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                  <h2 class="title"><a name="Select-and-use-ISOs"></a>Select and use ISOs
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         <div class="section" title="Media">
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                     <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e19"></a>Media
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                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e21"></a>Definition
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               <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>
                   
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            <div class="section" title="Classical installation media">
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                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e26"></a>Classical installation media
                        </h4>
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               <div class="section" title="Common features">
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                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e28"></a>Common features
                           </h5>
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                           <p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</p>
                                     
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                           <p>They are able to make a clean install or an update from previous releases.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
                  </div>
                        
               </div>
               
                     
               <div class="section" title="DVD">
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                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e35"></a>DVD
                           </h5>
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                           <p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Some tools are available in the Welcome screen: Rescue System, Memory Test,
                              Hardware Detection Tool.
                           </p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and languages.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non free software.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
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               </div>
               
                     
               <div class="section" title="DVD dual arch">
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                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e46"></a>DVD dual arch
                           </h5>
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                           <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>
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                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e57"></a>Live media
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               <div class="section" title="Common features">
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                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e59"></a>Common features
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                           <p>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing it on a HDD, and
                              optionally install Mageia on to your HDD.
                                          
                           </p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or GNOME).</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p><span class="bold"><strong>Live ISOs can only be used to create clean
                                    installations, they cannot be used to upgrade from previous
                                    releases.</strong></span></p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>They contain non free software.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
                  </div>
                        
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               <div class="section" title="Live CD KDE">
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                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e73"></a>Live CD KDE
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                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>KDE desktop environment only.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>English language only.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>32 bit only.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
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               <div class="section" title="Live CD GNOME">
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                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e82"></a>Live CD GNOME
                           </h5>
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                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>English language only.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>32 bit only.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
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               <div class="section" title="Live DVD KDE">
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                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e91"></a>Live DVD KDE
                           </h5>
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                  <div class="itemizedlist">
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                        <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>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
                  </div>
                        
               </div>
               
                     
               <div class="section" title="Live DVD GNOME">
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                        <div>
                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e100"></a>Live DVD GNOME
                           </h5>
                        </div>
                     </div>
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                  <div class="itemizedlist">
                     <ul class="itemizedlist">
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>GNOME 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>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
                  </div>
                        
               </div>
                   
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            <div class="section" title="Boot-only CD media">
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                     <div>
                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e109"></a>Boot-only CD media
                        </h4>
                     </div>
                  </div>
               </div>
                     
               
                     
               <div class="section" title="Common features">
                  <div class="titlepage">
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                        <div>
                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e111"></a>Common features
                           </h5>
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                           <p>Each one is a small image that contains no more than that which is needed to
                              start the drakx installer and find drakx-installer-stage2 and other packages
                              that are needed to continue and complete the install. These packages may be
                              on the PC hard disk, on a local drive, on a local network or on the
                              Internet.
                           </p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>These media are very light (less than 100 MB) and are convenient when
                              bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, a PC without a DVD drive or a
                              PC that can't boot from a USB stick.
                           </p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>English language only.</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
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               </div>
               
                     
               <div class="section" title="boot.iso">
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                        <div>
                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e122"></a>boot.iso
                           </h5>
                        </div>
                     </div>
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                  <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>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
                  </div>
                        
               </div>
               
                     
               <div class="section" title="boot-nonfree.iso">
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                        <div>
                           <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e127"></a>boot-nonfree.iso
                           </h5>
                        </div>
                     </div>
                  </div>
                          
                  
                          
                  <div class="itemizedlist">
                     <ul class="itemizedlist">
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need
                              it.
                           </p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ul>
                  </div>
                        
               </div>
                   
            </div>
              
         </div>
         
           
         <div class="section" title="Downloading and Checking Media">
            <div class="titlepage">
               <div>
                  <div>
                     <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
                     </h3>
                  </div>
               </div>
            </div>
                
            
                
            <div class="section" title="Downloading">
               <div class="titlepage">
                  <div>
                     <div>
                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e134"></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>
               
                     
               
                     
               <p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only one of
                  them. Both hexadecimal numbers have been 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.Then this
                  window appears:
               </p>
               
                     
               
                     
               <p>Check the radio button Save File.</p>
                   
            </div>
            
                
            <div class="section" title="Checking the downloaded media integrity">
               <div class="titlepage">
                  <div>
                     <div>
                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e145"></a>Checking the downloaded media integrity
                        </h4>
                     </div>
                  </div>
               </div>
                     
               
                     
               <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="d5e157"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
                     </h3>
                  </div>
               </div>
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            <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
               medium.
            </p>
            
                
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                     <div>
                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e160"></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 or files is not
                  correct.  There is more information in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images" target="_top">the Mageia
                     wiki</a>.
               </p>
                   
            </div>
            
                
            <div class="section" title="Dump the ISO to a USB stick">
               <div class="titlepage">
                  <div>
                     <div>
                        <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e165"></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>
               
                     
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                           <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>
                                 
                        </td>
                     </tr>
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               <p>To recover the original capacity, you must re-format the USB stick.</p>
               
                     
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                  <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>
                  
                          
                  <p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p>
                  
                          
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                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Open a console</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <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 it)
                           </p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p>
                           
                                       
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for example /dev/sdb
                              in the screenshot above, it is a 8Go USB stick.
                           </p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <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>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>sync</code></strong></p>
                                     
                        </li>
                        <li class="listitem">
                                       
                           <p>Unplug your USB stick, it is done</p>
                                     
                        </li>
                     </ol>
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                  <p>You could try:</p>
                  
                          
                  <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a></p>
                  
                          
                  <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32
                        Disk Imager</a></p>
                  
                          
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            <p>This step is detailed in <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/doc/" target="_top">the
                  Mageia documentation</a>.
            </p>
            
                
            <p>More information is available in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation" target="_top">the Mageia
                  wiki</a>.
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