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diff --git a/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml b/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml index dca3b62f..18ea8d5d 100644 --- a/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml +++ b/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml @@ -1,20 +1,15 @@ -<?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" version="5.0" xml:id="Select-and-use-ISOs"> +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns42="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" version="5.0" xml:id="Select-and-use-ISOs"> <!-- Made by Lebarhon 2014 03 26 Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about 1.3.2--> - <info> <title xml:id="Select-and-use-ISOs-ti1">Select and use ISOs</title> </info> - <section> <title>Introduction</title> - <para>Mageia is distributed via ISO images. This page will help you to choose which image match your needs.</para> - <para>There is two families of media:</para> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Classical installer: After booting the media, it will follow a @@ -23,7 +18,6 @@ Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about installation, in particular to choose which Desktop Environment you will install.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>LIVE media: you can boot the media in a real Mageia system without installing it, to see what you will get after installation. @@ -31,60 +25,46 @@ Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about choices.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>Details are given in the next sections.</para> </section> - <section> <title>Media</title> - <section> <title>Definition</title> - <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> </section> - <section> <title>Classical installation media</title> - <section> <title>Common features</title> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>These ISOs 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> + <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</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 many available desktop environments and languages.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non free software.</para> @@ -92,101 +72,79 @@ Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about </itemizedlist> </section> </section> - <section> <title>Live media</title> - <section> <title>Common features</title> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <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>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE, GNOME or Xfce).</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</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 contain non free software.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> - <section> <title>Live DVD Plasma</title> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Plasma desktop environment only.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>All languages are present.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</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 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> - <section> <title>Live DVD Xfce</title> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Xfce desktop environment only.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>All languages are present.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> - <section> <title>Boot-only CD media</title> - <section> <title>Common features</title> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Each one is a small image that contains no more than that @@ -196,27 +154,22 @@ Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about 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 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 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>English language only.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> - <section> <title>netinstall.iso</title> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to @@ -224,10 +177,8 @@ Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> - <section> <title>netinstall-nonfree.iso</title> - <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for @@ -237,165 +188,114 @@ Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about </section> </section> </section> - <section> <title>Downloading and Checking Media</title> - <section> <title>Downloading</title> - <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"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> - <para>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only one of them. Keep one of them <link linkend="integrity">for further usage</link>. Then this window appears:</para> - <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="Download.png"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> - <para>Check the radio button Save File.</para> </section> - <section> <title xml:id="integrity">Checking the downloaded media integrity</title> - - <para>Both checksums are hexadecimal numbers 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.</para> - + <para>Both checksums are hexadecimal numbers 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 or attempt a repair using BitTorrent.</para> <para>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</para> - <para>- To use md5sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <userinput>md5sum path/to/the/image/file.iso</userinput>.</para> - <para>- To use sha1sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <userinput>sha1sum path/to/the/image/file.iso</userinput>.</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"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> - <para/> </section> </section> - <section> <title>Burn or dump the ISO</title> - - <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> - + <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 bootable medium.</para> <section> <title>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD</title> - <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. 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 to a USB stick</title> - <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 previous - file-system on the device; any other data will be lost and the - 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 must redo partitioning and re-format the USB stick.</para> - <section> <title>Using a graphical tool within 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> </section> - <section> <title>Using a graphical tool within Windows</title> - <para>You could try:</para> - <para>- <link ns4:href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US">Rufus</link> using the "ISO image" option;</para> - <para>- <link ns4:href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager">Win32 Disk Imager</link></para> </section> - <section> <title>Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system</title> - <warning> <para>It is potentially *dangerous* to do this by hand. You risk to overwrite a disc partition if you get the device-ID wrong.</para> </warning> - <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 <userinput>su -</userinput> (don't forget the final '-' )</para> - <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="../Root.png"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> </listitem> - <listitem> - <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> + <para>Plug in 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> <para>Enter the command <userinput>fdisk -l</userinput></para> - <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="../Fdisk.png"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> - <para>Alternatively, you can get the device name with the command <code>dmesg</code>: at end, you see the device name starting with <emphasis>sd</emphasis>, and <emphasis>sdd</emphasis> in this case:</para> - <screen>[72594.604531] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 27 using xhci_hcd [72594.770528] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8564, idProduct=1000 [72594.770533] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 @@ -415,28 +315,22 @@ Lebarhon updated for Mageia 6 2016 12 16 (still waiting for clarification about [72595.967251] <emphasis>sdd</emphasis>: sdd1 [72595.969446] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk</screen> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for example <code>/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, it is a 8GB USB stick.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>Enter the command: # <userinput>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file of=/dev/sdX 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> <para>Enter the command: # <userinput>sync</userinput></para> </listitem> - <listitem> <para>Unplug your USB stick, it is done</para> </listitem> |