This tool allows you to configure the bootloader and
the boot menu entries.
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Unless you're an expert, it's not recommended that you change these settings as it may prevent you from booting your machine the next time you try to power it on. |
You can choose between the GRUB and the LILO bootloaders. Either one allows you to boot Mandriva Linux, it's just a question of taste.
Unless you know what you're doing, you shouldn't change the default Boot device shown, because that's where the bootloader installs itself. If more than one OS is installed on your machine, it's a good idea to delay booting the default OS by at least 5 seconds so that you can easily select which one to boot.
The dialog finally shows a few options which can be useful depending on your specific hardware.
Clicking on Advanced allows you to select extra options:
- Enable APIC
The IO-APIC is only really useful for multi-processor systems. It may cause problems on single processor systems and should not be activated on single processor machines.
- Enable Local APIC
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The local APIC can be used by Linux to program interruptions to wake up threads. On multi-processor machines, it can be used to send interrupts to another processor. If you have a single-processor machine, do not check this option.
These relatively new APIC features are known to cause problems on some computers because of badly designed chip sets or poor support in Linux kernel drivers. These problems can cause system freezes or incorrect device detection. So you may need to deactivate them by removing the check from the corresponding boxes.
- Clean /tmp at each boot
This option allows you to wipe the contents of the
/tmpdirectory. For instance, it could contain some files youx downloaded from the Internet.- Precise RAM size if needed (found XXX MB)
Use this option to tell Linux how much RAM your machine possesses, if the amount found differs to what your system has, or should this prove to be an issue at boot time.