GRUB is the default boot loader for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 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 your system, such as a third-party boot
loader.
You must choose where to install the boot loader (the Master
Boot Record or the first sector of the /boot partition). Install the boot loader on the
MBR if you plan to use it as your boot loader.
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 configuring hdd=ide-scsi as a
kernel parameter (where hdd is the
CD-ROM device).
You can password protect the GRUB boot loader by configuring a
GRUB password. Select Use GRUB password,
and enter a password in the Password field.
Type the same password in the Confirm
Password text field. To save the password as an encrypted
password in the file, select Encrypt GRUB
password. If the encryption option is selected, when the file
is saved, the plain text password that you typed are encrypted and
written to the kickstart file. If type an already encrypted
password, unselect to encrypt it.
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.
