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<h2 class="title"><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner"></a>Bootloader main
options
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<p><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner-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="setupBootloaderBeginner-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="setupBootloaderBeginner-pa3"></a>The Mageia
graphical menu is nice :)
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<h3 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using the Mageia
bootloader
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<p><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner-pa4"></a>By default Mageia
writes a new GRUB 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><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner-pa5"></a>This works
correctly in the majority of cases for Linux and
<span class="application">Windows<sup>®</sup></span>
systems.
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<p><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner-pa6"></a>Linux systems
which use the GRUB2 bootloader (e.g. more recent Debian/Ubuntu
derivatives) are not currently supported and will not be recognised. One
possible solution for this is to follow the steps explained here <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderExpert.html#addingGRUB2system" title="Adding a GRUB2 based system manually">the section called “Adding a GRUB2 based system
manually”</a> before installing Mageia next to such a
system, however there is no guarantee.
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<p><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner-pa6a"></a>If you are
already installing Mageia without having taken those steps, (and do not
already know the GRUB2 version and/or it's root partition) then install
the Mageia bootloader in the root partition for now (see next section),
and inspect your GRUB2 based system after rebooting at the end of the
installation. Note that you will not yet be able to boot Mageia, however
you will be able to use the Mageia install DVD to perform a quick
"upgrade install" at a later date to correctly install the bootloader to
the MBR.
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<h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an
existing bootloader
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<p><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner-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="setupBootloaderBeginner-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="setupBootloaderBeginner-pa48"></a>To be clear, sda
is a device, sda7 is a partition.
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<p><a name="setupBootloaderBeginner-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="setupBootloaderBeginner-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="setupBootloaderBeginner-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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