The Debian Package gujin
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This is a PC boot-loader which, like Lilo and unlike Grub, run completely
in IA32 real mode (easier to chain-boot other O.S. which expect real-mode
entry point, or chain-load El-Torito CD/DVDROM, reply natively to unknown
BIOS interrupts), but like Grub and unlike Lilo, understand file-systems
and can load kernel/initrd files by their file name, instead of needing to
be configured with the position/size of the file to load.
Moreover, unlike any other boot-loader, Gujin is fully graphic (selection
of the kernel to boot with the mouse), and do not need any configuration
(but maybe per-distribution /boot/gujin.cmd) because it auto-detects
BIOS disk order and kernels in the file-systems it understands
(FAT12/16/32, EXT2/3/4, ISO9660). Standalone/tiny versions are also
available, they do not display a menu but load the newest kernel found.
Installing this package will not only install the Gujin installer named
"gujin", but also install Gujin in the file /boot/gujin.ebios, modifying
the MBR of the disk.
If for whatever reason Gujin do not work for you, you can uninstall it
from the boot-loader itself, and it will restore the previously installed
boot-loader.
The installer can be used to initialize and make boot-able floppy disks,
USB sticks/SD cards, CD/DVD-ROMs, and to query which boot-loader is
currently installed.
Removing this package will also replace the MBR with the one saved at
installation time, so your disk should remain boot-able.
Note that because Gujin runs natively in real mode, two implementations
(with and without menu) can be run from DOS, see the man page.
This package do not need any external libraries, so can be compiled
indifferently on IA32 hosts or on amd64 hosts.

 -- Etienne Lorrain <etienne.lorrain@gujin.org>  Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:50:43 +0100
