reimport my latest checkout

author: Thierry Vignaud <tv@mandriva.org> 2007-06-07 18:54:11 +0000
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
+<body>
+
+<!-- help=install -->
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="main">Boot Loader Help</a></h3>
+Welcome to <em>&product;</em><br><br>
+
+Use this menu to select the desired function. If you have
+problems navigating in this help system, press
+<em>F1</em> to enter the <a href="#help">description</a> of the help
+system. The main functions in this menu are:<br><br>
+
+<a href="#harddisk">Boot from Hard Disk</a>: This selection will not do
+anything to the system. It only starts a previously installed
+operating system.<br><br>
+
+<a href="#linux">Installation</a>: 
+This installation mode works on most machines. If you experience a
+system freeze during boot or problems with detection of your hardware
+components, such as disk controllers or network cards, try one of the
+following installation options. <br><br>
+
+<a href="#noacpi">Installation -- ACPI Disabled</a>: Many of the
+currently-sold computers have incomplete or faulty ACPI
+implementations. This selection disables ACPI support in the
+kernel, but still enables many performance features, like DMA for IDE
+hard disks.  <br><br>
+
+<a href="#failsafe">Installation -- Safe Settings</a>: If you were not
+successful with <em>Installation</em>, this selection might
+solve the issue.<br><br>
+
+<a href="#rescue">Rescue System</a>: This boot image starts a small
+Linux system in RAM. This is useful if the system does not start properly.
+After booting this system, log in as root. <br><br>
+
+<a href="#memtest">Memory Test</a>: Memory testing is useful for more than
+checking installation of new memory modules. It is a stress test
+for a big part of your computer system and may indicate hardware
+problems. <br><br>
+
+<a href="#opt">Boot Options</a>: The boot options may change the
+behavior of your system completely. They are settings for
+the kernel.<br><br>
+
+<a href="#help">F1 Help</a>: This is context sensitive. It will
+show different screens depending on the active element of the
+boot screen. There is also a description of this help system
+available.<br><br>
+
+<a href="#videomode">F2 Video Mode</a>: Here, choose between
+different screen resolutions while installing. If you encounter
+problems with the graphical installation, the <em>text mode</em> may
+be a work-around for you.<br><br>
+
+<a href="#install_src">F3 Installation Source</a>: Choose the
+installation source.<br><br>
+
+<a href="#keytable">F4 Language</a>: Set language and keyboard mapping
+used by the boot loader.<br><br>
+
+<a href="#driverupdate">F5 Driver Update</a>: For very new machines, a
+driver update may be needed to install the system.<br><br>
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="help">Using the Help System</a></h3>
+
+The boot loader online help is context sensitive. It gives information
+about the selected menu item or, if you are editing boot options,
+it tries to look up information about the option in which the cursor is
+positioned.<br>
+<br>
+Navigation Keys<br><br>
+
+  <em>Up Arrow</em>: highlight previous link<br>
+  <em>Down Arrow</em>: highlight next link<br>
+  <em>Left Arrow</em>, <em>Backspace</em>: return to previous topic<br>
+  <em>Right Arrow</em>, <em>Enter</em>, <em>Space</em>: follow link<br>
+  <em>Page Up</em>: scroll up one page<br>
+  <em>Page Down</em>: scroll down one page<br>
+  <em>Home</em>: go to page start<br>
+  <em>End</em>: go to page end<br>
+  <em>Esc</em>: leave help<br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="driverupdate">Driver Update</a></h3>
+
+If you need a driver update floppy or CD-ROM, press <em>F5</em>. The
+boot loader asks you to insert the driver update medium after
+loading the Linux kernel.<br><br>
+
+A driver update is typically a floppy with new versions of hardware
+drivers or bug fixes needed during installation.
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="videomode">Video Mode Selection</a></h3>
+
+Press <em>F2</em> to get the list of video modes your graphics card
+supports. The highest mode your monitor can display is preselected.<br><br>
+
+It is possible that your monitor cannot be detected automatically. In that
+case, select your preferred mode manually.<br><br>
+
+If your system has problems with the graphics card during the
+installation, the <em>text mode</em> may be a usable work-around.
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="keytable">Language and Keyboard Layout Selection</a></h3>
+
+Press <em>F4</em> to change language and keyboard layout the boot loader uses.
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="install_src">Installation Source</a></h3>
+
+Press <em>F3</em> to choose an installation source.<br><br>
+
+This is the same as using the <a href="#o_install">install</a>
+boot option.
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="linux">Installation</a></h3>
+
+Select <em>Installation</em> to start the default installation. The
+<a href="#opt">boot options</a> entered are used in the
+start-up. This item activates many features of commonly available
+hardware. <br><br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="harddisk">Boot from Hard Disk</a></h3>
+
+Select <em>Boot Installed OS</em> to start the system installed on
+your local hard disk. This system must be installed properly, because
+only the MBR (Master Boot Record) on the first hard disk is started.
+The device ID of the first hard disk is provided by the BIOS of
+the computer. <br><br>
+
+Use this if you forgot to remove the CD or DVD from your
+drive and want to start the computer from the hard disk.<br><br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="noacpi">Installation -- ACPI Disabled</a></h3>
+
+Very new hardware sometimes
+requires ACPI to control the interrupt handling. ACPI completely
+replaces the old APM system. <br><br>
+
+Select <em>Installation -- ACPI Disabled</em> if you encounter
+problems during boot of the kernel.  Known problems with machines that
+have problems with ACPI are:
+<br><br>
+
+   * kernel freezes when booting<br>
+   * PCI Cards are not detected or initialized properly<br><br>
+
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="failsafe">Installation -- Safe Settings</a></h3>
+
+Select <em>Installation -- Safe Settings</em> if you encounter hangs
+while installing or irreproducible errors. This option disables DMA
+for IDE drives and all power management features.
+See also the kernel options for 
+<a href="#o_acpi">acpi</a> and <a href="#o_ide">ide</a>.
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="rescue">Rescue System</a></h3>
+
+The <em>Rescue System</em> is a small RAM disk base system. From there,
+it is possible to make all kinds of changes to an installed system. Because
+only low-level tools are available in this system, it is intended for
+experts.<br><br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="memtest">Memory Test</a></h3>
+
+The included <em>Memory Test</em> provides good possibilities to
+stress test the hardware of a system. Its main purpose is to detect
+broken RAM, but it also stresses many other parts of the system. <br>
+
+There is no guarantee that the memory is good if no errors are
+found, although most of memory defects will be found.<br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="opt">Boot Options</a></h3>
+
+There are two types of boot options available. First, there are
+options that affect the installer. Second, there are kernel
+options. Some of the more common options are: <br><br>
+a) installer options<br>
+<br>
+  <a href="#o_install">install</a> -- select an installation source<br>
+  <a href="#network">network options</a> -- the network options<br>
+<br><br>
+b) kernel options<br>
+<br>
+  <a href="#o_splash">splash</a> -- influence the behavior of the splash screen<br>
+  <a href="#o_acpi">acpi</a> -- advanced configuration and power interface<br>
+  <a href="#o_ide">ide</a> -- control the IDE subsystem<br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="o_install">Installer Options: install</a></h3>
+
+By default, the local CD-ROMs are searched for the installation source.
+For a network install, select the
+<em>install</em> option. Possible installation protocols are<br>
+  * FTP<br>
+  * NFS<br>
+  * HTTP<br>
+The syntax to use is just like standard URLs. For example, 
+if your server is found at 192.168.0.1 and you want to do an NFS-based
+install from the directory /install on this server, specify
+the source as follows:<br><br>
+
+  <em>install=nfs://192.168.0.1/install</em><br><br>
+
+The network card will either be configured with <em>dhcp</em> or you
+must specify the parameters yourself as described in the
+<a href="#network">network options</a>.<br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#opt">Boot Options</a>
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="o_splash">Kernel Options: splash</a></h3>
+
+
+The splash screen is the picture shown during system start-up.<br>
+<br>
+<em>splash=0</em><br><br> The splash screen is switched off. This may be useful
+with very old monitors or if some error occurs.<br>
+<br>
+<em>splash=verbose</em><br><br> Activates splash, kernel and boot messages are 
+still shown.<br>
+<br>
+<em>splash=silent</em><br><br>
+Activates splash, but no messages. Instead a progress bar is drawn.<br>
+<br>
+Return to <a href="#opt">Boot Options</a>
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="network">Installer Options: Network Options</a></h3>
+
+It is possible to configure the network interface right now. The
+hardware will be detected later by DrakX. The minimum set of options
+to configure your network card consists of host IP and netmask. For
+example:<br><br>
+
+  <em>hostip=192.168.0.10  netmask=255.255.255.0</em><br>
+<br>
+or in a shorter form:<br><br>
+
+  <em>hostip=192.168.0.10/24</em><br>
+<br>
+
+If you specified a <a href="#o_install">network-based install</a> and do
+not specify both of these options, the installer tries to configure
+the network interface with <em>dhcp</em>. If you need a default
+gateway, specify this with the option <em>gateway</em>. For
+example:<br><br>
+
+  <em>gateway=192.168.0.8</em><br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#opt">Boot Options</a>
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="o_acpi">Kernel Options: acpi</a></h3>
+
+ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is a
+standard that defines power and configuration management interfaces
+between an operating system and the BIOS. By default, <em>acpi</em> is
+switched on when a BIOS is detected that is newer than from year
+2000. There are several commonly
+used parameters to control the behavior of ACPI:<br>
+<br>
+  <em>pci=noacpi</em> -- do not use ACPI to route PCI interrupts
+  <em>acpi=oldboot</em> -- only the parts of ACPI that are relevant
+for booting remain activated<br>
+  <em>acpi=off</em> -- switch off ACPI completely<br>
+  <em>acpi=force</em> -- switch on ACPI even if your BIOS is dated
+before 2000<br>
+<br>
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#opt">Boot Options</a>
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="o_ide">Kernel Options: ide</a></h3>
+
+IDE is, unlike SCSI, commonly used in most desktop workstations.
+To circumvent some hardware problems that occur with IDE systems, use the
+kernel parameter: <br><br> 
+
+  <em>ide=nodma</em>  -- switch off DMA for IDE drives<br>
+
+
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#opt">Boot Options</a>.
+
+
+<hr><!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+<h3><a name="bits">Software Type Selection</a></h3>
+
+You have the choice to install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Mandriva Linux.
+
+<br><br>Return to <a href="#main">Start Page</a>
+
+
+</body></html>
author	Thierry Vignaud <tv@mandriva.org>	2007-06-07 18:54:11 +0000
committer	Thierry Vignaud <tv@mandriva.org>	2007-06-07 18:54:11 +0000
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