Boot Loader Options - Red Hat LINUX 7.2 - OFFICIAL LINUX CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE Manual

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2.2 Boot Loader Options

Figure 2–2 Boot Loader Options
You have the option of installing GRUB or LILO as the boot loader. If you do not want to install a
boot loader, uncheck the checkbutton. If you choose not to install a boot loader,
Install Boot Loader
make sure you create a boot disk or have another way to boot (such as a third-party boot loader) your
Red Hat Linux system.
If you choose to install a boot loader, you must also choose which boot loader to install (GRUB or
LILO) and where to 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. If you are using
a different boot loader, install LILO or GRUB on the first sector of the /boot partition and configure
the other boot loader to boot Red Hat Linux.
If you need to pass any special parameters to the kernel to be used when the system boots, enter them
in the text field. For example, if you have an IDE CD-ROM burner, you can
Kernel parameters
tell the kernel to use the SCSI emulation driver that must be loaded before using cdrecord by typing
hdd=ide-scsi as a kernel parameter (where hdd is the CD-ROM device).
If you choose LILO as the boot loader, choose whether you want to use linear mode and whether you
want to force the use of lba32 mode.