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TODO: this guide should be reviewed and updated. Some info might be out of date.
GNU GRUB already has excellent documentation, but there are aspects of Canoeboot that deserve special treatment. Canoeboot provides the option to boot GRUB directly, running on bare metal (instead of using BIOS or UEFI services).
The GNU+Linux section also has canoeboot-specific guides for dealing with GNU+Linux distributions when using GRUB directly, in this setup. A similar section exists for BSD operating systems
GRUB keyboard layouts
It is possible to use any keymap in GRUB.
Custom keyboard layout
Keymaps are stored in config/grub/keymap/
You can use the ckbcomp
program to generate a keymap, based on Xorg keymap
files:
ckbcomp fr > frazerty