8.3. 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, select Do not install a boot loader. If you choose not to install a boot loader, make sure you create a boot diskette or have another way to boot (such as a third-party boot loader) your system.

/boot/boot partition and configure the other boot loader to boot Red Hat Linux.

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 typing hdd=ide-scsi as a kernel parameter (where hdd is the CD-ROM device).

If you choose GRUB as the boot loader, you can password protect it by configuring a GRUB password. Enter a password in the Use GRUB password text entry area. To save the password as an encrypted password in the file, select Encrypt GRUB password and select to encrypt it.

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.

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.