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package help;

use common qw(:common);

%steps = (
selectLanguage =>
 __("Choose preferred language for install and system usage."),

selectKeyboard =>
 __("Choose the layout corresponding to your keyboard from the list above"),

selectPath =>
 __("Choose \"Installation\" if there are no previous versions of Linux
installed, or if you wish use to multiple distributions or versions.


Choose \"Update\" if you wish to update a previous version of Mandrake
Linux: 5.1 (Venice), 5.2 (Leeloo), 5.3 (Festen) or 6.0 (Venus)."),

selectInstallClass =>
 __("Select:

  - Beginner: If you have never installed Linux before, and wish to
install the distribution elected \"Product of the year\" for 1999,
click here.

  - Developer: If you are familiar with Linux and will be using the
computer primarily for software development, you will find happiness
here.

  - Server: If you wish to install a general purpose server, or the
Linux distribution elected \"Distribution/Server\" for 1999, select
this.

  - Expert: If you are fluent with GNU/Linux and want to perform
a highly customized installation, this Install Class is for you."),

setupSCSI =>
 __("Panoramix will attempt at first to look for one or more PCI
SCSI adapter(s). If it finds it (or them)  and knows which driver(s)
to use, it will insert it (them)  automatically.

If your SCSI adapter is ISA, or is PCI but Panoramix doesn't know
which driver to use for this card, or if you have no SCSI adapters
at all, you will then be prompted on whether you have one or not.
If you have none, answer \"No\". If you have one or more, answer
\"Yes\". A list of drivers will then pop up, from which you will
have to select one.

After you have selected the driver, Panoramix will ask if you
want to specify options for it. First, try and let the driver
probe for the hardware: it usually works fine.

If not, do not forget the information on your hardware that you
could get from Windows (if you have it on your system), as
suggested by the installation guide. These are the options
you will need to provide to the driver."),

partitionDisks =>
 __("At this point, hard drive partitions must be defined. (Unless you
are overwriting a previous install of Linux and have already defined
your hard drive partitions as desired.) This operation consists of
logically dividing the computer's hard drive capacity into separate
areas for use.


Two common partition are: the root partition (/), which is the starting
point of the filesystem's directory hierarchy, and /boot, which contains
all files necessary to start the operating system when the
computer is first turned on.


Because the effects of this process are usually irreversible, partitioning
can be intimidating and stressful to the unexperienced. DiskDrake
simplifies the process so that it need not be. Consult the documentation
and take your time before proceeding."),

formatPartitions =>
 __("Any partitions that have been newly defined must be formatted for
use (formatting meaning creating a filesystem). At this time, you may
wish to re-format some already existing partitions to erase the data
they contain. Note: it is not necessary to re-format pre-existing
partitions, particularly if they contain files or data you wish to keep.
Typically retained are /home and /usr/local."),

choosePackages =>
 __("You may now select the packages you wish to install.


Please note that some packages require the installation of others.
These are referred to as package dependencies. The packages you select,
and the packages they require will be automatically selected for
install. It is impossible to install a package without installing all
of its dependencies.


Information on each category and specific package is available in the
area titled \"Info\",  located between list of packages and the five
buttons \"Go\", \"Select more/less\" and \"Show more/less\"."),

doInstallStep =>
 __("The packages selected are now being installed. This operation
should only take a few minutes."),

configureMouse =>
 __("If Panoramix failed to find your mouse, or if you want to
check what it has done, you will be presented the list of mice
above.


If you agree with Panoramix' settings, just jump to the section
you want by clicking on it in the menu on the left. Otherwise,
choose a mouse type in the menu which you think is the closest
match for your mouse.

In case of a serial mouse, you will also have to tell Panoramix
which serial port it is connected to."),

configureNetwork =>
 __("This section is dedicated to configuring a local area network,
or LAN. If you answer \"Yes\" here, Panoramix will try to find an
Ethernet adapter on your machine. PCI adapters should be found and
initialized automatically. However, if your peripheral is ISA,
autodetection will not work, and you will have to choose a driver
from the list that will appear then.


As for SCSI adapters, you can let the driver probe for the adapter
in the first time, otherwise you will have to specify the options
to the driver that you will have fetched from Windows' control
panel.


If you install a Linux-Mandrake system on a machine which is part
of an already existing network, the network administrator will
have given you all necessary information (IP address, network
submask or netmask for short, and hostname). If you're setting
up a private network at home for example, you should choose
addresses "),

configureTimezone =>
 __("Help"),

configureServices =>
 __("Help"),

configurePrinter =>
 __("Linux can deal with many types of printer. Each of these
types require a different setup.


If your printer is directly connected to your computer, select
\"Local printer\". You will then have to tell which port your
printer is connected to, and select the appropriate filter.


If you want to access a printer located on a remote Unix machine,
you will have to select \"Remote lpd queue\". In order to make
it work, no username or password is required, but you will need
to know the name of the printing queue on this server.


If you want to access a SMB printer (which means, a printer located
on a remote Windows 9x/NT machine), you will have to specify its
SMB name (which is not its TCP/IP name), and possibly its IP address,
plus the username, workgroup and password required in order to
access the printer, and of course the name of the printer. The same goes
for a NetWare printer, except that you need no workgroup information."),

setRootPassword =>
 __("You must now enter the root password for your Linux-Mandrake
system. The password must be entered twice to verify that both
password entries are identical.


Root is the administrator of the system, and is the only user
allowed to modify the system configuration. Therefore, choose
this password carefully! Unauthorized use of the root account can
be extremely dangerous to the integrity of the system and its data,
and other systems connected to it. The password should be a
mixture of alphanumeric characters and a least 8 characters long. It
should *never* be written down. Do not make the password too long or
complicated, though: you must be able to remember without too much
effort."),

addUser =>
 __("You may now create one or more \"regular\" user account(s), as
opposed to the \"priviledged\" user account, root. You can create
one or more account(s) for each person you want to allow to use
the computer. Note that each user account will have its own
preferences (graphical environment, program settings, etc.)
and its own \"home directory\", in which these preferences are
stored.


First of all, create an account for yourself! Even if you will be
the only user of the machine, you may NOT connect as root for daily
use of the system: it's a very high security risk. Making the
system unusable is very often a typo away.


Therefore, you should connect to the system using the user account
you will have created here, and login as root only for administration
and maintenance purposes."),

createBootdisk =>
 __("Please, please, answer \"Yes\" here! Just for example, when you
reinstall Windows, it will overwrite the boot sector. Unless you have
made the bootdisk as suggested, you won't be able to boot into Linux
any more!"),

setupBootloader =>
 __("You need to indicate where you wish
to place the information required to boot to Linux.


Unless you know exactly what you are doing, choose \"First sector of
drive (MBR)\"."),

configureX =>
 __("Now it's time to configure the X Window System, which is the
core of the Linux GUI (Graphical User Interface). For this purpose,
you must configure your video card and monitor. Most of these
steps are automated, though, therefore your work may only consist
of verifying what has been done and accept the settings :)

When the configuration is over, X will be started (unless you
ask Panoramix not to) so that you can check and see if the
settings suit you. If they don't, you can come back and
change them, as many times as necessary."),

exitInstall =>
 __("Help"),
);

#- ################################################################################
%steps_long = (
selectLanguage =>
 __("Choose preferred language for install and system usage."),

selectKeyboard =>
 __("Choose the layout corresponding to your keyboard from the list above"),

selectPath =>
 __("Choose \"Installation\" if there are no previous versions of Linux
installed, or if you wish use to multiple distributions or versions.


Choose \"Update\" if you wish to update a previous version of Mandrake
Linux: 5.1 (Venice), 5.2 (Leeloo), 5.3 (Festen) or 6.0 (Venus)."),

selectInstallClass =>
 __("Select:

  - Beginner: If you have never installed Linux before, and wish to
install the distribution elected \"Product of the year\" for 1999,
click here.

  - Developer: If you are familiar with Linux and will be using the
computer primarily for software development, you will find happiness
here.

  - Server: If you wish to install a general purpose server, or the
Linux distribution elected \"Distribution/Server\" for 1999, select
this.

  - Expert: If you are fluent with GNU/Linux and want to perform
a highly customized installation, this Install Class is for you."),

setupSCSI =>
 __("Panoramix will attempt at first to look for one or more PCI
SCSI adapter(s). If it finds it (or them)  and knows which driver(s)
to use, it will insert it (them)  automatically.

If your SCSI adapter is ISA, or is PCI but Panoramix doesn't know
which driver to use for this card, or if you have no SCSI adapters
at all, you will then be prompted on whether you have one or not.
If you have none, answer \"No\". If you have one or more, answer
\"Yes\". A list of drivers will then pop up, from which you will
have to select one.

After you have selected the driver, Panoramix will ask if you
want to specify options for it. First, try and let the driver
probe for the hardware: it usually works fine.

If not, do not forget the information on your hardware that you
could get from Windows (if you have it on your system), as
suggested by the installation guide. These are the options
you will need to provide to the driver."),

partitionDisks =>
 __("At this point, hard drive partitions must be defined. (Unless you
are overwriting a previous install of Linux and have already defined
your hard drive partitions as desired.) This operation consists of
logically dividing the computer's hard drive capacity into separate
areas for use.


Two common partition are: the root partition (/), which is the starting
point of the filesystem's directory hierarchy, and /boot, which contains
all files necessary to start the operating system when the
computer is first turned on.


Because the effects of this process are usually irreversible, partitioning
can be intimidating and stressful to the unexperienced. DiskDrake
simplifies the process so that it need not be. Consult the documentation
and take your time before proceeding."),

formatPartitions =>
 __("Any partitions that have been newly defined must be formatted for
use (formatting meaning creating a filesystem). At this time, you may
wish to re-format some already existing partitions to erase the data
they contain. Note: it is not necessary to re-format pre-existing
partitions, particularly if they contain files or data you wish to keep.
Typically retained are /home and /usr/local."),

choosePackages =>
 __("You may now select the packages you wish to install.


Please note that some packages require the installation of others.
These are referred to as package dependencies. The packages you select,
and the packages they require will be automatically selected for
install. It is impossible to install a package without installing all
of its dependencies.


Information on each category and specific package is available in the
area titled \"Info\",  located between list of packages and the five
buttons \"Go\", \"Select more/less\" and \"Show more/less\"."),

doInstallStep =>
 __("The packages selected are now being installed. This operation
should only take a few minutes."),

configureMouse =>
 __("If Panoramix failed to find your mouse, or if you want to
check what it has done, you will be presented the list of mice
above.


If you agree with Panoramix' settings, just jump to the section
you want by clicking on it in the menu on the left. Otherwise,
choose a mouse type in the menu which you think is the closest
match for your mouse.

In case of a serial mouse, you will also have to tell Panoramix
which serial port it is connected to."),

configureNetwork =>
 __("This section is dedicated to configuring a local area network,
or LAN. If you answer \"Yes\" here, Panoramix will try to find an
Ethernet adapter on your machine. PCI adapters should be found and
initialized automatically. However, if your peripheral is ISA,
autodetection will not work, and you will have to choose a driver
from the list that will appear then.


As for SCSI adapters, you can let the driver probe for the adapter
in the first time, otherwise you will have to specify the options
to the driver that you will have fetched from Windows' control
panel.


If you install a Linux-Mandrake system on a machine which is part
of an already existing network, the network administrator will
have given you all necessary information (IP address, network
submask or netmask for short, and hostname). If you're setting
up a private network at home for example, you should choose
addresses "),

configureTimezone =>
 __("Help"),

configureServices =>
 __("Help"),

configurePrinter =>
 __("Linux can deal with many types of printer. Each of these
types require a different setup.


If your printer is directly connected to your computer, select
\"Local printer\". You will then have to tell which port your
printer is connected to, and select the appropriate filter.


If you want to access a printer located on a remote Unix machine,
you will have to select \"Remote lpd queue\". In order to make
it work, no username or password is required, but you will need
to know the name of the printing queue on this server.


If you want to access a SMB printer (which means, a printer located
on a remote Windows 9x/NT machine), you will have to specify its
SMB name (which is not its TCP/IP name), and possibly its IP address,
plus the username, workgroup and password required in order to
access the printer, and of course the name of the printer.The same goes
for a NetWare printer, except that you need no workgroup information."),

setRootPassword =>
 __("You must now enter the root password for your Linux-Mandrake
system. The password must be entered twice to verify that both
password entries are identical.


Root is the administrator of the system, and is the only user
allowed to modify the system configuration. Therefore, choose
this password carefully! Unauthorized use of the root account can
be extremely dangerous to the integrity of the system and its data,
and other systems connected to it. The password should be a
mixture of alphanumeric characters and a least 8 characters long. It
should *never* be written down. Do not make the password too long or
complicated, though: you must be able to remember without too much
effort."),

addUser =>
 __("You may now create one or more \"regular\" user account(s), as
opposed to the \"priviledged\" user account, root. You can create
one or more account(s) for each person you want to allow to use
the computer. Note that each user account will have its own
preferences (graphical environment, program settings, etc.)
and its own \"home directory\", in which these preferences are
stored.


First of all, create an account for yourself! Even if you will be
the only user of the machine, you may NOT connect as root for daily
use of the system: it's a very high security risk. Making the
system unusable is very often a typo away.


Therefore, you should connect to the system using the user account
you will have created here, and login as root only for administration
and maintenance purposes."),

createBootdisk =>
 __("Please, please, answer \"Yes\" here! Just for example, when you
reinstall Windows, it will overwrite the boot sector. Unless you have
made the bootdisk as suggested, you won't be able to boot into Linux
any more!"),

setupBootloader =>
 __("You need to indicate where you wish
to place the information required to boot to Linux.


Unless you know exactly what you are doing, choose \"First sector of
drive (MBR)\"."),

configureX =>
 __("Now it's time to configure the X Window System, which is the
core of the Linux GUI (Graphical User Interface). For this purpose,
you must configure your video card and monitor. Most of these
steps are automated, though, therefore your work may only consist
of verifying what has been done and accept the settings :)

When the configuration is over, X will be started (unless you
ask Panoramix not to) so that you can check and see if the
settings suit you. If they don't, you can come back and
change them, as many times as necessary."),

exitInstall =>
 __("Help"),
);