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<info>
<title xml:id="Select-and-use-ISOs-ti1">DrakX, the Mageia
Installer</title>
</info>
<para>Whether you are new to GNU-Linux or an experienced user, the Mageia
Installer is designed to help make your installation or upgrade as easy as
possible.</para>
<para>The initial menu screen has various options, however the default one
will start the installer, which will normally be all that you will
need.</para>
<section>
<title>Installation Welcome Screen</title>
<section>
<title>Using a Mageia DVD</title>
<para>Here are the default welcome screens when using a Mageia DVD, The
first one with an UEFI system and the second one with a Legacy
system:</para>
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<para>From this screen, you can access to options by pressing the "e"
letter to enter the "edit mode". To come back to this screen, press
either the key "esc" to quit without saving or press the key "Ctrl" or
"F10" to quit with saving.</para>
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</mediaobject>
<para>From this screen, it is possible to set some personal
preferences:<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The language (for the installation only, may be different
that the chosen language for the system) by pressing the key F2
(Legacy mode only)</para>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dx-welcome-lang.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
<para>Use the arrow keys to select the language and press the key
Enter.</para>
<para>Here is for example, the French welcome screen when using a
Live DVD/CD. Note that the Live DVD/CD menu does not propose:
<guilabel>Rescue System</guilabel>, <guilabel>Memory
test</guilabel> and <guilabel>Hardware Detection
Tool</guilabel>.</para>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dx-welcome4fr.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Change the screen resolution by pressing the F3 key (Legacy
mode only).</para>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dx-welcome5def.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Add some kernel options by pressing the <emphasis role="bold">F6</emphasis> key for the legacy mode or the <emphasis role="bold">e</emphasis> key for the UEFI mode.</para>
<para>If the installation fails, then it may be necessary to try
again using one of the extra options. The menu called by F6
displays a new line called <guilabel>Boot options</guilabel> and
propose four entries:</para>
<para>- Default, it doesn't alter anything in the default
options.</para>
<para>- Default, it doesn't alter anything in the default
options.</para>
<para>- No ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface),
power management isn't taken into account.</para>
<para>- No Local APIC (Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller), it is about CPU interruptions, select this option if
you are asked for.</para>
<para>When you select one of these entries, it modifies the
default options displayed in the <guilabel>Boot Options</guilabel>
line.</para>
<note>
<para>In some Mageia releases, it may happen that the entries
selected with the key F6 does not appear in the <guilabel>Boot
Options</guilabel> line, however, they are really taken into
account.</para>
</note>
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<imagedata fileref="dx-welcome6opt.png"/>
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</mediaobject>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Add more kernel options by pressing the key F1 (Legacy mode
only).</para>
<para>Pressing F1 opens a new window with more available options.
Select one with the arrow keys and press Enter to have more
details or press the Esc key to go back to the welcome
screen.</para>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dx-welcomeHelp1.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
<para>The detailed view about the option splash. Press Esc or
select <guilabel>Return to Boot Options</guilabel> to go back to
the options list. These options can by added by hand in the
<guilabel>Boot options</guilabel> line.</para>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="dx-welcomeHelp2.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
<note>
<para>The help is translated in the chosen language with the F2
key.</para>
</note>
<para>For more information about kernel options on legacy and UEFI
systems, see: <link ns2:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_set_up_kernel_options">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_set_up_kernel_options</link></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Using a Wired Network</title>
<para>Here is the default welcome screen when using a Wired
Network-based Installation CD (netinstall.iso or netinstall-nonfree.iso
images):</para>
<para>It does not allow to change the language, the available options
are described in the screen. For more information about using a Wired
Network-based Installation CD, see <link ns2:href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Boot.iso_install">the Mageia
Wiki</link></para>
<warning>
<para>The keyboard layout is the American one.</para>
</warning>
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<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="../dx-help.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</section>
</section>
<section>
<title>The installation steps</title>
<para>The install process is divided into a number of steps, which can be
followed on the side panel of the screen.</para>
<para>Each step has one or more screens which may also have
<guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> buttons with extra, less commonly
required, options.</para>
<para>Most screens have <guibutton>Help</guibutton> buttons which give
further explanations about the current step.</para>
<note>
<para>If somewhere during install you decide to stop the installation,
it is possible to reboot, but please think twice before you do this.
Once a partition has been formatted or updates have started to be
installed, your computer is no longer in the same state and rebooting it
could very well leave you with an unusable system. If in spite of this
you are very sure rebooting is what you want, go to a text terminal by
pressing the three keys <guibutton>Alt Ctrl F2</guibutton> at the same
time. After that, press <guibutton>Alt Ctrl Delete</guibutton>
simultaneously to reboot.</para>
</note>
</section>
<section>
<title>Installation Problems and Possible Solutions</title>
<section>
<title>No Graphical Interface</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>After the initial screen you did not reach the language
selection screen. This can happen with some graphic cards and older
systems. Try using low resolution by typing <code>vgalo</code> at
the prompt.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If the hardware is very old, a graphical installation may not
be possible. In this case it is worth trying a text mode
installation. To use this hit ESC at the first welcome screen and
confirm with ENTER. You will be presented with a black screen with
the word "boot:". Type "text" and hit ENTER. Now continue with the
installation in text mode.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section>
<title>The Install Freezes</title>
<para>If the system appeared to freeze during the installation, this may
be a problem with hardware detection. In this case the automatic
detection of hardware may be bypassed and dealt with later. To try this,
type <code>noauto</code> at the prompt. This option may also be combined
with other options as necessary.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>RAM problem</title>
<para>These will rarely be needed, but in some cases the hardware may
report the available RAM incorrectly. To specify this manually, you can
use the <code>mem=xxxM</code> parameter, where xxx is the correct amount
of RAM. e.g. <code>mem=256M</code> would specify 256MB of RAM.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Dynamic partitions</title>
<para>If you converted your hard disk from "basic" format to "dynamic"
format on Microsoft Windows, you must know that it is impossible to
install Mageia on this disc. To go back to a basic disk, see the
Microsoft documentation: <link ns2:href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx</link>.</para>
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