipped root=/dev/hda7 ide=nodma \
apm=off acpi=off vga=normal nosmp maxcpus=0 3
initrd (hd0,4)/initrd.shipped
The first block defines the configuration of the splash screen:
gfxmenu (hd0,4)/message
The background image message is located in the top directory of the /dev/
hda5 partition.
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Section 18.2.2, "The File device.map" (page 413).