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+ <div lang="he" class="section" title="&#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="setupBootloader"></a>&#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;
+ </h2>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Available Bootloaders">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1000"></a>Available Bootloaders
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Grub2">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1002"></a>Grub2
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Grub2 on Legacy MBR/GPT systems</strong></span></p>
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>GRUB2 (with or without graphical menu) will be used exclusively as the
+ bootloader for a Legacy/MBR or Legacy/GPT system.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>By default, a new bootloader will be written into either the MBR (Master
+ Boot Record) of your first hard drive or in the BIOS boot partition.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Grub2-efi on UEFI systems</strong></span></p>
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>GRUB2-efi or rEFInd may be used as the bootloader for a UEFI system.</p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>By default, a new bootloader (Grub2-efi) will be written into the ESP (EFI
+ System Partition).
+ </p>
+
+ <p>If there are already UEFI-based operating systems installed on your computer
+ (Windows 8 for example), the Mageia installer will detect the existing ESP
+ created by Windows and add grub2-efi to it. If no ESP exists, then one will
+ be created. Although it is possible to have several ESPs, only one is
+ required, whatever the number of operating systems you have.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section" title="rEFInd">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1019"></a>rEFInd
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>rEFInd on UEFI systems</strong></span></p>
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>rEFInd has a nice graphical set of options, and can auto-detect installed
+ EFI bootloaders. See: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="note" title="&#1513;&#1497;&#1501; &#1500;&#1489;" 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="[&#1513;&#1497;&#1501; &#1500;&#1489;]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="right"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+
+ <p>Please note that in order to be able to use the <code class="literal">rEFInd</code>
+ option, an installed EFI System Partition must match your system
+ architecture: if you have a 32bit EFI System Partition installed on a 64bit
+ machine for instance, then the rEFInd option will not be displayed/available
+ to you.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section" title="Bootloader Setup">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1029"></a>Bootloader Setup
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="&#1492;&#1490;&#1491;&#1512;&#1493;&#1514; &#1506;&#1497;&#1511;&#1512;&#1497;&#1493;&#1514; &#1513;&#1500; &#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1492;&#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1033"></a>&#1492;&#1490;&#1491;&#1512;&#1493;&#1514; &#1506;&#1497;&#1511;&#1512;&#1497;&#1493;&#1514; &#1513;&#1500; &#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1492;&#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Bootloader to use</strong></span></p>
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guimenuitem">GRUB2</span> (with either a graphical or a text menu),
+ can be chosen for both <code class="literal">Legacy MBR/BIOS</code> systems and
+ <code class="literal">UEFI</code> systems.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guimenuitem">rEFInd</span> (with a graphical menu) is an alternative
+ option solely for use with <code class="literal">UEFI</code> systems.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Boot device</strong></span></p>
+
+ <div class="warning" title="&#1488;&#1494;&#1492;&#1512;&#1492;" 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="[&#1488;&#1494;&#1492;&#1512;&#1492;]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="right"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+
+ <p>Don't change this unless you really know what you are doing.</p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="note" title="&#1513;&#1497;&#1501; &#1500;&#1489;" 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="[&#1513;&#1497;&#1501; &#1500;&#1489;]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="right"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+
+ <p>There is no option to write GRUB to the boot sector of a partition (e.g:
+ <code class="filename">sda1</code>), as this method is considered unreliable.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ <p>When using UEFI mode, then the <span class="guilabel">Boot device</span> will be
+ listed as <span class="guimenuitem">EFI System Partition</span>.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Delay before booting the default image</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>This text box lets you set a delay, in seconds, before the default operating
+ system is started up.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Security</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>This allows you to set a password for the bootloader. This means a username
+ and password will be required when booting in order to select a booting
+ entry or change settings. This is optional, and most people are not likely
+ to have a need for it. The username is <code class="literal">root</code> and the
+ password is the one chosen hereafter.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>&#1505;&#1497;&#1505;&#1502;&#1492;</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>Choose a password for the bootloader (optional)</p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Password (again)</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>Retype the password and DrakX will check that it matches with the one set
+ above
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Advanced</em></span></p>
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Enable ACPI</em></span></p>
+
+ <p>ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is a standard for power
+ management. It can save energy by stopping unused devices. Deselecting it
+ could be useful if, for example, your computer does not support ACPI or if
+ you think the ACPI implementation might cause some problems (for instance
+ random reboots or system lockups).
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Enable SMP</em></span></p>
+
+ <p>This option enables/disables symmetric multiprocessing for multi-core
+ processors
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Enable APIC</em></span></p>
+
+ <p>Enabling 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.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Enable Local APIC</em></span></p>
+
+ <p>Here you can set Local APIC, which manages all external interrupts for a
+ specific processor in an SMP system
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section" title="&#1492;&#1490;&#1491;&#1512;&#1493;&#1514; &#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1099"></a>&#1492;&#1490;&#1491;&#1512;&#1493;&#1514; &#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p>If, in the previous section you selected <code class="literal">rEFInd</code> as the
+ bootloader to use, you would then be presented with the options shown in the
+ screenshot directly below. Otherwise, please instead move on to the
+ subsequent screenshot for your options.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Your rEFInd configuration options:</p>
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Install or update rEFInd in the EFI system
+ partition.</strong></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Install in /EFI/BOOT.</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>This option installs the bootloader in the /EFI/BOOT directory of the ESP
+ (EFI System Partition). This can be useful when:
+ </p>
+
+ <p>(a) Installing onto a removable drive (e.g. a USB stick) that can be removed
+ and plugged into a different machine. If the bootloader is stored in
+ /EFI/BOOT, UEFI BIOS's will detect it and allow you to boot from that drive.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>(b) As a workaround where, due to a buggy UEFI BIOS, the newly written
+ bootloader for Mageia will not be recognized at end of the installation.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ <p>If you did not select rEFInd as the bootloader to use in the previous
+ section, then your bootloader configuration options are shown below:
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Default</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>The operating system to be started up by default.</p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Append</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>This option lets you pass information to the kernel or tell the kernel to
+ give you more information as it boots.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Probe foreign OS</strong></span></p>
+
+ <p>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,
+ then untick the <span class="guimenuitem">Probe Foreign OS</span> option.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Install in /EFI/BOOT. </strong></span>(Note: this menu
+ option only becomes available where the installer detects that a machine is
+ in UEFI mode).
+ </p>
+
+ <p>This option installs the bootloader in the /EFI/BOOT directory of the ESP
+ (EFI System Partition). This can be useful when:
+ </p>
+
+ <p>(a) Installing onto a removable drive (e.g. a USB stick) that can be removed
+ and plugged into a different machine. If the bootloader is stored in
+ /EFI/BOOT, UEFI BIOS's will detect it and allow you to boot from that drive.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>(b) As a workaround where, due to a buggy UEFI BIOS, the newly written
+ bootloader for Mageia will not be recognized at end of the installation.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Advanced</em></span></p>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Video mode</em></span></p>
+
+ <p>This sets the screen size and colour depth to be used by the boot menu. If
+ you click the down-triangle you will be offered other size and colour depth
+ options.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Do not touch ESP or MBR</em></span></p>
+
+ <p>Select this option if you don't want a bootable Mageia, but would rather
+ chain-load it from another OS. You will get a warning that the bootloader is
+ missing. Click <span class="guimenuitem">Ok </span>only if you are sure you
+ understand the implications, and wish to proceed.
+ </p>
+
+ <div class="warning" title="&#1488;&#1494;&#1492;&#1512;&#1492;" 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="[&#1488;&#1494;&#1492;&#1512;&#1492;]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="right"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+
+ <p>Chain-loading via legacy bootloaders (GRUB Legacy and LiLo) is no longer
+ supported by Mageia as it is likely to fail when attempting to boot this
+ resulting installation of Mageia. If you use anything other than GRUB2 or
+ rEFInd for this purpose, then you do so at your own risk!
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section" title="&#1488;&#1508;&#1513;&#1512;&#1493;&#1497;&#1493;&#1514; &#1488;&#1495;&#1512;&#1493;&#1514;">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1161"></a>&#1488;&#1508;&#1513;&#1512;&#1493;&#1497;&#1493;&#1514; &#1488;&#1495;&#1512;&#1493;&#1514;
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1163"></a>Using an existing bootloader
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p>The exact procedure for adding Mageia to an existing bootloader is beyond
+ the scope of this documentation. However, in most cases it will involve
+ running the relevant bootloader installation program, which should detect
+ Mageia and automatically add an entry for it in the bootloader menu. See the
+ documentation for the relevant operating system.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section" title="&#1492;&#1514;&#1511;&#1504;&#1492; &#1500;&#1500;&#1488; &#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1166"></a>&#1492;&#1514;&#1511;&#1504;&#1492; &#1500;&#1500;&#1488; &#1502;&#1504;&#1492;&#1500; &#1488;&#1514;&#1495;&#1493;&#1500;
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p>While you can opt to install Mageia without a bootloader (see section 2.1
+ Advanced), this is not recommended unless you absolutely know what you are
+ doing, as without some form of bootloader your operating system will be
+ unable to start.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div lang="he" class="section" title="Add or Modify a Boot Menu Entry">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="setupBootloaderAddEntry"></a>Add or Modify a Boot Menu Entry
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+
+
+ <p>To do this you need to manually edit /boot/grub2/custom.cfg or use the
+ software <span class="bold"><strong>grub-customizer</strong></span> tool instead
+ (available in the Mageia repositories).
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="note" title="&#1513;&#1497;&#1501; &#1500;&#1489;" 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="[&#1513;&#1497;&#1501; &#1500;&#1489;]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="right"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="right" valign="top">
+
+ <p>For more information, see: <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Grub2-efi_and_Mageia" target="_top">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Grub2-efi_and_Mageia</a></p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+ </body>
+</html>