Boot Loader Installation - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX AS 2.1 Installation Manual

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Section 3.14:Boot Loader Installation

If you have chosen to use fdisk, the next screen will prompt you to select a drive to partition using

fdisk. Once you have chosen which drive to partition, you will be presented with the fdisk command

screen. If you do not know what command to use, type

When you are finished making partitions, type

back to the original fdisk screen where you can partition another drive or continue the installation.

None of the changes you make take effect until you save them and exit fdisk

using the w command. You can quit fdisk at any time without saving changes

using the q command.

After you have partitioned your drive(s), click

points to the partitions you just created with fdisk.

You will not be able to add new partitions using Disk Druid, but you can edit mount points for the

partitions you have already created. For each partition created with fdisk, click on the

choose the appropriate mount point for that partition from the pulldown menu, and click on

3.14 Boot Loader Installation

In order to boot your Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS system without a boot disk, you usually need to

install a boot loader. You can choose to install either GRUB (selected by default) or LILO.

GRUB is a software boot loader that can be used to start Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS on your com-

puter. It can also start other operating systems, such as Windows 9x. Here, you will be asked how (or

whether) you want to configure a boot loader and which one (GRUB or LILO).

Choose which boot loader you want to install. If you would rather use LILO, make sure it is selected

instead of GRUB.

If you choose not to install GRUB or LILO for any reason, you will not be

able to boot your Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS system directly, and you will

need to use another boot method (such as a boot diskette). Use this option

only if you are sure you have another way of booting your Red Hat Enterprise

Linux AS system!

at the prompt for help.

[m]

to save your changes and quit. You will be taken

[w]

Note

. You will need to use Disk Druid to assign mount

CAUTION

Edit

button,

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