install-guide/en fedora-install-guide-bootloader-en.xml,1.3,1.4

[Paul W. Frields (pfrields)]

Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide/en
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv6615

Modified Files:
	fedora-install-guide-bootloader-en.xml 
Log Message:
- Style editing
- Make ramifications of GRUB VBR installation a little clearer for newbies



Index: fedora-install-guide-bootloader-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/en/fedora-install-guide-bootloader-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- fedora-install-guide-bootloader-en.xml	10 Feb 2006 14:28:28 -0000	1.3
+++ fedora-install-guide-bootloader-en.xml	10 Feb 2006 16:25:59 -0000	1.4
@@ -183,14 +183,12 @@
       <title>GRUB Passwords Not Required</title>
       <para>
         You may not require a <application>GRUB</application> password
-        if your system only has trusted operators, or is physically
-        secured with controlled console access.
-      </para>
-      <para>
-        However, if there is a chance someone can get physical access to
-        the keyboard and monitor of your computer, that person can
-        reboot the system and access <application>GRUB</application>.
-        This is where a password is helpful.
+	if your system only has trusted operators, or is physically
+	secured with controlled console access. However, if an untrusted
+	person can get physical access to your computer's keyboard and
+	monitor, that person can reboot the system and access
+	<application>GRUB</application>. A password is helpful in this
+	case.
       </para>
     </tip>
     <para>
@@ -259,12 +257,24 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      To keep your current boot loader in the <abbrev>MBR</abbrev> and
-      install GRUB as a secondary boot loader, use the advanced settings
-      to place <application>GRUB</application> in the first sector of
-      the partition holding the Linux root file system.
+      You may keep your current boot loader in the <abbrev>MBR</abbrev>
+      and install GRUB as a secondary boot loader.  If you choose this
+      option, the installer program will write GRUB to the first sector
+      of the Linux <filename>/boot</filename> partition.
     </para>
 
+    <note>
+      <title>GRUB as a Secondary Boot Loader</title>
+      <para>
+	If you install GRUB as a secondary boot loader, you must
+	reconfigure your primary boot loader whenever you install and
+	boot from a new kernel.  The kernel of an operating system such
+	as Microsoft Windows does not boot in the same fashion.  Most
+	users therefore use GRUB as the primary boot loader on dual-boot
+	systems.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
     <para>
       You may also need the advanced options if your
       <abbrev>BIOS</abbrev> enumerates your drives or RAID arrays