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None of the changes you make take effect until you save them and exit fdisk using the w command.

You can quit fdisk at any time without saving changes using the q command.

After you have partitioned your drive(s), click Next. You will need to use Disk Druid to assign mount

points to the partitions you just created with fdisk.

You will not be able to add new partitions using Disk Druid, but you can edit mount points for the

partitions you have already created. For each partition created with fdisk, click on the Edit button,

choose the appropriate mount point for that partition from the pull down menu, and click on OK.

3.20. Boot Loader Configuration

In order to boot the system without a boot diskette, you usually need to install a boot loader. A boot

loader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and

transferring control to the operating system kernel software. The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of

the operating system.

The installation program provides two boot loaders for you to choose from, GRUB and LILO.

GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader), which is installed by default, is a very powerful boot loader.

GRUB can load a variety of free operating systems, as well as proprietary operating systems with

chain loading (the mechanism for loading unsupported operating systems by loading another boot

loader, such as DOS or Windows).

LILO (LInux LOader) is a versatile boot loader for Linux. It does not depend on a specific file system,

can boot Linux kernel images from floppy diskettes and hard disks, and can even boot other operating

systems.

Figure 3 15. Boot Loader Configuration

If you do not want to install GRUB as your boot loader, click Change boot loader. You can then

choose to install LILO or choose not to install a boot loader at all.