install documentation: document boot.loader.grub.useOSProber

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the GRUB boot loader is to be installed. Without it, NixOS cannot
boot.</para>
<para>If there are other operating systems running on the machine before
installing NixOS, the
<option>boot.loader.grub.useOSProber</option> option can be set to
<literal>true</literal> to automatically add them to the grub menu.</para>
<para>Another critical option is <option>fileSystems</option>,
specifying the file systems that need to be mounted by NixOS.
However, you typically dont need to set it yourself, because