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                  <h2 class="title"><a name="setupBootloader"></a>Opsionet kryesore t&euml; programit Bootloader
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         <div class="section" title="Bootloader interface">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e883"></a>Bootloader interface
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            <p>By default, Mageia uses exclusively:</p>
            
                
            <div class="itemizedlist">
               <ul class="itemizedlist">
                  <li class="listitem">
                             
                     <p>Grub2 (with or without graphical menu) for a Legacy/MBR or Legacy/GPT system</p>
                           
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                  <li class="listitem">
                             
                     <p>Grub2-efi for a UEFI system.</p>
                           
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                        <p>The Mageia graphical menus are nice :)</p>
                            
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            <div class="section" title="Grub2 on Legacy/MBR and Legacy/GPT systems">
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                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e893"></a>Grub2 on Legacy/MBR and Legacy/GPT systems
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               <p>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless you really know what you are doing.</p>
                   
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            <div class="section" title="Grub2-efi on UEFI systems">
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                  <div>
                     <div>
                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e899"></a>Grub2-efi on UEFI systems
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               <p>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you cannot
                  choose between with or without graphical menu
               </p>
               
                     
               
                     
               <p>If Mageia is the only system installed on your computer, the installer
                  created an ESP (EFI System Partition) to receive the bootloader
                  (Grub2-efi). If there are already UEFI operating systems installed on your
                  computer (Windows 8 for example), the Mageia installer detects the existing
                  ESP created by Windows and adds 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 you really know what you are doing.</p>
                   
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         <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
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                  <div>
                     <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e907"></a>Using a Mageia bootloader
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            <p>By default, according to your system, Mageia writes a new:</p>
            
                
            <div class="itemizedlist">
               <ul class="itemizedlist">
                  <li class="listitem">
                             
                     <p>GRUB2 bootloader either into the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your first hard
                        drive or in the BIOS boot partition.
                     </p>
                           
                  </li>
                  <li class="listitem">
                             
                     <p>Grub2-efi bootloader into the ESP</p>
                           
                  </li>
               </ul>
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            <p>If you already have other operating systems installed, Mageia attempts to
               add them to your new Mageia boot menu. If you don't want this behaviour,
               click on <span class="guibutton">Next</span> and then uncheck the box
               <span class="guilabel">Probe Foreign OS</span></p>
            
                
              
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         <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e921"></a>Using an existing bootloader
                     </h3>
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            <p>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>
              
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         <div class="section" title="Using chain loading">
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                  <div>
                     <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e924"></a>Using chain loading
                     </h3>
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            <p>If you don't want a bootable Mageia, but to chain load it from another OS,
               click on <span class="guibutton">Next</span>, then on
               <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> and Check the box <span class="guilabel">Do not touch ESP
                  or MBR</span>.
            </p>
            
                
            
                
            <p>You will get a warning that the bootloader is missing, ignore it by clicking
               <span class="guibutton">OK</span>.
            </p>
            
                
              
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         <div class="section" title="Options">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e938"></a>Options
                     </h3>
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            <div class="section" title="First page">
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                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e940"></a>First page
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               <div class="itemizedlist">
                  <ul class="itemizedlist">
                     <li class="listitem">
                                    
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Delay before booting the default image</span>: This text box
                           lets you set a delay in seconds before the default operating system is
                           started up.
                        </p>
                                  
                     </li>
                     <li class="listitem">
                                    
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Security</span>: This allows you to set a password for the
                           bootloader. This means a username and password will be asked at the boot
                           time to select a booting entry or change settings. The username is "root"
                           and the password is the one chosen here after.
                        </p>
                                  
                     </li>
                     <li class="listitem">
                                    
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Password</span>: This text box is where you actually put the
                           password
                        </p>
                                  
                     </li>
                     <li class="listitem">
                                    
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Password (again)</span>: Retype the password and Drakx will
                           check that it matches with the one set above.
                        </p>
                                  
                     </li>
                     <li class="listitem">
                                    
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Advanced</span></p>
                        
                                    
                        <div class="itemizedlist">
                           <ul class="itemizedlist">
                              <li class="listitem">
                                                 
                                 <p><span class="guilabel">Enable ACPI:</span> ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
                                    Interface) is a standard for the power management. It can save energy by
                                    stopping unused devices, this was the method used before APM. Unchecking it
                                    could be useful if, for example, your computer does not support ACPI or if
                                    you think the ACPI implementation might cause some problems (for instance
                                    random reboots or system lockups).
                                 </p>
                                               
                              </li>
                              <li class="listitem">
                                                 
                                 <p><span class="guilabel">Enable SMP</span>: This option enables / disables symmetric
                                    multiprocessing for multi core processors.
                                 </p>
                                               
                              </li>
                              <li class="listitem">
                                                 
                                 <p><span class="guilabel">Enable APIC</span>: Enabling or disabling this gives the
                                    operating system access to the Advanced Programmable Interrupt
                                    Controller. APIC devices permit more complex priority models, and Advanced
                                    IRQ (Interrupt Request)  management.
                                 </p>
                                               
                              </li>
                              <li class="listitem">
                                                 
                                 <p><span class="guilabel">Enable Local APIC</span>: Here you can set local APIC, which
                                    manages all external interrupts for a specific processor in an SMP system.
                                 </p>
                                               
                              </li>
                           </ul>
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                     </li>
                  </ul>
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                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e972"></a>Next page
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               <div class="itemizedlist">
                  <ul class="itemizedlist">
                     <li class="listitem">
                                  
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Default:</span> Operating system started up by default
                        </p>
                                
                     </li>
                     <li class="listitem">
                                  
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Append:</span> This option lets you pass the kernel
                           information or tell the kernel to give you more information as it boots.
                        </p>
                                
                     </li>
                     <li class="listitem">
                                  
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Probe foreign OS</span>: see above <a class="link" href="setupBootloader.html#setupMageiaBootloader">Using a Mageia bootloader</a></p>
                                
                     </li>
                     <li class="listitem">
                                  
                        <p><span class="guilabel">Advanced</span></p>
                        <div class="itemizedlist">
                           <ul class="itemizedlist">
                              <li class="listitem">
                                                 
                                 <p><span class="guilabel">Video mode:</span> This sets the screen size and colour depth
                                    the boot menu will use. If you click the down triangle you will be offered
                                    other size and colour depth options.
                                 </p>
                                               
                              </li>
                              <li class="listitem">
                                                 
                                 <p><span class="bold"><strong>Do not touch ESP or MBR</strong></span>: see above <a class="link" href="setupBootloader.html#setupChainLoading">Using the chain loading</a></p>
                                               
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