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diff --git a/docs/docs/stable/installer/hi/setupBootloader.xml b/docs/docs/stable/installer/hi/setupBootloader.xml
index 4c167574..a850adf3 100644
--- a/docs/docs/stable/installer/hi/setupBootloader.xml
+++ b/docs/docs/stable/installer/hi/setupBootloader.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<section version="5.0" xml:lang="hi" xreflabel="Bootloader" xml:id="setupBootloader"
xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ns42="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
+
+
+
+
<info>
<!--Lebarhon 2015 07 04 Project for Mageia 5. The UEFI and BIOS systems are so different I think it is better to split the page
Lebarhon 2016 12 16 updated for Mageia 6. 20170209 updated SC-->
@@ -32,44 +37,71 @@ Lebarhon 2016 12 16 updated for Mageia 6. 20170209 updated SC-->
<!--2018/02/25 apb: Added xreflabel to this section.-->
<!--2019/01/06 apb: Typo.-->
<!--2019/01/06 apb: Use 'xi:include' for setupBootloaderAddEntry.xml, as that is how it is called by the inline-help drakx/perl routine.-->
-<title xml:id="setupBootloader-ti1">Bootloader</title>
+<!--2019/07/18 apb: Rewrite 1.1, to accomodate inclusion of rEFInd option, and modify 1.2.1, 1.2.2 accordingly.-->
+<!--2019/08/01 apb: 1.1.1 reworded to: GRUB2-efi or rEFInd may be used as the bootloader for a UEFI system. Added warning text for 1.2.2 Do not Touch MBR/ESP part.-->
+<title xml:id="setupBootloader-ti1">बूटलोडर</title>
</info>
<section>
- <title>Grub2</title>
+ <title>Available Bootloaders</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Grub2</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <title>Grub2 on Legacy MBR/GPT systems</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Grub2 on Legacy MBR/GPT systems</emphasis></para>
- <listitem>
- <para>GRUB2 (with or without graphical menu) will be used exclusively as the
+ <listitem>
+ <para>GRUB2 (with or without graphical menu) will be used exclusively as the
bootloader for a Legacy/MBR or Legacy/GPT system.</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>By default, a new bootloader will be written into either the MBR (Master
+ <listitem>
+ <para>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.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
- <itemizedlist>
- <title>Grub2-efi on UEFI systems</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Grub2-efi on UEFI systems</emphasis></para>
- <listitem>
- <para>GRUB2-efi will be used exclusively as the bootloader for a UEFI system.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>GRUB2-efi or rEFInd may be used as the bootloader for a UEFI system.</para>
+ </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>By default, a new bootloader (Grub2-efi) will be written into the ESP (EFI
+ <listitem>
+ <para>By default, a new bootloader (Grub2-efi) will be written into the ESP (EFI
System Partition).</para>
- <para>If there are already UEFI-based operating systems installed on your computer
+ <para>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
+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.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>rEFInd</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">rEFInd on UEFI systems</emphasis></para>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>rEFInd has a nice graphical set of options, and can auto-detect installed
+EFI bootloaders. See: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>Please note that in order to be able to use the <literal>rEFInd</literal>
+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.</para>
+ </note>
+ </section>
</section>
<section>
@@ -90,14 +122,34 @@ xml:id="setupBootloader-im1"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Bootloader to use</emphasis></para>
- <para>This feature is only available to Legacy MBR/BIOS systems. Users of UEFI
-systems will not see this option here.</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guimenuitem>GRUB2</guimenuitem> (with either a graphical or a text menu),
+can be chosen for both <literal>Legacy MBR/BIOS</literal> systems and
+<literal>UEFI</literal> systems.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guimenuitem>rEFInd</guimenuitem> (with a graphical menu) is an alternative
+option solely for use with <literal>UEFI</literal> systems.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Boot device</emphasis></para>
- <para>Don't change this unless you really know what you are doing</para>
+ <warning>
+ <para>Don't change this unless you really know what you are doing.</para>
+ </warning>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>There is no option to write GRUB to the boot sector of a partition (e.g:
+<filename>sda1</filename>), as this method is considered unreliable.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>When using UEFI mode, then the <guilabel>Boot device</guilabel> will be
+listed as <guimenuitem>EFI System Partition</guimenuitem>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -118,7 +170,7 @@ password is the one chosen hereafter.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="bold">Password</emphasis></para>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">कूटशब्द</emphasis></para>
<para>Choose a password for the bootloader (optional)</para>
</listitem>
@@ -171,6 +223,38 @@ specific processor in an SMP system</para>
<section>
<title>Bootloader Configuration</title>
+ <para>If, in the previous section you selected <literal>rEFInd</literal> 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.</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata align="center"
+fileref="rEFIndLoaderConfig.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
+condition="live"> <imagedata align="center"
+fileref="live-rEFIndLoaderConfig.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <para>Your rEFInd configuration options:</para>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guimenuitem>Install or update rEFInd in the EFI system
+partition.</guimenuitem></para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guimenuitem>Install in EFI/Boot partition (workaround for some
+BIOS's).</guimenuitem></para>
+
+ <para>With some BIOS's, the newly written bootloader for Mageia at end of the
+installation will not be recognized. In that case, you can use this option
+as a workaround for the issue.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>If you did not select rEFInd as the bootloader to use in the previous
+section, then your bootloader configurations are shown below:</para>
+
<mediaobject>
<imageobject condition="classical"> <imagedata align="center"
fileref="dx2-setupBootloader3.png"/> </imageobject> <imageobject
@@ -196,7 +280,7 @@ give you more information as it boots.</para>
<para>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.</para>
+then untick the <guimenuitem>Probe Foreign OS</guimenuitem> option.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -222,8 +306,15 @@ options.</para>
<para>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<emphasis> Ok</emphasis> if you are sure you understand the
-implications, and wish to proceed.</para>
+missing. Click <guimenuitem>Ok </guimenuitem>only if you are sure you
+understand the implications, and wish to proceed.</para>
+
+ <warning>
+ <para>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!</para>
+ </warning>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -234,7 +325,7 @@ fileref="live-setupBootloader5.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject>
</section>
<section>
- <title>Other Options</title>
+ <title>अन्य विकल्प</title>
<section>
<title>Using an existing bootloader</title>
@@ -255,7 +346,6 @@ doing, as without some form of bootloader your operating system will be
unable to start.</para>
</section>
- <xi:include href="setupBootloaderAddEntry.xml"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ <xi:include href="setupBootloaderAddEntry.xml"/>
</section>
</section>