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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns42="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="Select-and-use-ISOs" version="5.0">
+<!-- Made by Lebarhon 2014 03 26 -->
+ <info>
+ <title xml:id="Select-and-use-ISOs-ti1">Select and use ISOs</title>
+ </info>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Media</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Definition</title>
+
+ <para>We call a media here a ISO image file that allows to install
+ and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical support where the ISO
+ file is copied.</para>
+
+ <para>You can find them <link ns4:href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/">here</link>.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Classical installation media</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Common features</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>They use the traditional installer called drakx.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>They are able to make a clean install or an update from
+ previous releases.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>DVD</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some tools are available in the Welcome screen: Rescue
+ System, Memory Test, Hardware Detection Tool.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Each DVD contains any available desktop environments and
+ languages.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add or
+ not non free software.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>DVD dual arch</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Both architectures are present on the same media, the choice
+ is made automatically according to the detected CPU.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Xfce desktop only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some languages only (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl,
+ pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED!</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>It contains non free software.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Live media</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Common features</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Can be used to preview the distribution without first
+ installing it on a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on your
+ HDD.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or
+ GNOME).</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Live ISOs can only be used to create
+ clean installations, they cannot be used to upgrade from previous
+ releases.</emphasis></para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>They contains non free software.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Live CD KDE</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>KDE desktop environment only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>English language only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>32 bits only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Live CD GNOME</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>GNOME desktop environment only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>English language only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>32 bits only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Live DVD KDE</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>KDE desktop environment only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All languages are present.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Live DVD GNOME</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>GNOME desktop environment only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All languages are present.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Boot-only CDs media</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Common features</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Each one is a small image that contains no more than that
+ which is needed to start the drakx installer and find the ISO file
+ to continue and complete the install. These ISO files may be on
+ the PC hard disk, on a local drive, on a local network or on the
+ Internet.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>These media are very light (less than 100 Mo) and are
+ convenient when bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, PC
+ without DVD drive or PC that can't boot on a USB stick.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>English language only.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>boot.iso</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Contains only free software, for people who refuse non free
+ software.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>boot-nonfree.iso</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Contains non free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for
+ people who need it.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Media downloading and checking</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Downloading</title>
+
+ <para>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it either
+ using http or BitTorrent. In both case, a window give you some
+ information, like the used mirror and the possibility to change if the
+ bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you can also see something
+ like</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="Checking.png" contentwidth="650"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <para>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check your ISO integrity. Use only
+ one of them. Both hexadecimal numbers have been calculated by an
+ algorithm from the file to be downloaded. If your ask this algorithm to
+ calculate again 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 met a failure. Then this window appears:</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="Download.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <para>Check the radio button Save File.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Checking the downloaded media integrity</title>
+
+ <para>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</para>
+
+ <para>- To use md5sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ md5sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso.</para>
+
+ <para>- To use sha1sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ sha1sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso.</para>
+
+ <para>and compare the obtained number on your computer (you may have to
+ wait for a while) with the number given by Mageia. Example:</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="Md5sum.png" contentwidth="650"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Burn or dump the ISO</title>
+
+ <para>The checked ISO can now be burned on a CD or DVD or dumped on a USB
+ stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim at make a boot-able
+ media.</para>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Burn the ISO on a CD/DVD</title>
+
+ <para>Use whatever burner you want but ensure the burning device is set
+ correctly to <emphasis role="bold">burn an image</emphasis>, burn data or files is not correct.
+ More information in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Dump the ISO on a USB stick</title>
+
+ <para>All Mageia ISOs are hybrid, which means you can 'dump' them on a
+ USB stick and use it to boot and install the system.</para>
+
+ <warning>
+ <para>"dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any prior
+ file-system in the partition; any data will be lost and partition
+ capacity will be reduced to the image size.</para>
+ </warning>
+
+ <para>To recover the original capacity, you have to format the USB
+ stick.</para>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Using Mageia</title>
+
+ <para>You can use a graphical tool like <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/IsoDumper_Writing_ISO_images_on_USB_sticks">IsoDumper</link></para>
+
+ <para>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Open a console</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Become root with the command su - (don't forget the final
+ -)</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="Root.png" contentwidth="650"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Plug your USB stick (do not mount it, that means do not open
+ any application or file manager that read it)</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Enter the command fdisk -l</para>
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="Fdisk.png" contentwidth="650"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>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.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Enter the command: # dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file of=/dev/sdX
+ bs=1M</para>
+
+ <para>(x)=your device name eg: /dev/sdc exemple: # dd
+ if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb
+ bs=1M</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Enter the command: # sync</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Unplug your USB stick, it is done</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Using Windows</title>
+
+ <para>You can try:</para>
+
+ <para>- <link ns4:href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US">Rufus</link></para>
+
+ <para>- <link ns4:href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager">Win32 Disk Imager</link></para>
+
+ <para/>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Mageia Installation</title>
+
+ <para>This step is detailed in <link ns4:href="http://www.mageia.org/en/doc/">the Mageia documentation</link>.</para>
+
+ <para>More information, is available in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para>
+ </section>
+
+</section> \ No newline at end of file