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diff --git a/installer.html b/installer.html index 9091a20..5df309c 100644 --- a/installer.html +++ b/installer.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> - <title>DrakX, the Mageia installer</title> + <title>DrakX, the Mageia Installer</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> @@ -13,27 +13,32 @@ table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } --></style></head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> - <div lang="" class="section" title="DrakX, the Mageia installer"> + <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 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 + Installer is designed to help make your installation or upgrade as easy as possible. </p> @@ -65,8 +70,8 @@ - <p>The install process is divided into [a series] of steps, which can - be followed on the side panel of the screen. + <p>The install process is divided into a number of steps, which can be + followed on the side panel of the screen. </p> @@ -76,9 +81,35 @@ </p> - <p>Most screens have <span class="guibutton">help</span> buttons which give + <p>Most screens have <span class="guibutton">Help</span> buttons which give further explanations about the current step. </p> + + + <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> + <table border="0" summary="Note"> + <tr> + <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="./note.png"></td> + <th align="left">Note</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top"> + + <p>If somewhere during install you decide to stop the installation, + it is possible to reboot, but please think twice before you do this. + Once a partition has been formatted or updates have started to be + installed, your computer is no longer in the same state and rebooting it + could very well leave you with an unusable system. If in spite of this + you are very sure rebooting is what you want, go to a text terminal by + pressing the three keys <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl F2</span> at the same + time. After that, press <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl Delete</span> + simultaneously to reboot. + </p> + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> </div> @@ -96,9 +127,8 @@ <p>If the installation fails then it may be necessary 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 1. Very First Installation Welcome Screen">Figure 1, “Very First Installation Welcome - Screen”</a></p> + using one of the extra options available by hitting the <span class="guibutton">F1 + (Help)</span> key see <a class="xref" href="installer.html#dx-welcome" title="Figure 1. Installation Welcome Screen">Figure 1, “Installation Welcome Screen”</a></p> <p>This will open the following text based help.</p> @@ -106,12 +136,12 @@ - <div class="section" title="Installation problems and possible solutions"> + <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 class="title"><a name="installationProblems"></a>Installation Problems and + Possible Solutions </h4> </div> </div> @@ -119,11 +149,11 @@ - <div class="section" title="No graphical interface"> + <div class="section" title="No Graphical Interface"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="noX"></a>No graphical interface + <h5 class="title"><a name="noX"></a>No Graphical Interface </h5> </div> </div> @@ -137,17 +167,17 @@ <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. + older systems. Try using low resolution by typing + <code class="code">vgalo</code> 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 + <p>If the hardware is very old, a graphical installation may + not be possible. 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 + <span class="emphasis"><em>Note: This mode may not work in Mageia 2.</em></span></p> </li> @@ -157,11 +187,11 @@ </div> - <div class="section" title="Install freezes"> + <div class="section" title="The Install Freezes"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="installFreezes"></a>Install freezes + <h5 class="title"><a name="installFreezes"></a>The Install Freezes </h5> </div> </div> @@ -169,21 +199,21 @@ - <p>If the system appears to freeze during the installation, this + <p>If the system appeared 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. + this, type <code class="code">noauto</code> at the prompt. This option may also be + combined with other options as necessary. </p> </div> - <div class="section" title="Kernel options"> + <div class="section" title="Kernel Options"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="kernelOptions"></a>Kernel options + <h5 class="title"><a name="kernelOptions"></a>Kernel Options </h5> </div> </div> @@ -193,8 +223,9 @@ <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. + can use the <code class="code">mem=xxxM</code> parameter, where xxx is the correct + amount of RAM. e.g. <code class="code">mem=256M</code> would specify 256MB of + RAM. </p> </div> |