Boot Mageia as Live systemBooting the mediumFrom a discYou can boot directly from the media you used to burn your image
(CD-ROM, DVD-ROM...). You usually just need to insert it in your CD/DVD
drive for the bootloader to launch the installation automatically after
rebooting the computer. If that does not happen you may need to
reconfigure your BIOS or press one key that will offer you to choose the
peripheral from which the computer will boot.According to which hardware you have, and how it is configured,
you get either one or another of the two screens below.From a USB deviceYou can boot from the USB device on which you dumped your image
ISO. According to your BIOS settings, the computer boots perhaps
directly on the USB device already plugged in a port. If that does not
happen you may need to reconfigure your BIOS or press one key that will
offer you to choose the peripheral from which the computer will
boot.In BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode
First screen while booting in BIOS mode
In the middle menu, you have the choice between three
actions:Boot Mageia: That means Mageia 5 will start from the connected
media (CD/DVD or USB stick) without writing anything on the disk, so
expect a very slow system. Once the boot is done, you can proceed to
the installation on a hard disk.Install Mageia: This choice will directly install Mageia on a
hard disk.Boot from hard disk: This choice allows to boot from hard disk,
as usual, when no media (CD/DVD or USB stick) is connected. (not
working with Mageia 5).In the bottom menu, are the Boot Options:F1 - Help. Explain the options "splash", "apm", "acpi" and
"Ide"F2 - Language. Choose the display language of the
screens.F3 - Screen resolution. Choose between text, 640x400, 800x600,
1024x728F4 - CD-Rom. CD-Rom or Other. Normally, the installation is
performed from the inserted installation medium. Here, select other
sources, like FTP or NFS servers. If the installation is carried out
in a network with an SLP server, select one of the installation
sources available on the server with this option.F5 - Driver. Yes or No. The system is aware about the presence
of an optional disk with a driver update and will require its
insertion during installation process.F6 - Kernel options. This is a way to specify options according
to your hardware and the drivers to use.In UEFI mode
First screen while booting on UEFI system from disk
You have only the choice to run Mageia in Live mode (first choice)
or to process the installation (second choice).If you booted from a USB stick, you get two supplemental lines which
are a duplicata of the previous lines suffixed with "USB". You have to
choose them.In each case, the first steps will be the same to choose language,
timezone and keyboard, then the processes differ, with additional steps in Live mode.