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authorMarja van Waes <marja@mageia.org>2016-06-14 13:15:29 +0200
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@@ -29,64 +29,13 @@
- <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as
- you cannot choose the boot loader (first drop down list) since only one
- is available
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>If you prefer different
- bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by the installer, you can
- change them here.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa2"></a>You may already have another
- operating system on your machine, in which case you need to decide whether
- to add Mageia to your existing bootloader, or allow Mageia to create a new
- one.
- </p>
-
-
- <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa3"></a>The Mageia graphical menus
- are nice :)
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
- <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="section" title="With a Bios system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia
- bootloader
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e899"></a>With a Bios system
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -94,116 +43,186 @@
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa4"></a>By default, Mageia writes
- a new GRUB (legacy) bootloader into the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your
- first hard drive. If you already have other operating systems installed,
- Mageia attempts to add them to your new Mageia boot menu.
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>If you prefer different
+ bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by the installer, you
+ can change them here.
</p>
- <p>Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional bootloader
- in addition to GRUB legacy and Lilo.
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa2"></a>You may already have
+ another operating system on your machine, in which case you need to decide
+ whether to add Mageia to your existing bootloader, or allow Mageia to
+ create a new one.
</p>
- <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Tip">
<tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
<th align="left"></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa6"></a>Linux systems which use
- the GRUB2 bootloader are not currently supported by GRUB (legacy) and
- will not be recognised 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>
+ <p>The Mageia graphical menus are nice :</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an
- existing bootloader
- </h3>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia
+ bootloader
+ </h4>
+ </div>
</div>
</div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa4"></a>By default, Mageia
+ writes a new GRUB (legacy) bootloader into the MBR (Master Boot Record)
+ of your first hard drive. 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;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="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>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
</div>
-
-
-
- <p><a name="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 name="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 name="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;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="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>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an
+ existing bootloader
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="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 name="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 name="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;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Tip">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="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>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p><a name="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>
- <p><a name="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 class="section" title="Bootloader advanced option">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader
+ advanced option
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="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="Bootloader advanced option">
+ <div class="section" title="With an UEFI system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader
- advanced option
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e936"></a>With an UEFI system
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -211,11 +230,25 @@
- <p><a name="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>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you
+ cannot choose the boot loader since only Grub2-efi is available.
+ </p>
+
+
+
+
+ <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>