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+This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader.
+GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more
+robust, more powerful, and more portable.
+
+See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2.
+
+See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the
+GRUB 2 data and program files.
+
+Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information.
+The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>.
+
+More extensive documentation is available in the Info manual,
+accessible using 'info grub' after building and installing GRUB 2.
+Please look at the GRUB Wiki <http://grub.enbug.org> for testing
+procedures.
+
+There are a number of important user-visible differences from the
+first version of GRUB, now known as GRUB Legacy. For a summary, please
+see:
+
+ info grub Introduction 'Changes from GRUB Legacy'