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 - Command: kernel [`--type=type'] [`--no-mem-option'] file ...
     Attempt to load the primary boot image (Multiboot a.out or ELF,
     Linux zImage or bzImage, FreeBSD a.out, NetBSD a.out, etc.) from
     FILE. The rest of the line is passed verbatim as the "kernel
     command-line". Any modules must be reloaded after using this
     command.

     This command also accepts the option `--type' so that you can
     specify the kernel type of FILE explicitly. The argument TYPE must
     be one of these: `netbsd', `freebsd', `openbsd', `linux',
     `biglinux', and `multiboot'. However, you need to specify it only
     if you want to load a NetBSD ELF kernel, because GRUB can
     automatically determine a kernel type in the other cases, quite
     safely.

     The option `--no-mem-option' is effective only for Linux. If the
     option is specified, GRUB doesn't pass the option `mem=' to the
     kernel.