This tool allows you to configure how your system boots and which boot options are available.
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Unless you are an expert, it's not recommended that you change these settings as it may prevent you from booting your machine the next time you try to power it up. |
You can choose between the GRUB and LILO bootloaders. Either one allows you to boot Mandriva Linux, it's just a question of taste.
Unless you know what you're doing, you shouldn't change the default Boot device shown, because that's where the bootloader installs itself. If more than one OS is installed on your machine, it's a good idea to delay booting the default OS by at least 5 seconds so that you can easily select which one to boot.
The dialog finally shows a few options which can be useful depending on your specific hardware.
Click on Advanced to select extra options:
- Enable APIC
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The IO-APIC is only really useful for multi-processor systems for sending interrupts to the various processors, instead of sending them to only one processor.
- Enable Local APIC
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The local APIC can be used by Linux to program interrupts to wake up threads. On multi-processor machines, it can be used to send interrupts to another processor.
These APIC features are known to cause problems on some computers. These problems can cause system freezes or incorrect device detection. So you may need to deactivate them by removing the check from the corresponding boxes.
- Clean /tmp at each boot
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This option allows you to wipe the contents of the
/tmpdirectory. For instance, it could contain some files you downloaded from the Internet. - Precise RAM size if needed (found XXX MB)
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Use this option to tell Linux how much RAM your machine possesses, if the amount found differs to what your system actually has, or should this prove to be an issue at boot time.