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( I have never read the help :) +</I>><i> ) An explanation of the different fields? +</I> +Thanks for asking :-D + +Yes, and what can be done there and what shouldn't + +If you already have an idea about what to write, then don't read on +(my questions might make you forget things you'd otherwise add ;) ) + + + + + +For instance the append field: +* Is it wrong to make a new entry for your bootloader and leave that +field empty (I'm sure I never entered a UUID, because I don't really +know what it is nor how to find the one for that partition..... what +sets the UUID and how /do/ you find it, btw?) +* What options are there, what do they do? + +And for the advanced screen: + +Can you change the initrd image independently from the vmlinuz image +in the previous screen (and the other way around), in other words, are +they allowed to have different versions and if so, when can that be +needed or useful? + +(I know too little about initrd and vmlinuz to be able to tell in a +few lines what they actually do and what I know might even be wrong. +It would be nice to have a short explanation in this help text) + +For the video mode, when is changing that useful or OK? Can fiddling +with it help if, for instance, while booting into Mageia and pressing +"Esc", the text is too far to the left of the screen so you can't see +the first part of each line? + +If you changed the video mode and made things worse, can you put +something on the append line to try with a different mode? (that is a +general question, too, for anything that you change here) + + + + + + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) +Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <A HREF="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/">http://enigmail.mozdev.org/</A> + +iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQNcCQAAoJEKWubDMI5nEBSREIAIGJK/b14wpN/019ObIa6DnY +QTKD6D2B0yxYnwv9VUABqd1Vgo65qaE88I72e4kc15RTbk2NlUwTiIzQrH0ZyPWi +dkIagwLU8nC2SV2A0nCk/e7WrE1ipBNr8BcXbU54dQvhO0hc+uFUvc3WAqY6VsvX +7196TjlwmUlKxnJOB5E5wBmATVKW/VldjcrN9YntVR1GuLt2Q0CvW5YnU26fBOwj +Bp+aORbIoRvBp8h7s5GKMcjtcnPF3NmWCVkPy1UtuVbVGjNn9A0DpAUWVnnVe8we +Nu7p12cwyAUPDmwpdbFSG4bHso9pf7sfwgSvLVSBc14jk+uXF1dJXNmPbcSC3jc= +=P4iI +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="018257.html">[Mageia-dev] Add or Modify a Boot Menu Entry - please help write the help text +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="018369.html">[Mageia-dev] Add or Modify a Boot Menu Entry - please help write the help text +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#18263">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#18263">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#18263">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#18263">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |