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-<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="drakx-MNF" ><info><title xml:id="drakx-title">Installation with DrakX</title></info>
-
-
-
-
-
- <section><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti1">Deprecated - Introduction to the MandrakeSecurity
- Installer</title></info>
-
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa1"> <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it31">
- <primary>DrakX</primary> </indexterm> <application>DrakX</application> is
- <application>Mandrakesecurity</application>'s installation program. Its ease of use
- has been enhanced with a graphical user interface, allowing you to
- move forward and backward through the installation and prompting
- you when required. With <application>DrakX</application>, it doesn't matter whether
- you're a new user to <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> or an old pro –
- <application>DrakX</application>'s job is to give you a smooth installation and an
- easy transition into <application>Mandrakesecurity</application>.</para>
-
-
- <figure xml:id="dx-welcome"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti2">Very First Installation Welcome Screen</title></info>
-
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="../dx-MNF-welcome.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im1" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa2" revision="2">When you begin, the first screen
- that comes up will present some information and give you
- installation options. (<xref linkend="dx-welcome"/>). Doing
- nothing will simply begin the installation in normal or
- <quote>linux</quote> mode. The next few paragraphs will go over
- some options and parameters that you can pass to the install
- program if you run into problems.</para>
-
- <para condition="expert" xml:id="drakx-pa3a" revision="2">Pressing
-<keycap>F1</keycap> will open a help screen. Here are some useful
-options to choose from:</para>
-
-
- <itemizedlist condition="expert" xml:id="dx-help-options" revision="1">
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa3" revision="2"><literal>vgalo</literal>: <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it32"> <primary>installation
- options</primary><secondary>vgalo</secondary> </indexterm>if
- you tried a default installation and did not see the graphical
- interface as shown below in <xref linkend="drakxid-selectLanguage"/>, you can try to run the
- installation in low resolution mode. This happens with certain
- types of graphics cards, so with <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> we
- give you a number of options to work around problems with older
- hardware. To try the installation in low resolution mode, type
- <userinput>vgalo</userinput> at the prompt.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa4"><literal>text</literal>: <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it33"> <primary>installation
- options</primary><secondary>text</secondary> </indexterm>if
- your video card is very old and graphical installation does
- not work at all, you can always choose the text mode
- installation. Because all video cards can display text, this
- is the <quote>installation of last resort</quote>. Don't worry
- though – it's not likely that you'll need to use the
- text install.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa5" revision="1"><literal>expert</literal>: <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it34"> <primary>installation
- options</primary><secondary>expert</secondary>
- </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it35"><primary>installation
- options </primary><secondary>linux</secondary></indexterm>in
- some rare cases, your PC may appear to freeze or lock-up during
- the hardware detection phase. If that happens, then adding the
- word <literal>expert</literal> as a parameter will tell the
- install program to bypass hardware detection. Because
- <application>DrakX</application> will not scan for hardware, you will need to
- manually specify hardware parameters later in the installation.
- The <literal>expert</literal> parameter can be added to the
- previous modes, so you may end up specifying
-
-<screen xml:id="drakx-scRK">boot: vgalo expert</screen>
-
-to perform a low resolution graphical install without <application>DrakX</application>
- performing a hardware scan.</para>
- <note>
- <para xml:id="drakx-pa5a">Selecting the <literal>expert</literal>
- mode will ask you for more details about the installation
- process, letting you perform a more customized
- installation.</para>
- </note>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa6"><literal>kernel options</literal>:
- <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it36"><primary>installation
- options</primary><secondary>kernel
- options</secondary></indexterm>Kernel options usually aren't
- required for most machines. There are a few cases of
- motherboards incorrectly reporting the amount of memory
- installed due to bugs in the design or in the BIOS. If you
- need to manually specify the amount of DRAM installed in your
- PC, use the <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it37">
- <primary>commands</primary> <secondary>mem= xxxM</secondary>
- </indexterm> <command>mem= xxxM</command> parameter. For
- example, to start the installation in normal mode with a
- computer having 256 <acronym>MB</acronym> of memory, your command line
- would look like this:
-
-<screen xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-sc1">boot: linux mem=256M</screen></para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa7" revision="1">Now that we've gone over what
- <emphasis>might</emphasis> go wrong, let's move on to the actual
- installation process. When the installer starts, you'll see a
- nice graphical interface ( <xref linkend="selectLanguage-fig"/>
- ). On the left will be the various installation steps. Depending
- on the installation's progress level, some stages may or may not
- be available. If a particular stage is available it will be
- highlighted when you move the mouse pointer over it.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa8">The colors of the buttons on the left side of
- the screen let you quickly see what's going on with the
- installation:</para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa9">red: this installation phase has not yet been
- carried out</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa10">orange: the installation stage that
- is currently being processed</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa11">green: this installation stage has
- already been configured. However, nothing stops you from going
- back to a stage that has already been completed if you need to
- reconfigure something.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa12" revision="1">This guide assumes that you
-are performing a standard, step-by-step installation, as described
-below.</para>
-
-
- </section>
-
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-selectLanguage"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti3">Choosing Your Language</title></info>
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa13">The first step is to choose your preferred
- language.</para>
-
- <figure xml:id="selectLanguage-fig" revision="2"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti4">Choosing the Default Language</title></info>
-
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-selectLanguage.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im2" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa14"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it38"><primary>language</primary></indexterm> Your
- choice of preferred language will affect the language of the
- documentation, the installer and the system in general.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa15">Clicking on the
- <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> button will allow you to select
- other languages to be installed on your workstation, thereby
- installing the language-specific files for system documentation
- and applications. For example, if you will host users from Spain
- on your machine, select English as the default language in the
- tree view and <guilabel>Spanish|Spain</guilabel> in the Advanced
- section.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa16">Note that you're not limited to choosing a
- single additional language. Once you have selected additional
- locales, click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to
- continue.</para>
-
- <note>
- <para xml:id="drakx-pa18a" revision="2"><indexterm xml:id="drakx-it8a">
- <primary>language</primary> <secondary>setting</secondary>
- </indexterm>Not all languages listed here are supported in
- the <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> Web interface.</para>
- </note>
-
- </section>
-
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-acceptLicense"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti5">License Terms of the Distribution</title></info>
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-license.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im3" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa17"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it39"><primary>license</primary></indexterm>Before
- continuing, you should carefully read the terms of the license. It
- covers the entire <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> distribution, and if you
- do not agree with all the terms in it you should click on the
- <guibutton>Refuse </guibutton> button. This will immediately
- terminate the installation. Clicking on the
- <guibutton>Accept</guibutton> button will continue the
- installation.</para>
-
- </section>
-
-
-
- <section condition="expert" xml:id="drakxid-setupSCSI"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti6">Disk Detection and Configuration</title></info>
-
-
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-setupSCSI.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im4" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa18"><application>DrakX</application> will first detect any
- <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it40"><primary>IDE</primary><secondary>detection
- </secondary> </indexterm> IDE devices present in your computer. It
- will also scan for one or more <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it41"><primary>PCI SCSI</primary>
- </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it42"><primary>SCSI</primary></indexterm> PCI SCSI
- cards on your system. If a SCSI card is found, <application>DrakX</application> will
- automatically install the appropriate driver.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa19">Because hardware detection is not foolproof,
- <application>DrakX</application> will ask you if you have a PCI SCSI
- installed. Clicking <guibutton>Yes</guibutton> will display a
- list of SCSI cards to choose from. Click <guibutton>No</guibutton>
- if you know that you have no SCSI hardware in your machine. If
- you're not sure, you can check the list of hardware detected in
- your machine by selecting <guilabel>See hardware info </guilabel>
- and clicking the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. Examine the list of
- hardware and then click on the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to
- return to the SCSI interface question.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa20">If you had to manually specify your PCI SCSI
- adapter, <application>DrakX</application> will ask if you want to configure options
- for it. You should allow <application>DrakX</application> to probe the hardware for
- the card-specific options which are needed to initialize the
- adapter. Most of the time, <application>DrakX</application> will get through this step
- without any issues.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa21" revision="1">If <application>DrakX</application> is not able to
- probe for the options to automatically determine which parameters
- need to be passed to the hardware, you'll need to manually
- configure the driver.</para>
-
- <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it43">
- <primary>hard disk</primary>
- <secondary>detection</secondary>
- </indexterm>
-
-
- </section>
-
- <section condition="expert" xml:id="drakxid-selectMouse"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti7">Configuring your Mouse</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-selectMouse.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im5" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa22" revision="11"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it44"><primary>mouse</primary> </indexterm>
- Usually, <application>DrakX</application> has no problems detecting the number of
- buttons on your mouse. If it does, it assumes you have a
- two-button mouse and will configure it for third-button
- emulation. The third-button mouse button of a two-button mouse
- can be <quote>pressed </quote> by simultaneously clicking the
- left and right mouse buttons. <application>DrakX</application> will automatically
- know whether your mouse uses a <acronym>PS/2</acronym>, serial or <acronym>USB</acronym>
- interface.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa23">If for some reason you wish to specify a
- different type of mouse, select it from the provided list.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa24" revision="10">If you choose a mouse other
- than the default, a test screen will be displayed. Use the buttons
- and wheel to verify that the settings are correct and that the
- mouse is working correctly. If the mouse is not working well,
- press the space bar or <keycap> Return</keycap> key to
- <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> the test and to go back to the list
- of choices.</para>
-
- <note>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa25" revision="1"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it45"><primary>mouse</primary>
- <secondary>wheel</secondary> </indexterm>Wheel mice are
- occasionally not detected automatically, so you will need to
- select your mouse from a list. Be sure to select the one
- corresponding to the port that your mouse is attached to.
- After selecting a mouse and pressing the
- <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button, a mouse image is displayed
- on-screen. Scroll the mouse wheel to ensure that it is
- activated correctly. Once you see the on-screen scroll wheel
- moving as you scroll your mouse wheel, test the buttons and
- check that the mouse pointer moves on-screen as you move
- your mouse.</para>
- </note>
-
- </section>
-
- <section condition="expert" xml:id="drakxid-selectKeyboard"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti8">Configuring the Keyboard</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-selectKeyboard.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im6" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa26" revision="1"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it46">
- <primary>keyboard</primary></indexterm>Depending on the default
- language you chose in <xref linkend="drakxid-selectLanguage"/>,
- <application>DrakX</application> will automatically select a particular type of
- keyboard configuration. However, you might not have a keyboard
- that corresponds exactly to your language: for example, if you
- are an English speaking Swiss person, you may have a Swiss
- keyboard. Or if you speak English but are located in Québec, you
- may find yourself in the same situation where your native
- language and keyboard do not match. In either case, this
- installation step will allow you to select an appropriate
- keyboard from a list.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa27">Click on the <guibutton revision="1">More</guibutton> button to be presented with the
- complete list of supported keyboards.</para>
-
- </section>
-
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-doPartitionDisks"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti9">Selecting the Mount Points</title></info>
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-doPartitionDisks.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im7" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa28"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it47"><primary>mount
- points</primary></indexterm>At this point, you need to decide where
- you want to install the <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> operating system on
- your hard drive. If your hard drive is empty or if an existing
- operating system is using all the available space you will have to
- partition the drive. Basically, partitioning a hard drive consists
- of logically dividing it to create the space needed to install your
- new <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> system.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa29" revision="2">Because the process of
- partitioning a hard drive is usually irreversible and can lead to
- lost data if there is an existing operating system already
- installed on the drive, partitioning can be intimidating and
- stressful if you are an inexperienced user. Fortunately,
- <application>DrakX</application> includes a wizard which simplifies this
- process. Before continuing with this step, read through the rest
- of this section and above all, take your time.</para>
-
- <para condition="expert" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa30" revision="5"/>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa31">If your hard drive has already been
- partitioned, either from a previous installation of <application>GNU/Linux</application> or
- by another partitioning tool, select the appropriate partitions
- that you want to install your Linux system into.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa32">If partitions haven't been configured, you
- will need to create them using the wizard. Depending on your hard
- drive configuration, several options are available:<itemizedlist revision="2">
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa33"><guibutton>Use free space</guibutton>:
- this option will perform an automatic partitioning of your
- blank drive(s). If you use this option there will be no
- further prompts. </para></listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa34" revision="1"><guibutton>Use existing
- partition</guibutton>: the wizard has detected one or more
- existing Linux partitions on your hard drive. If you want to use
- them, choose this option. You will then be asked to choose the
- mount points associated with each of the partitions. The legacy
- mount points are selected by default, and for the most part it's
- a good idea to keep them.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa35" revision="12"><guibutton>Use the
- free space on the Windows partition</guibutton>: if
- <application>Microsoft</application><superscript>®</superscript>
- <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application><superscript>©</superscript> is installed on
- your hard drive and takes all the space available on it, you
- have to create free space for Linux data. To do so, you can
- delete your <application>Microsoft</application> <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> partition and data
- (see <quote> Erase entire disk</quote> or <quote>Expert
- mode</quote> solutions) or resize your <application>Microsoft</application>
- <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> FAT partition. Resizing can be performed without
- the loss of any data, <emphasis>provided you previously
- defragment the <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> partition and that it uses the FAT
- format. Backing up your data is strongly
- recommended.</emphasis>. Using this option is recommended if you
- want to use both <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> and <application>Microsoft</application>
- <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> on the same computer.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa36">Before choosing this option, please
- understand that after this procedure, the size of your
- <application>Microsoft</application> <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> partition will be smaller
- then when you started. You will have less free space under
- <application>Microsoft</application> <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> to store your data or to
- install new software.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa37"><guibutton>Erase entire
- disk</guibutton>: if you want to delete all data and all
- partitions present on your hard drive and replace them with
- your new <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> system, choose this
- option. Be careful, because you will not be able to undo
- your choice after you confirm.</para>
- <warning>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa38">If you choose this option,
- <emphasis>all</emphasis> data on your disk will be deleted.
- </para></warning>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa39"><guibutton>Remove Windows</guibutton>:
- this will simply erase everything on the drive and begin fresh,
- partitioning everything from scratch. <emphasis>All</emphasis>
- data on your disk will be lost.</para>
- <warning>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa40">If you choose this option,
- <emphasis>all</emphasis> data on your disk will be lost.</para>
- </warning>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa41" revision="3"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it48"><primary>partitions</primary>
- <secondary>manual formatting</secondary></indexterm>
- <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it49">
- <primary>partitioning</primary> </indexterm> <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it50"><primary>DiskDrake</primary></indexterm>
- <guibutton>Custom disk partitioning</guibutton>: choose
- this option if you want to manually partition your hard
- drive. Be careful –– it is a powerful
- but dangerous choice and you can very easily lose all
- your data. That's why this option is really only
- recommended if you have done something like this before
- and have some experience. For more instructions on how
- to use the <application>DiskDrake</application> utility, refer to the <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/doc/82/en/user.html/diskdrake.html">online
- documentation for
- <application>DiskDrake</application></link>.</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist></para>
-
-
- </section>
-
- <section condition="expert" xml:id="drakxid-formatPartitions"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti10">Choose Partitions to Be Formatted</title></info>
-
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-formatPartitions.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im8" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa42"> <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it51"><primary>partitions</primary>
- <secondary>formatting</secondary></indexterm>Any partitions
- that have been newly defined must be formatted for use
- (formatting means creating a file system).</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa43">At this time, you may wish to reformat some
-already existing partitions to erase any data they contain. If you
-wish to do that, please select those partitions as well.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa44">Please note that it is not necessary to
- reformat all <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it52"><primary>partitions</primary>
- <secondary>pre-existing</secondary></indexterm>pre-existing
- partitions. You must reformat the partitions containing the
- operating system (such as <literal>/</literal>,
- <literal>/usr</literal> or <literal>/var</literal>) but you do not
- have to reformat partitions containing data that you wish to keep
- (typically <literal>/home</literal>).</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa45">Please be careful when selecting
- partitions. After formatting, all data on the selected partitions
- will be deleted and you will not be able to recover it.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa46">Click on <guibutton>OK</guibutton> when you
- are ready to format partitions.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa47">Click on <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> if
-you want to choose another partition for your new <application>Mandrakesecurity</application>
-operating system installation.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa48">Click on <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> if
- you wish to select partitions that will be checked for <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it53"><primary>partitions</primary><secondary>bad
- blocks</secondary></indexterm>bad blocks on the disk.</para>
-
- </section>
-
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-installPackages"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti11">Actual Packages Installation</title></info>
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa49" revision="2">Then comes the actual system
- installation. The packages list is predefined and cannot be
- changed at this time. The time required to complete the
- installation depends on the speed of your hardware. An estimate of
- the remaining time-to-go will be displayed on-screen to help gauge
- if there is sufficient time to enjoy a cup of coffee.</para>
-
- </section>
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-setRootPassword"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti12">Root Password</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-setRootPassword.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im9" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa50">This is the most crucial decision point for
- the security of your <application>GNU/Linux</application> system: you have to enter the
- <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it54"><primary>root</primary>
- <secondary>password</secondary></indexterm> <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it55"><primary>password</primary>
- <secondary>root</secondary></indexterm> <literal>root</literal>
- password. <literal>Root</literal> is the system administrator and
- is the only one authorized to make updates, add users, change the
- overall system configuration, and so on. In short,
- <literal>root</literal> can do everything! That is why you must
- choose a password that is difficult to guess – <application>DrakX</application>
- will tell you if the password that you chose is too easy. As you can
- see, you are not forced to enter a password, but we strongly advise
- you against. <application>GNU/Linux</application> is as prone to operator error as any other
- operating system. Since <literal>root</literal> can overcome all
- limitations and unintentionally erase all data on partitions by
- carelessly accessing the partitions themselves, it is important
- that it be difficult to become <literal>root</literal>.</para>
-
- <note>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa51" revision="1">The <application>msec</application> security
- level is set to <literal>4</literal> (<quote>high</quote>) by
- default. The password should be a mixture of alphanumeric
- characters and must be at least 8 characters long. Never write down
- the <literal>root</literal> password –– it makes
- it too easy to compromise a system.</para>
- </note>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa52">One caveat –– do not make
- the password too long or complicated because you must be able to
- remember it!</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa53">The password will not be displayed on screen
- as you type it in. To reduce the chance of a blind typing error
- you will need to enter the password twice. If you do happen to
- make the same typing error twice, this <quote>incorrect</quote>
- password will have to be used the first time you connect.</para>
-
- </section>
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-setAdminPassword"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti13">Administrator Password</title></info>
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa54">You are then asked to enter the password
- for the system administrator (login: <literal>admin</literal>). It
- is differentiated from the <literal>root</literal> user, for security reasons,
- and also because it may not be the same person. It is that
- <literal>admin</literal> account that will be required to access
- the <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> Web interface. The criterion for
- choosing this password are the same as for the <literal>root</literal>
- password.</para>
-
- </section>
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-addUser"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti14">Adding a User</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-addUser.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im10" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa55" revision="2">All necessary users have
- already been added, and you shouldn't need adding more users for
- normal <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> operations. However, if you plan to
- use the <application>squid</application> <acronym>PAM</acronym>
- authentication feature, you can add here the users that will be
- authorized.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa56">The first field asks you for a real name. Of
- course, this is not mandatory –– you can actually
- enter whatever you like. <application>DrakX</application> will use the first word you
- typed in and copy it to the <guimenu>User name</guimenu> field,
- which is the name this user will enter to log onto the system. If
- you like, you may override the default and change the
- username. The next step is to enter a password. From a security
- point of view, a non-privileged (regular) user password is not as
- crucial as the <literal>root</literal> password, but that is no
- reason to neglect it by making it blank or too simple: after all,
- <emphasis>your</emphasis> files could be the ones at risk.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa57" revision="2">You can then choose to make
- that user member of one or more special groups that will give him
- special priviledges. Check the button for the priviledges you want
- for that user.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa58" revision="1">Once you click on
- <guimenu>Accept user</guimenu>, you can add additional
- users. Select <guimenu>Done</guimenu> when you have finished
- adding users.</para>
-
- <tip>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa59">Clicking the
-<guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> button allows you to change the
-default <literal>shell</literal> for that user
-(<application>bash</application> by default).</para>
- </tip>
-
- </section>
-
- <section condition="expert" xml:id="drakxid-configureNetwork"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti15">Configure your Local Network</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-configureNetwork.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im11" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa60" revision="1">You will now set up your local
- network connection (<acronym>LAN</acronym>).
- <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> will attempt to autodetect network devices
- and modems. If this detection fails, uncheck the <guilabel>Use
- auto detection</guilabel> box.</para>
-
- <warning>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa61" revision="1">Even though many connection
-types are offered here, do not configure your Internet connection
-now. You should now limit yourself to configuring the
-<literal>Ethernet</literal> <acronym>LAN</acronym> access, so that you
-can later connect to the administration interface and configure other
-connections easily through it.</para>
- </warning>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa62">We will not detail each configuration
- option –  just make sure that you have all the
- parameters, such as IP address, default gateway, DNS servers,
- etc. from your Internet Service Provider or system
- administrator.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa63" revision="1">You will be able to
- configure all your other network interfaces (Internet,
- <acronym>DMZ</acronym>, etc.) later on through
- <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> interface.</para>
-
- </section>
-
-
-
- <section condition="extended" xml:id="drakxid-setupBootloaderBeginner"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti16">Where Should You Place the Bootloader</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-setupBootloaderBeginner.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im12" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa64">You must indicate where you wish to place the
- information the bootloader requires to boot to <application>GNU/Linux</application>.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa65">Unless you know exactly what you are doing,
- choose <guibutton>First sector of drive (MBR)</guibutton>.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa66" revision="1">You are then presented the
- different boot entries that will be proposed at system boot. You
- can modify them here.</para>
-
- </section>
-
- <section condition="expert" xml:id="drakxid-createBootdisk"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti17">Boot Disk</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-createBootdisk.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im13" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa67">The <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> <acronym>CD-ROM</acronym> has a
- built-in rescue mode. You can access it by booting the <acronym>CD-ROM</acronym>,
- pressing the <userinput>F1</userinput> key at boot and typing
- <userinput>rescue</userinput> at the prompt. If your computer
- cannot boot from the <acronym>CD-ROM</acronym>, there are at least two situations
- where having a boot floppy is critical:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa68" revision="1">when installing the
- <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it56"><primary>bootloader</primary>
- </indexterm>bootloader, <application>DrakX</application> will rewrite the boot
- sector (<indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it57">
- <primary>MBR</primary></indexterm><acronym>MBR</acronym>) of
- your main disk (unless you are using another boot manager), to
- allow you to start up with either <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> or <application>GNU/Linux</application>
- (assuming you have <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application> on your system). If at some
- point you need to reinstall <application>Windows<superscript>®</superscript></application>, the
- <application>Microsoft</application> install process will rewrite the boot
- sector and remove your ability to start <application>GNU/Linux</application>!</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa69">if a problem arises and you cannot
- start <application>GNU/Linux</application> from the hard disk, this <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it58"> <primary>boot
- disk</primary></indexterm>floppy will be the only means of
- starting up <application>GNU/Linux</application>. It contains a fair number of system
- tools for restoring a system that has crashed due to a power
- failure, an unfortunate typing error, a forgotten root
- password, or any other reason.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>If you say <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>, you will
- be asked to insert a disk in the drive. The floppy disk must be
- blank or have non-critical data on it – <application>DrakX</application> will
- format the floppy and will rewrite the whole disk.</para>
-
-
- </section>
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-installUpdates"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti18" revision="1">Installing Updates from the Internet</title></info>
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-installUpdates.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im14" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa70" revision="1">At the time you are installing
- <application>Mandrakesecurity</application>, it is likely that some packages have been
- updated since the initial release. Bugs may have been fixed,
- security issues resolved. To allow you to benefit from these
- updates, you are now able to download them from the Internet.
- Choose <guibutton>Yes</guibutton> if you have a working Internet
- connection, or <guibutton>No</guibutton> if you prefer to install
- updated packages later.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa71">Choosing <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>
- displays a list of places from which updates can be
- retrieved. Choose the one nearest you. A package-selection tree
- will appear: review the selection, and press
- <guibutton>Install</guibutton> to retrieve and install the
- selected package(s), or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to
- abort.</para>
-
-
- </section>
-
- <section xml:id="drakxid-exitInstall"><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti19">It's Finished!</title></info>
-
-
-
- <mediaobject condition="expert">
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx-MNF-exitInstall.png" format="PNG" xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-im15" revision="1" width="11.5cm"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa72" revision="1"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it59"><primary>boot</primary>
- <secondary>dual-boot</secondary></indexterm>There you
- are. Installation is now complete and your <application>GNU/Linux</application> system
- is ready to use. Carefully write down the
- <acronym>URL</acronym> given in that dialog, it's the address
- you'll have to use in your Web browser to access the
- <application>Mandrakesecurity</application> Web interface with
- <literal>admin</literal> account. Now, just click
- <guibutton>OK</guibutton> twice to reboot the system.</para>
-
- </section>
-
-
- <section><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-ti20">How to Uninstall Linux</title></info>
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa73">The uninstallation process consists of two
- steps:</para>
-
- <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts">
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa74">Delete all partitions on your hard drive
-and replace them by a single <acronym>FAT</acronym> partition with
-<application>DiskDrake</application>.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa75">Uninstall the <indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-it30"><primary>bootloader</primary>
-<secondary>uninstall</secondary> </indexterm> bootloader (generally
-<application>GRUB</application>) from the Master Boot Record (<acronym>MBR</acronym>). To do so, boot under
-<application>DOS</application> and run the <command>fdisk /mbr</command> command.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa76">If you have another <acronym>OS</acronym>, please
- consult its documentation to determine how to perform the same
- step.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-MNF-pa77" revision="1">Goodbye, and thank you for
- using <application>Mandrakesecurity</application>!</para>
-
- </section>
-</chapter>
diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/drakx-setupSCSI.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/drakx-setupSCSI.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- Converted by db4-upgrade version 1.0 --><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns52="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" condition="extended" version="5.0" xml:id="drakxid-setupSCSI">
- <info>
- <title xml:id="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-ti1">Hard Disk Detection and
- Configuration</title>
- </info>
-
- <para revision="2" xml:id="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa1"><application>DrakX</application> will
- first attempt to detect any <acronym>IDE</acronym> and
- <acronym>SATA</acronym> devices present in your computer. It will also scan
- for one or more <acronym>PCI</acronym> <acronym>SCSI</acronym> cards. If a
- <acronym>SCSI</acronym> card is found, <application>DrakX</application> will
- attempt to install the correct driver.</para>
-
- <para revision="2" xml:id="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa2">However, because
- hardware detection is not foolproof, <application>DrakX</application> may
- fail to detect your <acronym>SCSI</acronym> hard drives. If so, you mayl
- need to specify your hardware.</para>
-
- <para revision="2" xml:id="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa3">If you have had to
- specify your <acronym>PCI</acronym> <acronym>SCSI</acronym> adapter(s),
- <application>DrakX</application> will ask if you want to pass configuration
- options to it. Allow <application>DrakX</application> to probe the hardware
- to determine any card-specific options needed to initialize the
- adapter.</para>
-
- <para revision="2" xml:id="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa4"><application>DrakX</application> will
- usually complete this step without issues.</para>
-
- <para revision="1" xml:id="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa5">If
- <application>DrakX</application> cannot automatically determine the
- parameters to be passed to the hardware, you'll need to manually configure
- the driver.</para>
-
- <para revision="1" xml:id="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa6">How you determine
- these parameters is beyond the scope of this help screen.</para>
-</section> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/mageia-doc-readme.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/mageia-doc-readme.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="mageia-test-document">
- <info>
- <title>Mageia Test Document</title>
- </info>
-
-<para>Testing testing</para>
-<para>This is a <application>Mageia</application> test document. This is an absolute minimal format
- XML document. As you can see: It's not very complex...</para>
- <para>I nicked the container from an old <application>Mandriva</application> XML document and
- have been using it to play with XML rather than alter any of the main documentation
- files.
-
- <note userlevel="beginner"><para>This is an interesting note with a revision tag..</para></note>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>This is the first item in a list</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>This is the second item</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
-
-</section> \ No newline at end of file
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-<!-- Converted by db4-upgrade version 1.0 -->
-
-<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="uninstall-linux" ><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-ti38">How to Uninstall Linux</title></info>
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa200" revision="2"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-it134">
- <primary>uninstall</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it139">
- <primary>Mandrakelinux</primary>
- <secondary>uninstall</secondary>
- </indexterm> If for any reason you want to uninstall <application>Mageia</application>, you can
- do so. The process of uninstalling <application>Mageia</application> is done in two
- steps:</para>
-
-
-
- <warning>
- <para xml:id="BId-uninstall-linux-pa206" revision="2">Removing partitions on
- your hard drive will inevitably result in the loss of all data stored on
- those partitions. Please make sure you've backed up all of the data you
- want to keep <emphasis>before</emphasis> proceeding.</para>
- </warning>
-
- <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts">
- <listitem>
-
-
-
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa202" revision="4">Delete all partitions related to
- <application>Mageia</application> on your hard drive (usually partitions hosting
- <acronym>ext3</acronym> file systems and the <systemitem>Swap</systemitem> partition)
- and — optionally — replace them with a single partition using
- <application>DiskDrake</application><phrase condition="Starter"
- xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-ph1" revision="1"> (see <xref linkend="diskdrake"
- />)</phrase>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa203" revision="4">Remove<indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-it135" revision="2">
- <primary>bootloader</primary>
-
- <secondary>uninstall</secondary>
- </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it136" revision="1">
- <primary>commands</primary>
-
- <secondary>lilo</secondary>
- </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it137">
- <primary>Master Boot Record</primary>
- </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it138">
- <primary>MBR</primary>
- </indexterm> the bootloader, <application>LILO</application> in this example, from the
- Master Boot Record (<acronym>MBR</acronym>). To do so, execute <command>lilo
- -U</command> in a console, as <literal>root</literal>. Doing this will not only
- uninstall <application>LILO</application> but will also restore the previous master boot
- record, if any.</para>
-
- <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa204" revision="2">If you have a different boot
- loader, please refer to its documentation to determine how to regenerate
- the master boot record.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
-
-
-</section>