10 GRUB image files
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GRUB consists of several images: two essential stages, optional stages
called "Stage 1.5", one image for bootable CD-ROM, and two network boot
images. Here is a short overview of them. *Note Internals::, for more
details.
`stage1'
This is an essential image used for booting up GRUB. Usually, this
is embedded in an MBR or the boot sector of a partition. Because a
PC boot sector is 512 bytes, the size of this image is exactly 512
bytes.
All `stage1' must do is to load Stage 2 or Stage 1.5 from a local
disk. Because of the size restriction, `stage1' encodes the
location of Stage 2 (or Stage 1.5) in a block list format, so it
never understand any filesystem structure.
`stage2'
This is the core image of GRUB. It does everything but booting up
itself. Usually, this is put in a filesystem, but that is not
required.
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