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to plug the USB device in or place the DVD in the drive and restart the
computer.</p><p>If the computer does not automatically boot from the USB or DVD you
may need to reconfigure your BIOS Boot Disk priority. Alternatively, you
might try accessing the boot device menu to select a device from which the
computer will boot.</p><div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>To access the BIOS or boot menu when the computer is starting, you
can try pressing either <span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span>, <span class="keycap"><strong>Del</strong></span> or
<span class="keycap"><strong>Esc</strong></span> for the BIOS, or <span class="keycap"><strong>Esc</strong></span>,
<span class="keycap"><strong>F8</strong></span>, <span class="keycap"><strong>F10</strong></span> or <span class="keycap"><strong>F11</strong></span> for
the boot device menu. These (fairly common) keys are just a selection of
possible options though.</p></div><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>The actual screen that you will first see when booting from the
Live media will depend on whether your computer motherboard is of the
Legacy (BIOS) or UEFI type.</p></div></div><div class="section" title="In BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="biosmode"><!----></a>In BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode</h3></div></div></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-bootCSM.png" align="middle"/><div class="caption"><p>First screen while booting in BIOS mode</p></div></div><div class="itemizedlist" title="Menu"><p class="title"><b>Menu</b></p><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Boot Mageia</strong></span></p><p>This option will boot the Mageia Live system from the connected
DVD/USB media (expect a very slow system compared to an installed
OS).</p><p>Once the boot is done, you can proceed to the
installation.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="circle"><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>+ use non-free video drivers (slower
to boot)</strong></span></p><p>Boot the Mageia Live system using non-free video
drivers</p></li></ul></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Install Mageia</strong></span></p><p>This option will install Mageia to a hard disk.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="circle"><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>+ use non-free video drivers (slower
to boot)</strong></span></p><p>Install Mageia using non-free video drivers</p></li></ul></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Memory Test</strong></span></p><p>Test the installed RAM by performing multiple read and write
operations. Reboot to end the test.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong> F2 Language</strong></span></p><p>Press <span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span> to have the installer use a specific
language during the installation. Use the arrow keys to select the
language then press <span class="keycap"><strong>Enter</strong></span>.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="In UEFI mode"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="uefimode"><!----></a>In UEFI mode</h3></div></div></div><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/live-bootUEFI.png" align="middle"/><div class="caption"><p>First screen while booting in UEFI mode</p></div></div><div class="itemizedlist" title="Menu"><p class="title"><b>Menu</b></p><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Boot Mageia</strong></span></p><p>This option will boot the Mageia Live system from the connected
DVD/USB media (expect a very slow system compared to an installed OS).
Once the boot is done, you can proceed to the installation</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Install Mageia</strong></span></p><p>This option will install Mageia to a hard disk.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong> F2 Language</strong></span></p><p>Press <span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span> to have the installer use a specific
language during the installation. Use the arrow keys to select the
language then press <span class="keycap"><strong>Enter</strong></span>.</p></li></ul></div><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>If you booted from a USB stick, you will see the above menu
options duplicated, and in this case, you should choose from the menu
pair that will be suffixed with "USB".</p></div></div></div><script xmlns="" type="text/javascript" src="main.js"><!----></script><hr xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="copyright">© Mageia</div><div xmlns="" class="license"><a href="index.html#CC_BY-SA">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></div><div id="upload_date">Uploaded on 11/06/2023</div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="selectLanguage.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr></table></div></div><span id="zz_current-id" style="display: none;" data-id="toc-d4e255"><!----></span><div><div id="leftnavigation"><div id="tabs"><ul><li><a href="#treeDiv"><em>Contents</em></a></li><li><a href="#searchDiv"><em>Search</em></a></li></ul><div id="treeDiv"><img src="../../common/images/loading.gif" alt="loading table of contents..." id="tocLoading" style="display:block;"/><div id="ulTreeDiv" style="display:none"><ul id="tree" class="filetree"><li id="toc-d4e15"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html">Select and use ISOs</a></span><ul><li id="toc-d4e18"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e18">Introduction</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e40"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e40">Media</a></span><ul><li id="toc-d4e42"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e42">Definition</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e47"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e47">Classical installation media</a></span><ul><li id="toc-d4e49"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e49">Common features</a></span></li></ul></li><li id="toc-d4e67"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e67">Live media</a></span><ul><li id="toc-d4e69"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e69">Common features</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e82"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e82">Live DVD Plasma</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e91"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e91">Live DVD GNOME</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e100"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e100">Live DVD Xfce</a></span></li></ul></li><li id="toc-d4e109"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e109">Net install media</a></span><ul><li id="toc-d4e111"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e111">Common features</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e118"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e118">netinstall.iso</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e123"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e123">netinstall-nonfree.iso</a></span></li></ul></li></ul></li><li id="toc-d4e128"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e128">Downloading and Checking Media</a></span><ul><li id="toc-d4e130"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e130">Downloading</a></span></li><li id="toc-d4e148"><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e148">Checking the integrity of the downloaded
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