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+++ b/docs/docs/stable/installer/ast/setupBootloader.xml
@@ -1,32 +1,15 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<section version="5.0" xml:lang="ast" xreflabel="Bootloader" xml:id="setupBootloader"
- xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
- xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
- xmlns:ns42="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
- xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
- xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
- xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns42="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xreflabel="Bootloader" version="5.0" xml:lang="ast" xml:id="setupBootloader">
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
<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 2016 12 16 updated for Mageia 6. 20170209 updated SC-->
@@ -39,40 +22,32 @@ Lebarhon 2016 12 16 updated for Mageia 6. 20170209 updated SC-->
<!--2019/01/06 apb: Use 'xi:include' for setupBootloaderAddEntry.xml, as that is how it is called by the inline-help drakx/perl routine.-->
<!--2019/07/18 apb: Rewrite 1.1, to accomodate inclusion of rEFInd option, and modify 1.2.1, 1.2.2 accordingly.-->
<!--2019/08/01 apb: 1.1.1 reworded to: GRUB2-efi or rEFInd may be used as the bootloader for a UEFI system. Added warning text for 1.2.2 Do not Touch MBR/ESP part.-->
+<!--2020/06/28 apb: 1.2.2 updated SC's to reflect changes to installer by Martin Whitaker (2020/06/27): Install to EFI/Boot. Adjust text to match.-->
<title xml:id="setupBootloader-ti1">Bootloader</title>
</info>
-
<section>
<title>Available Bootloaders</title>
-
<section>
<title>Grub2</title>
-
<itemizedlist>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Grub2 on Legacy MBR/GPT systems</emphasis></para>
-
<listitem>
<para>GRUB2 (with or without graphical menu) will be used exclusively as the
bootloader for a Legacy/MBR or Legacy/GPT system.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>By default, a new bootloader will be written into either the MBR (Master
Boot Record) of your first hard drive or in the BIOS boot partition.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
<itemizedlist>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Grub2-efi on UEFI systems</emphasis></para>
-
<listitem>
<para>GRUB2-efi or rEFInd may be used as the bootloader for a UEFI system.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>By default, a new bootloader (Grub2-efi) will be written into the ESP (EFI
System Partition).</para>
-
<para>If there are already UEFI-based operating systems installed on your computer
(Windows 8 for example), the Mageia installer will detect the existing ESP
created by Windows and add grub2-efi to it. If no ESP exists, then one will
@@ -81,19 +56,15 @@ required, whatever the number of operating systems you have.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
-
<section>
<title>rEFInd</title>
-
<itemizedlist>
<para><emphasis role="bold">rEFInd on UEFI systems</emphasis></para>
-
<listitem>
<para>rEFInd has a nice graphical set of options, and can auto-detect installed
EFI bootloaders. See: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
<note>
<para>Please note that in order to be able to use the <literal>rEFInd</literal>
option, an installed EFI System Partition must match your system
@@ -103,212 +74,180 @@ to you.</para>
</note>
</section>
</section>
-
<section>
<info>
<title xml:id="setupBootloader-ti2">Bootloader Setup</title>
</info>
-
<section>
<title>Bootloader main options</title>
-
<mediaobject>
-<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata align="center"
-fileref="dx2-setupBootloader.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
-condition="live"> <imagedata fileref="live-setupBootloader.png"
-xml:id="setupBootloader-im1"/> </imageobject></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>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Bootloader to use</emphasis></para>
-
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>GRUB2</guimenuitem> (with either a graphical or a text menu),
can be chosen for both <literal>Legacy MBR/BIOS</literal> systems and
<literal>UEFI</literal> systems.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><guimenuitem>rEFInd</guimenuitem> (with a graphical menu) is an alternative
option solely for use with <literal>UEFI</literal> systems.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Boot device</emphasis></para>
-
<warning>
<para>Don't change this unless you really know what you are doing.</para>
</warning>
-
<note>
<para>There is no option to write GRUB to the boot sector of a partition (e.g:
<filename>sda1</filename>), as this method is considered unreliable.</para>
</note>
-
<para>When using UEFI mode, then the <guilabel>Boot device</guilabel> will be
listed as <guimenuitem>EFI System Partition</guimenuitem>.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Delay before booting the default image</emphasis></para>
-
<para>This text box lets you set a delay, in seconds, before the default operating
system is started up.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Security</emphasis></para>
-
<para>This allows you to set a password for the bootloader. This means a username
and password will be required when booting in order to select a booting
entry or change settings. This is optional, and most people are not likely
to have a need for it. The username is <literal>root</literal> and the
password is the one chosen hereafter.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Password</emphasis></para>
-
<para>Choose a password for the bootloader (optional)</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Password (again)</emphasis></para>
-
<para>Retype the password and DrakX will check that it matches with the one set
above</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
<para><emphasis>Advanced</emphasis></para>
-
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Enable ACPI</emphasis></para>
-
<para>ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is a standard for power
management. It can save energy by stopping unused devices. Deselecting 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><emphasis>Enable SMP</emphasis></para>
-
<para>This option enables/disables symmetric multiprocessing for multi-core
processors</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Enable APIC</emphasis></para>
-
<para>Enabling 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><emphasis>Enable Local APIC</emphasis></para>
-
<para>Here you can set Local APIC, which manages all external interrupts for a
specific processor in an SMP system</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
-
<section>
<title>Bootloader Configuration</title>
-
<para>If, in the previous section you selected <literal>rEFInd</literal> as the
bootloader to use, you would then be presented with the options shown in the
screenshot directly below. Otherwise, please instead move on to the
subsequent screenshot for your options.</para>
-
<mediaobject>
<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata align="center"
fileref="rEFIndLoaderConfig.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
condition="live"> <imagedata align="center"
fileref="live-rEFIndLoaderConfig.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
-
+ <para>Your rEFInd configuration options:</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <para>Your rEFInd configuration options:</para>
-
<listitem>
- <para><guimenuitem>Install or update rEFInd in the EFI system
-partition.</guimenuitem></para>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Install or update rEFInd in the EFI system
+partition.</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
- <para><guimenuitem>Install in EFI/Boot partition (workaround for some
-BIOS's).</guimenuitem></para>
-
- <para>With some BIOS's, the newly written bootloader for Mageia at end of the
-installation will not be recognized. In that case, you can use this option
-as a workaround for the issue.</para>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Install in /EFI/BOOT.</emphasis></para>
+ <para>This option installs the bootloader in the /EFI/BOOT directory of the ESP
+(EFI System Partition). This can be useful when:</para>
+ <para>(a) Installing onto a removable drive (e.g. a USB stick) that can be removed
+and plugged into a different machine. If the bootloader is stored in
+/EFI/BOOT, UEFI BIOS's will detect it and allow you to boot from that
+drive).</para>
+ <para>(b) As a workaround where, due to a buggy UEFI BIOS, the newly written
+bootloader for Mageia will not be recognized at end of the installation.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
<para>If you did not select rEFInd as the bootloader to use in the previous
-section, then your bootloader configurations are shown below:</para>
-
+section, then your bootloader configuration options are shown below:</para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata align="center"
fileref="dx2-setupBootloader3.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
-condition="live"> <imagedata align="center"
-fileref="live-setupBootloader3.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
-
+condition="live"> <imagedata fileref="live-setupBootloader3.png"
+align="center"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Default</emphasis></para>
-
<para>The operating system to be started up by default.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Append</emphasis></para>
-
<para>This option lets you pass information to the kernel or tell the kernel to
give you more information as it boots.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Probe foreign OS</emphasis></para>
-
<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,
then untick the <guimenuitem>Probe Foreign OS</guimenuitem> option.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Install in /EFI/BOOT. </emphasis>(Note: this menu
+option only becomes available where the installer detects that a machine is
+in UEFI mode).</para>
+ <para>This option installs the bootloader in the /EFI/BOOT directory of the ESP
+(EFI System Partition). This can be useful when:</para>
+ <para>(a) Installing onto a removable drive (e.g. a USB stick) that can be removed
+and plugged into a different machine. If the bootloader is stored in
+/EFI/BOOT, UEFI BIOS's will detect it and allow you to boot from that
+drive).</para>
+ <para>(b) As a workaround where, due to a buggy UEFI BIOS, the newly written
+bootloader for Mageia will not be recognized at end of the installation.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
<para><emphasis>Advanced</emphasis></para>
-
<mediaobject>
-<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata align="center"
-fileref="dx2-setupBootloader4.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
-condition="live"> <imagedata align="center"
-fileref="live-setupBootloader4.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
-
+<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata
+fileref="dx2-setupBootloader4.png" align="center"/> </imageobject>
+<imageobject condition="live"> <imagedata
+fileref="live-setupBootloader4.png" align="center"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Video mode</emphasis></para>
-
<para>This sets the screen size and colour depth to be used by the boot menu. If
you click the down-triangle you will be offered other size and colour depth
options.</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Do not touch ESP or MBR</emphasis></para>
-
<para>Select this option if you don't want a bootable Mageia, but would rather
chain-load it from another OS. You will get a warning that the bootloader is
missing. Click <guimenuitem>Ok </guimenuitem>only if you are sure you
understand the implications, and wish to proceed.</para>
-
<warning>
<para>Chain-loading via legacy bootloaders (GRUB Legacy and LiLo) is no longer
supported by Mageia as it is likely to fail when attempting to boot this
@@ -317,35 +256,28 @@ rEFInd for this purpose, then you do so at your own risk!</para>
</warning>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
<mediaobject>
-<imageobject> <imagedata align="center"
-fileref="live-setupBootloader5.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
+<imageobject> <imagedata fileref="live-setupBootloader5.png"
+align="center"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
</section>
</section>
-
<section>
<title>Other Options</title>
-
<section>
<title>Using an existing bootloader</title>
-
<para>The exact procedure for adding Mageia to an existing bootloader is beyond
-the scope of this documentation. However in most cases it will involve
+the scope of this documentation. However, in most cases it will involve
running the relevant bootloader installation program, which should detect
Mageia and automatically add an entry for it in the bootloader menu. See the
documentation for the relevant operating system.</para>
</section>
-
<section>
<title>Installing Without a Bootloader</title>
-
<para>While you can opt to install Mageia without a bootloader (see section 2.1
Advanced), this is not recommended unless you absolutely know what you are
doing, as without some form of bootloader your operating system will be
unable to start.</para>
</section>
-
<xi:include href="setupBootloaderAddEntry.xml"/>
</section>
-</section>
+</section> \ No newline at end of file