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- <div lang="" class="section" title="setupBootloader">
+ <div lang="" class="section" title="Bootloader main options">
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- <h2 class="title"><a name="setupBootloader"></a>setupBootloader
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="setupBootloader"></a>Bootloader main
+ options
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+
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+
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+
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>This page is <span class="emphasis"><em>setupBootloader</em></span>
- </p>
+ <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>Clicking which help button leads to this page?
+ <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="Tip" 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="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa3"></a>The Mageia
+ graphical menu is nice :)
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa3"></a>....
- </p>
+ <div class="section" title="Using the Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using the Mageia
+ bootloader
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa4"></a>By default Mageia
+ writes a new GRUB 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><a name="setupBootloader-pa5"></a>This works
+ correctly in the majority of cases for Linux and
+ <span class="application">Windows<sup>&reg;</sup></span>
+ systems.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="warning" title="Warning" 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="[Warning]" 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 (e.g. more recent Debian/Ubuntu
+ derivatives) are not currently supported and will not be recognised. One
+ possible solution for this is to follow the steps explained here <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderExpert.html#addingGRUB2system" title="Adding a GRUB2 based system manually">the section called &#8220;Adding a GRUB2 based system
+ manually&#8221;</a> before installing Mageia next to such a
+ system, however there is no guarantee.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa6a"></a>If you are
+ already installing Mageia without having taken those steps, (and do not
+ already know the GRUB2 version and/or it's root partition) then install
+ the Mageia bootloader in the root partition for now (see next section),
+ and inspect your GRUB2 based system after rebooting at the end of the
+ installation. Note that you will not yet be able to boot Mageia, however
+ you will be able to use the Mageia install DVD to perform a quick
+ "upgrade install" at a later date to correctly install the bootloader to
+ the MBR.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an
+ existing bootloader
+ </h3>
+ </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.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="tip" title="Tip" 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="[Tip]" 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>
+ <div class="section" title="Bootloader advanced option">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader
+ advanced option
+ </h3>
+ </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>
+
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