Partition Information - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 System Administration Manual

Partition Information

You must choose where to install the boot loader (the Master Boot Record or the first sector of the /
boot partition). Install the boot loader on the MBR if you plan to use it as your boot loader.
To pass any special parameters to the kernel to be used when the system boots, enter them in the
Kernel parameters text field. For example, if you have an IDE CD-ROM Writer, you can tell the
kernel to use the SCSI emulation driver that must be loaded before using cdrecord by configuring
hdd=ide-scsi as a kernel parameter (where hdd is the CD-ROM device).
You can password protect the GRUB boot loader by configuring a GRUB password. Select Use
GRUB password, and enter a password in the Password field. Type the same password in the
Confirm Password text field. To save the password as an encrypted password in the file, select
Encrypt GRUB password. If the encryption option is selected, when the file is saved, the plain text
password that you typed are encrypted and written to the kickstart file. If type an already encrypted
password, unselect to encrypt it.
If Upgrade an existing installation is selected on the Installation Method page, select Upgrade
existing boot loader to upgrade the existing boot loader configuration, while preserving the old
entries.
2.4. Partition Information
Figure 2.4. Partition Information
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