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@@ -29,40 +29,13 @@
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>If you prefer different bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by
- the installer, you can change them here.
- </p>
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa2"></a>You may already have another operating system on your machine, in which case
- you need to decide whether to add Mageia to your existing bootloader, or
- allow Mageia to create a new one.
- </p>
-
-
- <div class="tip" title="Podpowied&#378;" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Podpowied&#378;]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa3"></a>The Mageia graphical menus are nice :)
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="section" title="With a Bios system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia bootloader
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e895"></a>With a Bios system
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -70,109 +43,172 @@
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa4"></a>By default, Mageia writes a new GRUB (legacy) bootloader into the MBR
- (Master Boot Record) of your first hard drive. If you already have other
- operating systems installed, Mageia attempts to add them to your new Mageia
- boot menu.
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>If you prefer different bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by
+ the installer, you can change them here.
</p>
- <p>Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional bootloader in addition to GRUB
- legacy and Lilo.
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa2"></a>You may already have another operating system on your machine, in which case
+ you need to decide whether to add Mageia to your existing bootloader, or
+ allow Mageia to create a new one.
</p>
- <div class="warning" title="Ostrze&#380;enie" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <div class="tip" title="Podpowied&#378;" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Tip">
<tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Ostrze&#380;enie]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Podpowied&#378;]" src="tip.png"></td>
<th align="left"></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa6"></a>Linux systems which use the GRUB2 bootloader are not currently supported by
- GRUB (legacy) and will not be recognised if the default GRUB bootloader is
- used.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>The best solution here is to use the GRUB2 bootloader which is available at
- the Summary page during installation.
- </p>
+ <p>The Mageia graphical menus are nice :</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an existing bootloader
- </h3>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia bootloader
+ </h4>
+ </div>
</div>
</div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa4"></a>By default, Mageia writes a new GRUB (legacy) bootloader into the MBR
+ (Master Boot Record) of your first hard drive. If you already have other
+ operating systems installed, Mageia attempts to add them to your new Mageia
+ boot menu.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional bootloader in addition to GRUB
+ legacy and Lilo.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="warning" title="Ostrze&#380;enie" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Ostrze&#380;enie]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa6"></a>Linux systems which use the GRUB2 bootloader are not currently supported by
+ GRUB (legacy) and will not be recognized if the default GRUB bootloader is
+ used.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>The best solution here is to use the GRUB2 bootloader which is available at
+ the Summary page during installation.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
</div>
-
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa46"></a>If you decide to use an existing bootloader then you will need to remember
- to STOP at the summary page during the installation and click the Bootloader
- <span class="guibutton">Configure</span> button, which will allow you to change the
- bootloader install location.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa47"></a>Do not select a device e.g."sda", or you will overwrite your existing
- MBR. You must select the root partition that you chose during the
- partitioning phase earlier, e.g. sda7.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48"></a>To be clear, sda is a device, sda7 is a partition on that device.
- </p>
- <div class="tip" title="Podpowied&#378;" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Podpowied&#378;]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48a"></a>Go to tty2 with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type <code class="literal">df</code> to check where
- your <code class="literal">/</code> (root) partition is. Ctrl+Alt+F7 takes you back to
- the installer screen.
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an existing bootloader
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa46"></a>If you decide to use an existing bootloader then you will need to remember
+ to STOP at the summary page during the installation and click the Bootloader
+ <span class="guibutton">Configure</span> button, which will allow you to change the
+ bootloader install location.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa47"></a>Do not select a device e.g."sda", or you will overwrite your existing
+ MBR. You must select the root partition that you chose during the
+ partitioning phase earlier, e.g. sda7.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48"></a>To be clear, sda is a device, sda7 is a partition on that device.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="tip" title="Podpowied&#378;" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Tip">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Podpowied&#378;]" src="tip.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48a"></a>Go to tty2 with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type <code class="literal">df</code> to check where
+ your <code class="literal">/</code> (root) partition is. Ctrl+Alt+F7 takes you back to
+ the installer screen.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa49"></a>The exact procedure for adding your Mageia system to an existing bootloader
+ is beyond the scope of this help, however in most cases it will involve
+ running the relevant bootloader installation program which should detect and
+ add it automatically. See the documentation for the operating system in
+ question.
+ </p>
+
</div>
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa49"></a>The exact procedure for adding your Mageia system to an existing bootloader
- is beyond the scope of this help, however in most cases it will involve
- running the relevant bootloader installation program which should detect and
- add it automatically. See the documentation for the operating system in
- question.
- </p>
+ <div class="section" title="Bootloader advanced option">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader advanced option
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa52"></a>If you have very limited disk space for the <code class="literal">/</code> partition
+ that contains <code class="literal">/tmp</code>, click on
+ <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> and check the box for <span class="guilabel">Clean /tmp
+ at each boot</span>. This helps to maintain some free space.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Bootloader advanced option">
+ <div class="section" title="With an UEFI system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader advanced option
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e932"></a>With an UEFI system
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -180,11 +216,24 @@
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa52"></a>If you have very limited disk space for the <code class="literal">/</code> partition
- that contains <code class="literal">/tmp</code>, click on
- <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> and check the box for <span class="guilabel">Clean /tmp
- at each boot</span>. This helps to maintain some free space.
+ <p>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you cannot
+ choose the boot loader since only Grub2-efi is available.
</p>
+
+
+
+
+ <p>If Mageia is the first system installed on your computer, the installer
+ created an ESP (EFI System Partition) to receive the bootloader
+ (Grub2-efi). If there was already UEFI operating systems previously
+ installed on your computer (Windows 8 for example), the Mageia installer
+ detected the existing ESP created by Windows and added grub2-efi. Although
+ it is possible to have several ESPs, only one is advised and enough whatever
+ the number of operating systems you have.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless really knowing what you do.</p>
</div>