Grand Unified Boat Loader (improved) - GRUB2

Question 1

GRUB2

boot volume for GRUB2

Answer 1

/boot

Question 2

GRUB2

kernel and related files stored here

Answer 2

kernel
config file
initrd (ramdisk) file
default boot message
module ‘smyvers’
system map file
the kernel itself - vmlinuz

Question 3

GRUB2
kernel version file containing all kernel module symbols

Answer 3

module ‘smyvers’

Question 4

GRUB2

kernel aka

Answer 4

vmlinuz

Question 5

GRUB2

compatibility with GRUB directory and will sometimes contain splash image for boot menu

Answer 5

/boot/grub

Question 6

GRUB2

/boot/grub2

generated file menu containing more complex config that is combo of files when grub2-mkconfig utility is used

Answer 6

grub.cfg

Question 7

GRUB2

EFI extensions on modern distributions

Answer 7

/boot/grub2/efi

Question 8

GRUB2

default and custom font(s0 for GRUB2 menu

Answer 8

/boot/grub2/fonts

Question 9

GRUB2

themes for GRUB2 graphical menu

Answer 9

/boot/grub2/themes

Question 10

GRUB2

numbered files used when gru2-mkconfig file is run and all concat to make /boot/grub2/grub.cfg menu file

Answer 10

/etc/grub.d

Question 11

GRUB2 SPECIFIC COMMANDS

file containing the GRUB2 specific configurations
timeouts
default option
options for command line

Answer 11

/etc/default/grub