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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.
+
+See the file MAINTAINERS for information about the GRUB maintainers, etc.
+
+If you found a security vulnerability in the GRUB please check the SECURITY
+file to get more information how to properly report this kind of bugs to
+the maintainers.
+
+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.
+
+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'