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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section version="5.0" xml:id="testing" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
         xmlns:ns6="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
         xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
         xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
         xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
         xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <info>
    <title xml:id="testing-ti1">Testing Mageia as Live system</title>
  </info>

  <section xml:id="testing-1">
    <info>
      <title xml:id="testing1-ti1">Live mode</title>
    </info>

    <mediaobject>
      <imageobject>
        <imagedata fileref="live-liveMode.png"/>
      </imageobject>
    </mediaobject>

    <para>You get this screen if you selected "Boot Mageia". If not, you get
    the "<link linkend="doPartitionDisks">Partitioning</link> step"</para>

    <section>
      <info>
        <title xml:id="testing2-ti1">Testing hardware</title>
      </info>

      <para>One of the Live mode goals is to test if the hardware is
      correctly managed by Mageia. You can check if all devices have a driver in
      the Hardware section of the Mageia Control Center. You can test the most
      current devices:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>network interface: configure it with net_applet</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>graphical card: if you see the previous screen, it's already
          OK.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>webcam:</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>sound: a jingle has already been played</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>printer: configure it and print a test page</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>scanner: scan a document from ...</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>If all is OK for you, you can process to the installation. If not,
      you can leave with the quit button.</para>

      <remark>The configuration settings you made here are kept for the
      installation.</remark>
    </section>

    <section>
      <info>
        <title xml:id="testing3-ti1">Launch installation</title>
      </info>

      <mediaobject>
        <imageobject>
          <imagedata fileref="live-liveMode-install.png"/>
        </imageobject>
      </mediaobject>

      <para>To launch the installation of Mageia LiveCD or Live DVD to the hard disc or
      SSD drive, simply click on the icon "Install on Hard Disk". You will get
      this screen, and then the "<link
      linkend="doPartitionDisks">Partitioning</link> step" as for the direct
      installation.</para>
    </section>
  </section>
</section>