Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - VIRTUAL SERVER ADMINISTRATION, Installation Manual

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Chapter 4. Installing on Intel
®
and AMD Systems
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Figure 4.18. Boot Loader Configuration
If you do not want to install GRUB as your boot loader, click
Change boot loader
, where you can
choose not to install a boot loader at all.
If you already have a boot loader that can boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux and do not want to overwrite
your current boot loader, choose
Do not install a boot loader
by clicking on the
Change boot loader
button.
Warning
If you choose not to install GRUB for any reason, you will not be able to boot the system
directly, and you must use another boot method (such as a commercial boot loader
application). Use this option only if you are sure you have another way of booting the
system!
Every bootable partition is listed, including partitions used by other operating systems. The partition
holding the system's root file system has a
Label
of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(for GRUB).
Other partitions may also have boot labels. To add or change the boot label for other partitions that
have been detected by the installation program, click once on the partition to select it. Once selected,
you can change the boot label by clicking the
Edit
button.
Select
Default
beside the preferred boot partition to choose your default bootable OS. You cannot
move forward in the installation unless you choose a default boot image.