Fedora 16 Update: grub2-1.99-6.fc16

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-12734
2011-09-15 21:16:03
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Name        : grub2
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 1.99
Release     : 6.fc16
URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Summary     : Bootloader with support for Linux, Multiboot and more
Description :
The GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is a highly configurable and customizable
bootloader with modular architecture.  It support rich varietyof kernel formats,
file systems, computer architectures and hardware devices.

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Update Information:

Hopefully does a better job of working around the issue in 735259.
Also fixes some minor Xen issues which shouldn't effect non-xen systems.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #735259 - after updating grub2, booting drops me to grub rescue prompt
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735259
  [ 2 ] Bug #728775 - grub2 --class xen: initramfs missing, booting under XEN fails (found on Fedora 16)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728775
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update grub2' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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