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diff --git a/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml b/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml index e583d579..aead94ea 100644 --- a/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml +++ b/docs/installer/en/doPartitionDisks.xml @@ -1,24 +1,32 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns6="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="doPartitionDisks"> <!----> - <!-- lebarhon 2015-07-03 Suggested updates for Mageia 5 --> + <!-- lebarhon 20161216 updated for Mageia 6 + +lebarhon 20170209 added SC--> <info> <title xml:id="doPartitionDisks-ti1">Partitioning</title> </info> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa1">In this screen you can see + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa1" revision="1">In this screen you can see the content of your hard drive(s) and see the solutions the DrakX partitioning wizard found for where to install <application>Mageia</application>.</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa2">The options available from + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa2" revision="1">The options available from the list below will vary depending on your particular hard drive(s) layout and content.</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> - <imagedata align="center" fileref="dx2-doPartitionDisks.png"/> + <imagedata fileref="dx2-doPartitionDisks.png" align="center"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="live-doPartitionDisks.png"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> @@ -27,24 +35,24 @@ <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa4">Use Existing Partitions</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa5">If this option is + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa5" revision="1">If this option is available, then existing Linux compatible partitions have been found and may be used for the installation.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa6">Use Free Space</para> + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa6" revision="1">Use Free Space</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa7">If you have unused + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa7" revision="1">If you have unused space on your hard drive then this option will use it for your new Mageia installation.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa8">Use Free Space on a + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa8" revision="1">Use Free Space on a Windows Partition</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa9">If you have unused + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa9" revision="1">If you have unused space on an existing Windows partition, the installer may offer to use it.</para> @@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ operation so you should make sure you have backed up all important files!</para> - <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa11" revision="3">Note that this + <para revision="3" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa11">Note that this involves shrinking the size of the Windows partition. The partition must be "clean", meaning that Windows must have closed down correctly the last time it was used. It must also have been defragmented, @@ -72,28 +80,34 @@ <imagedata fileref="dx2-doPartitionDisks2.png"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="live-doPartitionDisks2.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa12">Erase and use Entire + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa12" revision="1">Erase and use Entire Disk.</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa13">This option will use + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa13" revision="1">This option will use the complete drive for Mageia.</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa14">Note! This will + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa14" revision="1">Note! This will erase ALL data on the selected hard drive. Take care!</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa15">If you intend to use + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa15" revision="1">If you intend to use part of the disk for something else, or you already have data on the drive that you are not prepared to lose, then do not use this option.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist><itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa16">Custom</para> + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa16" revision="1">Custom</para> - <para revision="1" xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa17">This gives you + <para xml:id="doPartitionDisks-pa17" revision="1">This gives you complete control over the placing of the installation on your hard drive(s).</para> </listitem> @@ -143,6 +157,33 @@ check it has been correctly done</para> </note> + <note> + <para>If you are using a Legacy (as known as CSM or BIOS) system with a + GPT disk, you need to create a Bios boot partition if not already + existing. It is an about 1 MiB partition with no mount point. Choose the + "Custom disk partitioning" option to be able to create it with the + Installer like any other partition, just select BIOS boot partition as + filesystem type.</para> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="dx2-doPartitionDisks3.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="live-doPartitionDisks3.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="dx2-doPartitionDisks4.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </note> + <warning> <para>Some newer drives are now using 4096 byte logical sectors, instead of the previous standard of 512 byte logical sectors. Due to lack of |