Intel S5000PAL manual Advanced Boot Loader Configuration, Boot Loader Installation

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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4*

Intel® Server Board S5000PAL

Advanced Boot Loader Configuration

Now that you have chosen which boot loader to install, you can also determine where you want the boot loader to be installed. You may install the boot loader in one of two places:

The master boot record (MBR) — This is the recommended place to install a boot loader, unless the MBR already starts another operating system loader, such as System Commander. The MBR is a special area on your hard drive that is automatically loaded by your computer’s BIOS, and is the earliest point at which the boot loader can take control of the boot process. If you install it in the MBR, when your machine boots, GRUB presents a boot prompt. You can then boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux or any other operating system that you have configured the boot loader to boot.

The first sector of your boot partition — This is recommended if you are already using another boot loader on your system. In this case, your other boot loader takes control first. You can then configure that boot loader to start GRUB, which then boots Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Figure 4-13. Boot Loader Installation

Tip: If you have a RAID card, be aware that some BIOSes do not support booting from the RAID card. In cases such as these, the boot loader should not be installed on the MBR of the RAID array. Rather, the boot loader should be installed on the MBR of the same drive as the /boot/ partition was created.

If your system only uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you should choose the MBR.

1)Click the Change Drive Order button if you would like to rearrange the drive order or if your BIOS does not return the correct drive order. Changing the drive order may be useful if you have multiple SCSI adapters, or both SCSI and IDE adapters, and you want to boot from the SCSI device.

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Contents Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Contents Appendix a Additional Boot Options Red Hat Linux Pass-Through Hardware Requirements Reseller Steps to Receive Pass-Thru OS CertificationConfiguration Hardware ComponentsSAS RAID CD-ROM Installed Module 1064e SAS I/O Embedded mptsas Quantity Model/Version Software Used in the Installation Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Installation Graphical Installation Program User InterfaceConsole, Keystrokes, and Contents Text Mode Installation Program User Interface Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk DruidUsing the Keyboard to Navigate Starting the Installation Program Booting the Installation Program on x86 and Intel 64 SystemsAdditional Boot Options Kernel Options Linux mediacheckSelecting an Installation Method Installing from CD-ROMWhat If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? Installing from a Hard Drive Performing a Network InstallationInstalling via NFS Next, enter the name of the exported directory Installing via FTP Installing via HttpHttp Setup Dialog Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise LinuxLanguage Selection Language SelectionKeyboard Configuration Disk Partitioning SetupDisk Partitioning Setup Automatic Partitioning10. Automatic Partitioning Partitioning Your System Graphical Display of Hard DrivesDisk Druid’s Buttons Partition Fields Recommended Partitioning SchemePage Page Adding Partitions 12. Partitioning with Disk Druid on x86 and Intel 64 SystemsFile System Types X86 and Intel 64 Boot Loader Configuration Editing PartitionsDeleting a Partition Page Advanced Boot Loader Configuration 13. Boot Loader InstallationRescue Mode Alternative Boot LoadersSMP Motherboards and Grub Network Configuration 14. Network Configuration15. Editing a network Device Firewall Configuration ∙ Enable firewallMake -C /etc/mail Language Support Selection 17. Language Support Selection Time Zone Configuration 18. Configuring the Time ZoneSet Root Password 19. Root PasswordPackage Group Selection 20. Package Group Selection Preparing to Install Installing PackagesInstallation Complete Page Appendix a Additional Boot Options Page Nofb Page Copyright 2006, Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved
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