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@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@
-
-
- <div class="section" title="With a Bios system">
+ <div class="section" title="Bootloader interface">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e899"></a>With a Bios system
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e900"></a>Bootloader interface
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -43,15 +41,23 @@
- <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>By default, Mageia uses exclusively:</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="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>Grub2 (with or without graphical menu) for a Legacy/MBR or Legacy/GPT system</p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>Grub2-efi for a UEFI system.</p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
<div class="tip" title="Namig" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
@@ -71,11 +77,11 @@
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="section" title="Grub2 on Legacy/MBR and Legacy/GPT systems">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia bootloader
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e910"></a>Grub2 on Legacy/MBR and Legacy/GPT systems
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -83,50 +89,20 @@
- <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="Pozor" 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="[Pozor]" 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>
+ <p>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless really knowing what you do.</p>
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
+ <div class="section" title="Grub2-efi on UEFI systems">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an existing bootloader
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e919"></a>Grub2-efi on UEFI systems
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -134,81 +110,104 @@
- <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>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you cannot
+ choose between with or without graphical menu
</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="Namig" 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="[Namig]" 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>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 adds 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><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>
+ <p>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless really knowing what you do.</p>
</div>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e930"></a>Using a Mageia bootloader
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
- <div class="section" title="Napredne mo&#382;nosti zagonskega nalagalnika">
- <div class="titlepage">
+ <p>By default, according to your system, Mageia writes a new:</p>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>GRUB2 bootloader either into the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your first hard
+ drive or in the BIOS boot partition.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>Grub2-efi bootloader into the ESP</p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <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,
+ click on <span class="guibutton">Next</span> and then uncheck the box
+ <span class="guilabel">Probe Foreign OS</span></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
<div>
- <div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Napredne mo&#382;nosti zagonskega nalagalnika
- </h4>
- </div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e947"></a>Using an existing bootloader
+ </h3>
</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>
+
+
+
+ <p>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>
- <div class="section" title="With an UEFI system">
+ <div class="section" title="Using the chain loading">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e936"></a>With an UEFI system
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e950"></a>Using the chain loading
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -216,24 +215,191 @@
- <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>If you don't want a bootable Mageia, but chain load it from another OS,
+ click on <span class="guibutton">Next</span>, then on
+ <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> and Check the box <span class="guilabel">Do not touch ESP
+ or MBR</span>.
</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>You will get a warning that the bootloader will lack, ignore it by a click
+ on <span class="guibutton">OK</span>.
</p>
- <p>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless really knowing what you do.</p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Mo&#382;nosti">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e967"></a>Mo&#382;nosti
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="First page">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e969"></a>First page
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Delay before booting the default image</span>: 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="guilabel">Security</span>: This allows you to set a password for the
+ bootloader. This means other people can not enter single user mode or change
+ settings at the boot time.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Password</span>: This text box is where you actually put the
+ password
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Password (again)</span>: Retype the password and Drakx will
+ check that it matches with the one set above.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Advanced</span></p>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Enable ACPI:</span> ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
+ Interface) is a standard for the power management. It can save energy by
+ stopping unused devices, this was the method used before APM. Uncheck it be
+ useful, for example, if 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="guilabel">Enable SMP</span>: This option enables / disables symmetric
+ multiprocessing for multi core processors.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Enable APIC</span>: Enabling or disabling 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="guilabel">Enable Local APIC</span>: Here you can set local APIC, which
+ manage all external interrupts for some specific processor in an SMP system.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Next page">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1001"></a>Next page
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Default:</span> Operating system started up by default
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Append:</span> This option lets you pass the kernel
+ information or tell the kernel to give you more information as it boots.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Probe foreign OS</span>: see above <a class="link" href="setupBootloader.html#setupMageiaBootloader">Using a Mageia bootloader</a></p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Advanced</span></p>
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="guilabel">Video mode:</span> This sets the screen size and colour depth
+ the boot menu will use. If you click the down triangle you will be offered
+ other size and colour depth options.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Do not touch ESP or MBR</strong></span>: see above <a class="link" href="setupBootloader.html#setupChainLoading">Using the chain loading</a></p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
</div>