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authorKamil Rytarowski <kamil@mageia.org>2012-04-11 20:38:55 +0000
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+ <head>
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+
+ <title>DrakX, the Mageia installer</title>
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+ <div lang="" class="section" title="DrakX, the Mageia installer">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="installer"></a>DrakX, the Mageia installer
+ </h2>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+
+ <p>Whether you are new to GNU-Linux or an experienced user, the Mageia
+ installer is designed to help make your installation or upgrade as easy as
+ possible.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>If you have peripherals like printers or scanners, it is best to
+ connect them and make sure they are powered up during installation. These
+ will be automatically detected and configured.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>The initial menu screen has various options, however the default one
+ will start the installer, which will normally be all that you will
+ need.
+ </p>
+
+
+
+
+ <p>If there are problems during install, then it may be necessary to use
+ special installation options, see <a class="xref" href="installer.html#installationOptions" title="Installation options">the section called &#8220;Installation options&#8221;</a>.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="The installation steps">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="installationSteps"></a>The installation steps
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>The install process is divided into a series of steps, which can be
+ followed on the side panel of the screen.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Each step has one or more screens which may also have
+ <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> buttons with extra, less commonly
+ required, options.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Most screens have <span class="guibutton">help</span> buttons which give
+ further explanations about the current step.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Installation options">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="installationOptions"></a>Installation options
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>If the installation fails then it may be neccessary to try again by
+ using one of the extra options available by hitting the F1 key (Help) see
+ <a class="xref" href="installer.html#dx-welcome" title="Figure&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Very First Installation Welcome Screen">Figure&nbsp;1, &#8220;Very First Installation Welcome
+ Screen&#8221;</a></p>
+
+
+ <p>This will open the following text based help.</p>
+
+
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Installation problems and possible solutions">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="installationProblems"></a>Installation problems and
+ possible solutions
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="No graphical interface">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="noX"></a>No graphical interface
+ </h5>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>After the initial screen you did not reach the language
+ selection screen. This can happen with some graphic cards and
+ older systems. Try using low resolution by typing "vgalo" at the
+ prompt.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>If the hardware is very old, a graphical installation may be
+ impossible. In this case it is worth trying a text mode
+ installation. To use this, type <code class="code">text</code> at the prompt.
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>Note: this mode may not work in Mageia
+ 2.</em></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Install freezes">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="installFreezes"></a>Install freezes
+ </h5>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>If the system appears to freeze during the installation, this
+ may be a problem with hardware detection. In this case the automatic
+ detection of hardware may be bypassed and dealt with later. To try
+ this, type "noauto" at the prompt. This option may also be combined
+ with the previous options if necessary.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Kernel options">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="kernelOptions"></a>Kernel options
+ </h5>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>These will rarely be needed, but in some cases the hardware may
+ report the available RAM incorrectly. To specify this manually, you
+ can use the mem=xxxM parameter, where xxx is the correct amount of
+ RAM. e.g. "mem=256M" would specify 256MB of RAM.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+ </body>
+</html>