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-
-<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>
-
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-<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>.
-
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-<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>
-
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