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If you already have other operating systems + installed, Mageia attempts to add them to your new Mageia boot + menu.</p><p>Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional + bootloader in addition to GRUB legacy and Lilo.</p><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p><a id="setupBootloader-pa6"><!----></a>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.</p><p>The best solution here is to use the GRUB2 + bootloader which is available at the Summary page during + installation.</p></div></div><div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="usingExistingBootloader"><!----></a>Using an + existing bootloader</h4></div></div></div><p><a id="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 id="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 id="setupBootloader-pa48"><!----></a>To be clear, sda is a + device, sda7 is a partition on that device.</p><div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p><a id="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></div><p><a id="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><h4 class="title"><a id="advancedOptionBootloader"><!----></a>Bootloader + advanced option</h4></div></div></div><p><a id="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></div><div class="section" title="With an UEFI system"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e589"><!----></a>With an UEFI system</h3></div></div></div><p>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you + cannot choose the boot loader since only Grub2-efi is available. </p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx2-setupBootloader2.png"/></div><p>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.</p><p>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless really knowing what you + do.</p></div></div><script xmlns="" type="text/javascript" src="main.js"><!----></script><hr xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="copyright">© Mageia</div><div xmlns="" class="license"><a href="index.html#CC_BY-SA">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></div><div id="upload_date">Uploaded on 02/10/2016</div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="unused.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="setupBootloaderAddEntry.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr></table></div></div><div><div 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