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          <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa1"></a>If you haven't done so
               yet, please read <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html" title="Bootloader main options">the section called &#8220;Bootloader main
@@ -70,7 +76,8 @@
                   <li class="listitem">
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa8"></a>Boot into the
-                                system in question and in order to determine the grub version, in a terminal run the command:
+                                system in question. In order to determine the GRUB2 version run the
+                                following command in a terminal:
                      </p>
                      
                              
@@ -105,12 +112,13 @@
                      
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa16"></a>Make a note of
-                                the version and enter this command to identify the root partition:
+                                the version and enter this command to identify the root
+                                partition:
                      </p>
                      
                              
-                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa17"></a><code class="literal">df /
-                                   </code></p>
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa17"></a><code class="literal">df -h
+                                   / |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')</code></p>
                      
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa18"></a>This will
@@ -118,16 +126,34 @@
                      </p>
                      
                              
-                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa19"></a><code class="literal">Filesystem Size Used
-                                   Avail Use% Mounted on</code></p>
                      
                              
-                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa20"></a><code class="literal">/dev/sdb11 15G 7.0G 7.0G
-                                   50% /</code></p>
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa20"></a><code class="literal">/dev/sdb11</code></p>
+                     
+                             
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa21"></a>sdb11 is the
+                                root partition - make a note of it.
+                     </p>
+                           
+                  </li>
+                  <li class="listitem">
+                             
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa22"></a>Now check that
+                                the /boot folder is in the same partition by entering the following
+                                command:
+                     </p>
+                     
+                             
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa23"></a><code class="literal">df -h
+                                   /boot |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')</code></p>
+                     
+                             
                      
                              
-                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa21"></a>The "sdb11"
-                                part is the root partition - make a note of it.
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa25"></a>If the /boot
+                                partition is different to the root partition then make a note and use
+                                the /boot partition in the "root" line when editing menu.lst
+                                below.
                      </p>
                            
                   </li>
@@ -142,7 +168,7 @@
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa27"></a>In your new
                                 running Mageia system, open a terminal and as root edit the file
-                                /boot/grub/menu.lst. as follows:
+                                /boot/grub/menu.lst as follows:
                      </p>
                            
                   </li>
@@ -153,7 +179,8 @@
                      </p>
                      
                              
-                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa29"></a><code class="literal">su</code></p>
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa29"></a><code class="literal">su
+                                   -</code></p>
                      
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa30"></a>(enter root
@@ -180,8 +207,9 @@
                   <li class="listitem">
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa34"></a>Add the
-                                following entry for your (e.g. Ubuntu) system possibly as the second
-                                stanza:
+                                following entry for your (e.g. Ubuntu) system, possibly as the second
+                                stanza. The position the item appears in the menu will depend on its
+                                position in the file:
                      </p>
                      
                              
@@ -199,18 +227,59 @@
                   </li>
                   <li class="listitem">
                              
+                     <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+                        <table border="0" summary="Note">
+                           <tr>
+                              <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
+                              <th align="left">Note</th>
+                           </tr>
+                           <tr>
+                              <td align="left" valign="top">
+                                           
+                                 <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa42"></a>In the second
+                                              line, "hd1" means the second hard drive, the "10" indicates the 11th
+                                              partition. Drives and partitions in Mageia's legacy GRUB count from
+                                              zero.
+                                 </p>
+                                 
+                                           
+                                 <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa43"></a>Therefore:
+                                 </p>
+                                 
+                                           
+                                 <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa44"></a><code class="literal">sdb11 =
+                                                 (hd1,10)</code></p>
+                                 
+                                           
+                                 <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa45"></a><code class="literal">sda1
+                                                 = (hd0,0)</code></p>
+                                         
+                              </td>
+                           </tr>
+                        </table>
+                     </div>
+                           
+                  </li>
+                  <li class="listitem">
+                             
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa38"></a>If the GRUB2
                                 version is 2.xx then change the last line to :
                      </p>
                      
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa39"></a><code class="literal">kernel
-                                   /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img </code></p>
+                                   /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img</code></p>
                      
                              
                      <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa40"></a>If you needed
-                                to use "grub2-install" earlier then change <code class="literal">/grub/</code>
-                                to <code class="literal">/grub2/</code> in the last line.
+                                to use "grub2-install" earlier then change <code class="literal">"grub"</code>
+                                to <code class="literal">"grub2"</code> in the last line.
+                     </p>
+                     
+                             
+                     <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa40a"></a>If /boot was
+                                on a separate partition, then remove <code class="literal">"/boot"</code> from
+                                the last line.
                      </p>
                            
                   </li>
@@ -224,49 +293,16 @@
                   </li>
                </ul>
             </div>
-            
-                
-            <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
-               <table border="0" summary="Note">
-                  <tr>
-                     <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
-                     <th align="left">Note</th>
-                  </tr>
-                  <tr>
-                     <td align="left" valign="top">
-                              
-                        <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa42"></a>The "sdb"
-                                 indicates the second hard drive hd1, (sda would be hd0), likewise sdb11
-                                 indicates partition 11 which in GRUB legacy (counting from zero) is
-                                 partition 10.
-                        </p>
-                        
-                              
-                        <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa43"></a>So:
-                        </p>
-                        
-                              
-                        <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa44"></a><code class="literal">sdb11 =
-                                    (hd1,10) </code></p>
-                        
-                              
-                        <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa45"></a><code class="literal">sda1 =
-                                    (hd0,0) </code></p>
-                            
-                     </td>
-                  </tr>
-               </table>
-            </div>
               
          </div>
          
            
-         <div class="section" title="Using an existing GRUB2 boot loader">
+         <div class="section" title="Using an existing GRUB2 bootloader">
             <div class="titlepage">
                <div>
                   <div>
                      <h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloaderGRUB2"></a>Using an
-                              existing GRUB2 boot loader
+                              existing GRUB2 bootloader
                      </h3>
                   </div>
                </div>
@@ -276,8 +312,8 @@
                 
             <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa49a"></a>If you didn't read
                    the general part about using an existing bootloader yet, do so now. See
-                   <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html#usingExistingBootloader" title="Using an existing boot loader">the section called &#8220;Using an
-                        existing boot loader&#8221;</a></p>
+                   <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html#usingExistingBootloader" title="Using an existing bootloader">the section called &#8220;Using an
+                        existing bootloader&#8221;</a></p>
             
                 
             <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
@@ -290,10 +326,10 @@
                      <td align="left" valign="top">
                               
                         <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa50"></a>There is a known
-                                 bug in OS-prober used during GRUB2 installation in some older versions of
-                                 Debian/Ubuntu that incorrectly creates grub.cfg when adding Mageia (or
-                                 Mandriva) systems. This is simple to work around and details of a fix
-                                 can be found in the Mageia forum here :
+                                 bug in OS-prober used during GRUB2 installation in some older versions
+                                 of Debian/Ubuntu that incorrectly creates grub.cfg when adding Mageia
+                                 (or Mandriva) systems. This is simple to work around and details of a
+                                 fix can be found in the Mageia forum here:
                                  https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?p=13547#p13547
                         </p>