Som standard använder Mageia endast: Grub2 (med eller utan grafisk meny) för ett Legacy/MBR eller Legacy/GPT-system. Grub2-efi för ett UEFI-system. Mageia's grafiska menyer är fina :

Ändra inte din "startenhet" om du inte verkligen vet vad du gör.

På ett UEFI-system är användargränssnittet lite annorlunda eftersom du inte kan välja mellan text eller grafisk meny. 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 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. Ändra inte din "startenhet" om du inte verkligen vet vad du gör.

Som standard baserat på ditt system så kommer Mageia att skriva en ny: En GRUB2 starthanterare på antingen MBR (Master Boot Record) på din första hårddisk, eller på BIOS boot-partitionen. En Grub2-efi starthanterare på ESP 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 Next and then uncheck the box Probe Foreign OS

Den exakta proceduren för att lägga till ditt Mageia-system i en befintlig starthanterare är utanför ramen av denna hjälp. I de felsta fall innebär det att köra installationsprogrammet för starthanteraren som bör hitta och lägga till det automatiskt. Se dokumentationen för operativsystemet i fråga.

If you don't want a bootable Mageia, but chain load it from another OS, click on Next, then on Advanced and Check the box Do not touch ESP or MBR. You will get a warning that the bootloader will lack, ignore it by a click on OK.

Delay before booting the default image: This text box lets you set a delay in seconds before the default operating system is started up. Security: This allows you to set a password for the bootloader. This means other people can not enter single user mode or change settings at the boot time. Password: This text box is where you actually put the password Password (again): Retype the password and Drakx will check that it matches with the one set above. Avancerat Enable ACPI: 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. Uncheck it be useful, for example, if your computer does not support ACPI or if you think the ACPI implementation might cause some problems (for instance random reboots or system lockups). Enable SMP: This option enables / disables symmetric multiprocessing for multi core processors. Enable APIC: 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. Enable Local APIC: Here you can set local APIC, which manage all external interrupts for some specific processor in an SMP system.

Default: Operating system started up by default Append: This option lets you pass the kernel information or tell the kernel to give you more information as it boots. Probe foreign OS: see above Using a Mageia bootloader Avancerat Video mode: 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. Do not touch ESP or MBR: see above Using the chain loading