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diff --git a/setupBootloader.html b/setupBootloader.html index 49a87a5..9ce85d3 100644 --- a/setupBootloader.html +++ b/setupBootloader.html @@ -28,130 +28,235 @@ - - - - - - - - - <div class="section" title="Grub2"> + + + <div class="section" title="Available Bootloaders"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e989"></a>Grub2 + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e990"></a>Available Bootloaders </h3> </div> </div> </div> - - <div class="itemizedlist" title="Grub2 on Legacy MBR/GPT systems"> - <p class="title"><b>Grub2 on Legacy MBR/GPT systems</b></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 class="section" title="Grub2"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e992"></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="itemizedlist" title="Grub2-efi on UEFI systems"> - <p class="title"><b>Grub2-efi on UEFI systems</b></p> - <ul class="itemizedlist"> - <li class="listitem"> - - <p>GRUB2-efi will be used exclusively 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> + <div class="section" title="rEFInd"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1009"></a>rEFInd + </h4> + </div> + </div> + </div> - - <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 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="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>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="d5e1004"></a>Bootloader Setup + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1019"></a>Bootloader Setup </h3> </div> </div> </div> - <div class="section" title="Bootloader main options"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1008"></a>Bootloader main options + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1023"></a>Bootloader main options </h4> </div> </div> </div> - - <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> <p><span class="bold"><strong>Bootloader to use</strong></span></p> - - <p>This feature is only available to Legacy MBR/BIOS systems. - Users of UEFI systems will not see this option here. - </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> - - <p>Don't change this unless you really know what you are - doing + <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>Don't change this unless you really know what you are + doing. + </p> + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> + + <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>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> @@ -159,7 +264,6 @@ <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. @@ -169,7 +273,6 @@ <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 @@ -183,7 +286,6 @@ <li class="listitem"> <p><span class="bold"><strong>Password</strong></span></p> - <p>Choose a password for the bootloader (optional)</p> @@ -191,7 +293,6 @@ <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 @@ -200,17 +301,14 @@ </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 @@ -224,7 +322,6 @@ <li class="listitem"> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>Enable SMP</em></span></p> - <p>This option enables/disables symmetric multiprocessing for multi-core processors @@ -234,7 +331,6 @@ <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 @@ -246,7 +342,6 @@ <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 @@ -257,28 +352,67 @@ </div> </div> - <div class="section" title="Bootloader Configuration"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1058"></a>Bootloader Configuration + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1089"></a>Bootloader Configuration </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> @@ -286,7 +420,6 @@ <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. @@ -296,29 +429,46 @@ <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 Probe Foreign OS option. + 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 @@ -329,72 +479,83 @@ <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="emphasis"><em> Ok</em></span> if you - are sure you understand the implications, and wish to - proceed. + 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="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>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="Other Options"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1094"></a>Other Options + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1151"></a>Other Options </h3> </div> </div> </div> - <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1096"></a>Using an existing bootloader + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1153"></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>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="Installing Without a Bootloader"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1099"></a>Installing Without a Bootloader + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1156"></a>Installing Without a Bootloader </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 @@ -403,7 +564,6 @@ </p> </div> - <div class="section" title="Add or Modify a Boot Menu Entry"> <div class="titlepage"> |