* NEWS: Document most of the important changes since 1.98.

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+2010-09-01  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Document most of the important changes since 1.98.
+
 2010-09-01  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
        * util/grub-mkrescue.in (usage): Tidy up usage output (and hence

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 New in 1.99:
 
+* New relocator.  Allows for more kernel support and more
+  straightforward loader writing.
+
+* Handle USB pendrives exposed as floppies.
+
+* New Automake-based build system.
+
+* Add `sendkey' command (i386-pc only).
+
 * ZFS support in `grub-install' and `grub-mkconfig'.  Note: complete
   functionality requires external ZFS implementation (available from
   grub-extras).
 
+* Support 1.x versions of mdadm metadata.
+
+* Fix corruption when reading Reiserfs directory entries.
+
+* Bidirectional text and diacritics support.
+
+* Skip LVM snapshots.
+
+* MIPS Yeeloong firmware port.
+
+* Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where possible
+  on GNU/Linux.
+
+* Add `grub-mkconfig' support for Xen with Linux.
+
+* Add `grub-mkconfig' support for initrd images on Fedora 13.
+
+* Support >3GiB and <16MiB RAM in i386-qemu.
+
+* Add support for Cirrus 5446 and Bochs video cards.
+
+* Load more appropriate video drivers automatically in `grub-mkconfig'.
+
+* USB improvements, including hotplugging/hotunplugging, hub support,
+  and USB serial support.
+
+* AMD Geode CS5536 support.
+
+* Extensive updates to the Texinfo documentation.
+
+* Add `grub-probe' support for the btrfs filesystem, permitting / to
+  reside on btrfs as long as /boot is on a filesystem natively supported
+  by GRUB.
+
+* Handle symbolic links under /dev/mapper on GNU/Linux.
+
+* Handle installation across multiple partition table types.
+
+* Add `cmostest' command (i386/x86_64 only).
+
+* Add support for DM-RAID disk devices on GNU/Linux.
+
+* Remove `grub-mkisofs'.  `grub-mkrescue' now uses GNU xorriso to build
+  CD images.
+
+* `grub-mkrescue' support for EFI, coreboot, and QEMU platforms.
+
+* Unify `grub-mkimage' source code across platforms.
+
+* Fix VGA (as opposed to VBE) video driver, formerly a terminal driver.
+
+* Add menu hotkey support.
+
+* Add support for the nilfs2 filesystem.
+
+* `grub-probe' and `grub-mkconfig' support for NetBSD.
+
+* Support setting a background image in `grub-mkconfig'.
+
+* Support multiple terminals in `grub-mkconfig'.
+
+* Regexp support.
+
+* MIPS multiboot2 support.
+
+* Multiboot2 tag support.
+
+* sunpc partition table support.
+
+* Add a number of new language features to GRUB script: `for', `while',
+  `until', `elif', function parameters, `break', `continue', and
+  `shift'.
+
+* Support nested partition tables.  GRUB now prefers to name partitions
+  in the form `(hd0,msdos1,bsd1)' rather than `(hd0,1,a)'.
+
+* Speed up consecutive hostdisk operations on the same device.
+
+* Compile parts of `grub-emu' as modules.
+
 New in 1.98 - 2010-03-06:
 
 * Multiboot on EFI support.