Uninstalling The Linux Boot Loader; Security Settings; Creating Boot Cds - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual

20.3.5 Security Settings

Using this YaST module, you can also set a password to protect booting. This gives
you an additional level of security.
Procedure 20.5 Setting a Boot Loader Password
1 Open the Boot Loader Installation tab.
2 Click Boot Loader Options.
3 Set your password in Password for the Menu Interface.
4 Click OK.
5 Click Finish to save the changes.
20.4 Uninstalling the Linux Boot
YaST can be used to uninstall the Linux boot loader and restore the MBR to the state
it had prior to the installation of Linux. During the installation, YaST automatically
creates a backup copy of the original MBR and restores it on request.
To uninstall GRUB, start the YaST boot loader module (System > Boot Loader Confi-
guration). In the first dialog, select Reset > Restore MBR of Hard Disk and exit the di-
alog with Finish.

20.5 Creating Boot CDs

If problems occur booting your system using a boot manager or if the boot manager
cannot be installed on the MBR of your hard disk or a floppy disk, it is also possible
to create a bootable CD with all the necessary start-up files for Linux. This requires a
CD writer installed in your system.
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