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diff --git a/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml b/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml index 8f349e94..b368dd10 100644 --- a/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml +++ b/docs/installer/en/SelectAndUseISOs2.xml @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ <section> <title>Definition</title> - <para>Here, a medium (plural: media) is an 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> </section> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>They use the traditional installer called drakx.</para> + <para>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Each DVD contains any available desktop environments and + <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> @@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Both architectures are present on the same media, the choice + <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, + <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> @@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ <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> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</para> + <para>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>32 bits only.</para> + <para>32 bit only.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>32 bits only.</para> + <para>32 bit only.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ </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> @@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ </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> @@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ <listitem> <para>These media are very light (less than 100 MB) 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> + 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> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Contains only free software, for people who refuse non free + <para>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to use non-free software.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Contains non free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for + <para>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need it.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -249,15 +249,15 @@ </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 + <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> @@ -266,12 +266,13 @@ </imageobject> </mediaobject> - <para>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check your ISO integrity. Use only + <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 number from your downloaded file, either you have + 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 met a failure. Then this window appears:</para> + different and you have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry + the download.Then this window appears:</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> @@ -309,32 +310,31 @@ <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 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> + <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 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 + <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> @@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Become root with the command <userinput>su -</userinput> (don't forget the final - -)</para> + <para>Become root with the command <userinput>su -</userinput> (don't forget the final '-' )</para> <mediaobject> <imageobject> @@ -360,8 +359,8 @@ </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> @@ -384,9 +383,9 @@ <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> @@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ <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> @@ -418,7 +417,7 @@ <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> + <para>More information is available in <link ns4:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation">the Mageia wiki</link>.</para> </section> </section> |