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@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
</div>
</div>
-
-
<div class="section" title="Introduction">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -37,15 +35,12 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<p>Mageia is distributed via ISO images. This page will help you to
choose which image match your needs.
</p>
-
<p>There is two families of media:</p>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
@@ -70,12 +65,10 @@
</li>
</ul>
</div>
-
<p>Details are given in the next sections.</p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Media">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -87,7 +80,6 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Definition">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -99,19 +91,16 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<p>Here, a medium (plural: media) is an ISO image file that allows
you to install and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical
support the ISO file is copied to.
</p>
-
<p>You can find them <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.
</p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Classical installation media">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -123,7 +112,6 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Common features">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -135,7 +123,6 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
@@ -153,29 +140,9 @@
</p>
</li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="DVD">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e45"></a>DVD
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p>
+ <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
@@ -203,77 +170,30 @@
</div>
</div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="DVD dual arch">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e56"></a>DVD dual arch
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the
- choice is made automatically according to the detected CPU.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>Uses Xfce desktop only.</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>Not all languages are available. (be, bg, ca, de, en, es,
- fr, it, mk, pl, pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED!
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>It contains non free software.</p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- </div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Live media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e67"></a>Live media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e53"></a>Live media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Common features">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e69"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e55"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
@@ -286,8 +206,8 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or
- GNOME).
+ <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (Plasma,
+ GNOME or Xfce).
</p>
</li>
@@ -312,54 +232,50 @@
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Live CD KDE">
+ <div class="section" title="Live DVD Plasma">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e83"></a>Live CD KDE
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e69"></a>Live DVD Plasma
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>KDE desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Plasma desktop environment only.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>English language only.</p>
+ <p>All languages are present.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>32 bit only.</p>
+ <p>64 bit architecture only.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Live CD GNOME">
+ <div class="section" title="Live DVD GNOME">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e92"></a>Live CD GNOME
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e78"></a>Live DVD GNOME
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
@@ -370,72 +286,35 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>English language only.</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>32 bit only.</p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="Live DVD KDE">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e101"></a>Live DVD KDE
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>KDE desktop environment only.</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
<p>All languages are present.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>64 bit architecture only</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Live DVD GNOME">
+ <div class="section" title="Live DVD Xfce">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e110"></a>Live DVD GNOME
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e87"></a>Live DVD Xfce
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Xfce desktop environment only.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
@@ -445,7 +324,7 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -454,31 +333,28 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Boot-only CD media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>Boot-only CD media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e96"></a>Boot-only CD media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Common features">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e121"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e98"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
@@ -516,46 +392,40 @@
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="boot.iso">
+ <div class="section" title="netinstall.iso">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>boot.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e109"></a>netinstall.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to
- use non-free software.
- </p>
+ <p>Contains only free software, for those people who prefer not to use non-free software.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="boot-nonfree.iso">
+ <div class="section" title="netinstall-nonfree.iso">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e137"></a>boot-nonfree.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e114"></a>netinstall-nonfree.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
@@ -574,133 +444,111 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Downloading and Checking Media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e142"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Downloading">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e144"></a>Downloading
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e121"></a>Downloading
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
- <p>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it using
- either http or BitTorrent. In both cases, a window gives you some
- information, such as the mirror in use and the possibility to change if
- the bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you may also see something
- like
+ <p>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it using either http or BitTorrent. In both cases, a window gives you
+ some information, such as the mirror in use and an opportunity to change if the bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you
+ may also see something like
</p>
-
-
<p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only
one of them. Keep one of them <a class="link" href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#integrity">for further
- usage</a>. Then this window appears:
+ usage</a>. Then a window similar to this one appears:
</p>
-
-
<p>Check the radio button Save File.</p>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Checking the downloaded media integrity">
+ <div class="section" title="Checking the integrity of the downloaded media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e156"></a>Checking the downloaded media
- integrity
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e133"></a>Checking the integrity of the downloaded media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<p>Both checksums are hexadecimal numbers calculated by an algorithm
from the file to be downloaded. When you ask these algorithms to
recalculate this number from your downloaded file, either you have the
same number and your downloaded file is correct, or the number is
different and you have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry
- the download.
+ the download or attempt a repair using BitTorrent.
</p>
-
<p>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</p>
-
<p>- To use md5sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>md5sum
path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.
</p>
-
<p>- To use sha1sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>sha1sum
path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.
</p>
-
<p>and compare the obtained number on your computer (you may have to
wait for a while) with the number given by Mageia. Example:
</p>
-
-
<p></p>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Burn or dump the ISO">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e169"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e146"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<p>The checked ISO can now be burned to a CD or DVD or dumped to a USB
- stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim to make a boot-able
+ stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim to make a bootable
medium.
</p>
-
<div class="section" title="Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e172"></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e149"></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<p>Use whatever burner you wish but ensure the burning device is set
correctly to <span class="bold"><strong>burn an image</strong></span>, burn data
@@ -709,24 +557,21 @@
</p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Dump the ISO to a USB stick">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e177"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e154"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<p>All Mageia ISOs are hybrids, which means you can 'dump' them to a
USB stick and then use it to boot and install the system.
</p>
-
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Warning">
@@ -737,7 +582,7 @@
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p>"dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any previous
+ <p>"Dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any previous
file-system on the device; any other data will be lost and the
partition capacity will be reduced to the image size.
</p>
@@ -746,67 +591,58 @@
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
<p>To recover the original capacity, you must redo partitioning and
re-format the USB stick.
</p>
-
<div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Mageia">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e183"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e160"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<p>You can use a graphical tool like <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/IsoDumper_Writing_ISO_images_on_USB_sticks" target="_top">IsoDumper</a></p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Windows">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e187"></a>Using a graphical tool within Windows
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e164"></a>Using a graphical tool within Windows
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<p>You could try:</p>
-
<p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a> using the
"ISO image" option;
</p>
-
<p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk
Imager</a></p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e194"></a>Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e171"></a>Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Warning">
@@ -825,10 +661,8 @@
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
<p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p>
-
<div class="orderedlist">
<ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
@@ -842,14 +676,13 @@
<p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong>
(don't forget the final '-' )
</p>
-
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Plug your USB stick (do not mount it, this also means do not
- open any application or file manager that could access or read
+ <p>Plug in your USB stick (do not mount it, this also means do
+ not open any application or file manager that could access or read
it)
</p>
@@ -857,16 +690,13 @@
<li class="listitem">
<p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p>
-
-
<p>Alternatively, you can get the device name with the command
<code class="code">dmesg</code>: at end, you see the device name starting with
<span class="emphasis"><em>sd</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>sdd</em></span> in this
case:
</p>
-
<pre class="screen">[72594.604531] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 27 using xhci_hcd
[72594.770528] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8564, idProduct=1000
[72594.770533] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
@@ -898,14 +728,10 @@
<p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file
of=/dev/sdX bs=1M</code></strong></p>
-
<p>Where X=your device name eg: /dev/sdc</p>
-
- <p>Example: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd
- if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb
- bs=1M</code></strong></p>
+ <p>Example: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-6-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M</code></strong></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
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