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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/sda5, a root partition under /dev/
sda7 and a Windows installation under /dev/sda1.
gfxmenu (hd0,4)/boot/message
color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
title linux
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 vga=791 resume=/dev/sda9
initrd /boot/initrd
title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
title floppy
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (fd0)+1
title failsafe
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.shipped root=/dev/sda7 ide=nodma \
apm=off acpi=off vga=normal nosmp maxcpus=0 3 noresume
initrd /boot/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/
sda5 partition.
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Section 8.1.2, "The File device.map" (page 85).