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diff --git a/docs/installer/ca/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml b/docs/installer/ca/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml index 979ebf27..fa0aef87 100644 --- a/docs/installer/ca/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml +++ b/docs/installer/ca/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml @@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ <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>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.</para> <para>You can find them <link ns4:href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/">here</link>.</para> @@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ ns4:href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/">here</link>.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>They use the traditional installer called drakx.</para> + <para>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -49,12 +50,11 @@ Hardware Detection Tool.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Each DVD contains any available desktop environments and languages.</para> + <para>Each DVD contains many 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> + <para>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non free software.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ software.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Both architectures are present on the same media, the choice is made + <para>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the choice is made automatically according to the detected CPU.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Xfce desktop only.</para> + <para>Uses 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> + <para>Not all languages are available. (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl, +pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED!</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -92,16 +92,17 @@ TO BE CHECKED!</para> <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> + <para>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing it on a HDD, and +optionally install Mageia on to your HDD. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or GNOME).</para> + <para>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or GNOME).</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para> + <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ releases.</emphasis></para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>They contains non free software.</para> + <para>They contain non free software.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ releases.</emphasis></para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>32 bits only.</para> + <para>32 bit only.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ releases.</emphasis></para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>32 bits only.</para> + <para>32 bit only.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ releases.</emphasis></para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para> + <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -183,14 +184,14 @@ releases.</emphasis></para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para> + <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> <section> - <title>Boot-only CDs media</title> + <title>Boot-only CD media</title> <section> <title>Common features</title> @@ -198,19 +199,20 @@ releases.</emphasis></para> <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> +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.</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> + <para>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.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para> + <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -224,7 +226,8 @@ can't boot on a USB stick.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Contains only free software, for people who refuse non free software.</para> + <para>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to use non-free +software.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ can't boot on a USB stick.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Contains non free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need + <para>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need it.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -243,26 +246,27 @@ it.</para> </section> <section> - <title>Media downloading and checking</title> + <title>Downloading and Checking Media</title> <section> <title>Downloading</title> - <para>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it either using http or -BitTorrent. In both cases, 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> + <para>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</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 + <para>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. If you ask this algorithm to calculate again this +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 met a -failure. Then this window appears:</para> +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:</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="Download.png"/> </imageobject></mediaobject> @@ -295,33 +299,33 @@ while) with the number given by Mageia. Example:</para> <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> + <para>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.</para> <section> - <title>Burn the ISO on a CD/DVD</title> + <title>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD</title> - <para>Use whatever burner you want but ensure the burning device is set correctly + <para>Use whatever burner you wish 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 +correct. There is 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> + <title>Dump the ISO to 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> + <para>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.</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> + <para>"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.</para> </warning> - <para>To recover the original capacity, you have to format the USB stick.</para> + <para>To recover the original capacity, you must re-format the USB stick.</para> <section> <title>Using Mageia</title> @@ -338,7 +342,7 @@ ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/IsoDumper_Writing_ISO_images_on_USB_sticks" <listitem> <para>Become root with the command <userinput>su -</userinput> (don't forget the -final -)</para> +final '-' )</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="Root.png" contentwidth="650"/> @@ -346,8 +350,8 @@ final -)</para> </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> + <para>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)</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -367,9 +371,9 @@ in the screenshot above, it is a 8Go USB stick.</para> <para>Enter the command: # <userinput>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file of=/dev/sdX bs=1M</userinput></para> - <para>(x)=your device name eg: /dev/sdc Example: # <userinput>dd -if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb -bs=1M</userinput></para> + <para>Where X=your device name eg: /dev/sdc</para> + <para> Example: # <userinput>dd if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso +of=/dev/sdb bs=1M</userinput></para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -385,7 +389,7 @@ bs=1M</userinput></para> <section> <title>Using Windows</title> - <para>You can try:</para> + <para>You could try:</para> <para>- <link ns4:href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US">Rufus</link></para> @@ -403,9 +407,9 @@ Disk Imager</link></para> <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 + <para>More information is available in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para> </section> -</section>
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