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<info>
<!---->
-<!--Lebarhon 2015 07 04 Project for Mageia 5. The UEFI and BIOS systems are so different I think it is better to split the page-->
+<!--Lebarhon 2015 07 04 Project for Mageia 5. The UEFI and BIOS systems are so different I think it is better to split the page
+
+Lebarhon 2016 12 16 updated for Mageia 6. 20170209 updated SC-->
<title xml:id="setupBootloader-ti1">Opsionet kryesore të programit Bootloader</title>
</info>
- <mediaobject>
-<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata xml:id="setupBootloader-im1"
-format="PNG" fileref="dx2-setupBootloader.png" align="center" revision="1"/>
-</imageobject> <imageobject condition="live"> <imagedata
-xml:id="setupBootloader-im1" format="PNG" align="center" revision="1"
-fileref="live-setupBootloader.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
-
<section>
- <title>With a Bios system</title>
+ <title>Bootloader interface</title>
+
+ <para>By default, Mageia uses exclusively:</para>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa1" revision="4">If you prefer different bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by
-the installer, you can change them here.</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Grub2 (with or without graphical menu) for a Legacy/MBR or Legacy/GPT system</para>
+ </listitem>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa2" revision="4">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.</para>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Grub2-efi for a UEFI system.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
<tip>
- <para>The Mageia graphical menus are nice :</para>
+ <para>The Mageia graphical menus are nice :)</para>
</tip>
- <section xml:id="usingMageiaBootloader">
- <info>
- <title xml:id="usingMageiaBootloader-ti2">Using a Mageia bootloader</title>
- </info>
+ <section>
+ <title>Grub2 on Legacy/MBR and Legacy/GPT systems</title>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata
+fileref="dx2-setupBootloader.png" align="center"/> </imageobject>
+<imageobject condition="live"> <imagedata xml:id="setupBootloader-im1"
+fileref="live-setupBootloader.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
+
+ <para>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless you really know what you are doing.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Grub2-efi on UEFI systems</title>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa4" revision="3">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.</para>
+ <para>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you cannot
+choose between with or without graphical menu</para>
- <para revision="3">Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional bootloader in addition to GRUB
-legacy and Lilo.</para>
+ <mediaobject>
+<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata
+fileref="dx2-setupBootloader2.png" align="center"/> </imageobject>
+<imageobject condition="live"> <imagedata
+fileref="live-setupBootloader2.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
- <warning>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa6" revision="3">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.</para>
+ <para>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.</para>
- <para revision="3">The best solution here is to use the GRUB2 bootloader which is available at
-the Summary page during installation.</para>
- </warning>
+ <para>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless you really know what you are doing.</para>
</section>
+ </section>
- <section xml:id="usingExistingBootloader">
- <info>
- <title xml:id="usingExistingBootloader-ti4" revision="2">Using an existing bootloader</title>
- </info>
+ <section>
+ <title xml:id="setupMageiaBootloader">Using a Mageia bootloader</title>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa46" revision="3">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
-<guibutton>Configure</guibutton> button, which will allow you to change the
-bootloader install location.</para>
+ <para>By default, according to your system, Mageia writes a new:</para>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa47" revision="1">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.</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>GRUB2 bootloader either into the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your first hard
+drive or in the BIOS boot partition.</para>
+ </listitem>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa48" revision="1">To be clear, sda is a device, sda7 is a partition on that device.</para>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Grub2-efi bootloader into the ESP</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
- <tip>
- <para revision="1" xml:id="setupBootloader-pa48a">Go to tty2 with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type <literal>df</literal> to check where
-your <literal>/</literal> (root) partition is. Ctrl+Alt+F7 takes you back to
-the installer screen.</para>
- </tip>
+ <para>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 <guibutton>Next</guibutton> and then uncheck the box
+<guilabel>Probe Foreign OS</guilabel></para>
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa49" revision="2">The exact procedure for adding your Mageia system to an existing bootloader
+ <mediaobject>
+<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata align="center"
+fileref="dx2-setupBootloader3.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
+condition="live"> <imagedata fileref="live-setupBootloader3.png"
+align="center"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Using an existing bootloader</title>
+
+ <para>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.</para>
- </section>
-
- <section xml:id="advancedOptionBootloader">
- <info>
- <title xml:id="advancedOptionBootloader-ti5" revision="2">Bootloader advanced option</title>
- </info>
-
- <para xml:id="setupBootloader-pa52" revision="3">If you have very limited disk space for the <literal>/</literal> partition
-that contains <literal>/tmp</literal>, click on
-<guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> and check the box for <guilabel>Clean /tmp
-at each boot</guilabel>. This helps to maintain some free space.</para>
- </section>
</section>
<section>
- <title>With an UEFI system</title>
+ <title xml:id="setupChainLoading">Using chain loading</title>
- <para>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you cannot
-choose the boot loader since only Grub2-efi is available. </para>
+ <para>If you don't want a bootable Mageia, but to chain load it from another OS,
+click on <guibutton>Next</guibutton>, then on
+<guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> and Check the box <guilabel>Do not touch ESP
+or MBR</guilabel>.</para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata
-fileref="dx2-setupBootloader2.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
-condition="live"> <imagedata fileref="live-setupBootloader2.png"/>
+fileref="dx2-setupBootloader4.png" align="center"/> </imageobject>
+<imageobject condition="live"> <imagedata
+fileref="live-setupBootloader4.png" align="center"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
+
+ <para>You will get a warning that the bootloader is missing, ignore it by clicking
+<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+<imageobject> <imagedata fileref="live-setupBootloader5.png"/>
</imageobject></mediaobject>
+ </section>
- <para>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.</para>
+ <section>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>First page</title>
+
+ <para><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Delay before booting the default image</guilabel>: This text box
+lets you set a delay in seconds before the default operating system is
+started up.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Security</guilabel>: 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.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Password</guilabel>: This text box is where you actually put the
+password</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Password (again)</guilabel>: Retype the password and Drakx will
+check that it matches with the one set above.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Advanced</guilabel></para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Enable ACPI:</guilabel> 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).</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Enable SMP</guilabel>: This option enables / disables symmetric
+multiprocessing for multi core processors.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Enable APIC</guilabel>: 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.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Enable Local APIC</guilabel>: Here you can set local APIC, which
+manages all external interrupts for a specific processor in an SMP system.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
+ </section>
- <para>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless really knowing what you do.</para>
+ <section>
+ <title>Next page</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Default:</guilabel> Operating system started up by default</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Append:</guilabel> This option lets you pass the kernel
+information or tell the kernel to give you more information as it boots.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Probe foreign OS</guilabel>: see above <link
+linkend="setupMageiaBootloader">Using a Mageia bootloader</link></para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Advanced</guilabel><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Video mode:</guilabel> 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.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Do not touch ESP or MBR</emphasis>: see above <link
+linkend="setupChainLoading">Using the chain loading</link></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
</section>
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