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<h2 class="title"><a name="setupBootloader"></a>Bootloader main options
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<p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>If you prefer different
bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by the installer, you can
change them here.
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<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.
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<p><a name="setupBootloader-pa3"></a>The Mageia graphical menus
are nice :)
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<h3 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia
bootloader
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<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.
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<p>Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional bootloader
in addition to GRUB legacy and Lilo.
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<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.
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<p>The best solution here is to use the GRUB2 bootloader
which is available at the Summary page during installation.
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<h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an
existing bootloader
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<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.
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<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.
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<p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48"></a>To be clear, sda is a
device, sda7 is a partition on that device.
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<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.
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<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.
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<h3 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader
advanced option
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<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.
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