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+Describes the GNU/Hurd boot process.
+
+# <a name="Bootloader"> Bootloader </a>
+
+[GRUB](http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/) (GRand Unified Bootloader) is the default (and as far as I know the only supported ) bootloader for GNU/Hurd and is the initial process.
+
+GRUB can be used for booting multiple Operating Systems on a given machine. Device naming convention for GRUB is different than that of the Hurd. Where the first partition on the primary IDE drive in GNU/Hurd is hd0s1, in GRUB it is (hd0,0). In the case of GNU/Hurd, the first thing that GRUB loads is kernel image.
+
+Here is a copy of GNU/Hurd multi-user entry from menu.lst. The first two lines are primarily informational and are what get displayed on the GRUB boot menu.
+
+    # Entry 2:  1st partition on first HDD
+    title  GNU/Hurd (IDE 1st partition - hd0s1 multi-user)
+    root   (hd0,0)
+    kernel /boot/gnumach.gz root=device:hd0s1
+    module /hurd/ext2fs.static --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} \
+                               --host-priv-port=${host-port}                   \
+                               --device-master-port=${device-port}             \
+                               --exec-server-task=${exec-task}                 \
+                               -T typed ${root} $(task-create) $(task-resume)
+    module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create)
+
+**_N.B. the escaped new lines above should end in only a back slash, no spaces!_**
+
+The line "root (hd0,0)" tells GRUB where to look for the root partition. Notice that the (hd0,0) is using GRUB naming conventions.
+
+The next line loads the gnumach kernel image itself. Notice here the root=device:hd0s1 argument. This is now using GNU/Hurd device naming convention, telling the Hurd where the root partition exists.
+
+----
+
+-- [[Main/BarryDeFreese]] - 29 May 2003
+
+Minor formatting and edit check.
+
+On a side note. The actual description of the GNU/Hurd boot process is a good idea but keeping duplicated information to a bare minimum must be the guide line for a "book" like this. See other topics for more information on Grub configuration for instance.
+
+-- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 30 May 2003