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    Installer<br/> </h1></div><div id="content"><!----><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="DrakX, the Mageia Installer"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="installer"><!----></a>DrakX, the Mageia
    Installer</h2></div></div></div><p>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.</p><p>The initial menu screen has various options, however the default one
  will start the installer, which will normally be all that you will
  need.</p><div class="section" title="Installation Welcome Screen"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e217"><!----></a>Installation Welcome Screen</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Using a Mageia DVD"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e219"><!----></a>Using a Mageia DVD</h4></div></div></div><p>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:</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcome2.png"/></div><p>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.</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcome.png"/></div><p>From this screen, it is possible to set some personal
      preferences:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>The language (for the installation only, may be different
            that the chosen language for the system) by pressing the key F2
            (Legacy mode only)</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcome-lang.png"/></div><p>Use the arrow keys to select the language and press the key
            Enter.</p><p>Here is for example, the French welcome screen when using a
            Live DVD/CD. Note that the Live DVD/CD menu does not propose:
            <span class="guilabel">Rescue System</span>, <span class="guilabel">Memory
            test</span> and <span class="guilabel">Hardware Detection
            Tool</span>.</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcome4fr.png"/></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>Change the screen resolution by pressing the F3 key (Legacy
            mode only).</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcome5def.png"/></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>Add some kernel options by pressing the <span class="bold"><strong>F6</strong></span> key for the legacy mode or the <span class="bold"><strong>e</strong></span> key for the UEFI mode.</p><p>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 <span class="guilabel">Boot options</span> and
            propose four entries:</p><p>- Default, it doesn't alter anything in the default
            options.</p><p>- Default, it doesn't alter anything in the default
            options.</p><p>- No ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface),
            power management isn't taken into account.</p><p>- No Local APIC (Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt
            Controller), it is about CPU interruptions, select this option if
            you are asked for.</p><p>When you select one of these entries, it modifies the
            default options displayed in the <span class="guilabel">Boot Options</span>
            line.</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>In some Mageia releases, it may happen that the entries
              selected with the key F6 does not appear in the <span class="guilabel">Boot
              Options</span> line, however, they are really taken into
              account.</p></div><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcome6opt.png"/></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>Add more kernel options by pressing the key F1 (Legacy mode
            only).</p><p>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.</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcomeHelp1.png"/></div><p>The detailed view about the option splash. Press Esc or
            select <span class="guilabel">Return to Boot Options</span> to go back to
            the options list. These options can by added by hand in the
            <span class="guilabel">Boot options</span> line.</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-welcomeHelp2.png"/></div><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>The help is translated in the chosen language with the F2
              key.</p></div><p>For more information about kernel options on legacy and UEFI
            systems, see: <a class="link" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_set_up_kernel_options" target="_top">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_set_up_kernel_options</a></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Using a Wired Network"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e283"><!----></a>Using a Wired Network</h4></div></div></div><p>Here is the default welcome screen when using a Wired
      Network-based Installation CD (netinstall.iso or netinstall-nonfree.iso
      images):</p><p>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 <a class="link" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Boot.iso_install" target="_top">the Mageia
      Wiki</a></p><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>The keyboard layout is the American one.</p></div><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/dx-help.png"/></div></div></div><div class="section" title="The installation steps"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e293"><!----></a>The installation steps</h3></div></div></div><p>The install process is divided into a number of steps, which can be
    followed on the side panel of the screen.</p><p>Each step has one or more screens which may also have
    <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> buttons with extra, less commonly
    required, options.</p><p>Most screens have <span class="guibutton">Help</span> buttons which give
    further explanations about the current step.</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>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 <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl F2</span> at the same
      time. After that, press <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl Delete</span>
      simultaneously to reboot.</p></div></div><div class="section" title="Installation Problems and Possible Solutions"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e304"><!----></a>Installation Problems and Possible Solutions</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" title="No Graphical Interface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e306"><!----></a>No Graphical Interface</h4></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>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 class="code">vgalo</code> at
          the prompt.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>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.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="The Install Freezes"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e314"><!----></a>The Install Freezes</h4></div></div></div><p>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 class="code">noauto</code> at the prompt. This option may also be combined
      with other options as necessary.</p></div><div class="section" title="RAM problem"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e318"><!----></a>RAM problem</h4></div></div></div><p>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 class="code">mem=xxxM</code> parameter, where xxx is the correct amount
      of RAM. e.g. <code class="code">mem=256M</code> would specify 256MB of RAM.</p></div><div class="section" title="Dynamic partitions"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e323"><!----></a>Dynamic partitions</h4></div></div></div><p>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: <a class="link" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx" target="_top">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx</a>.</p></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"/></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 14/07/2017</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><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><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html">Select and use ISOs</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e18">Introduction</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e28">Media</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e30">Definition</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e35">Classical installation media</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e37">Common features</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e52">Live media</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e54">Common features</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e68">Live DVD Plasma</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e77">Live DVD GNOME</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e86">Live DVD Xfce</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e95">Boot-only CD media</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e97">Common features</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e108">netinstall.iso</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e113">netinstall-nonfree.iso</a></span></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e118">Downloading and Checking Media</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e120">Downloading</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e132">Checking the integrity of the downloaded media</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e145">Burn or dump the ISO</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e148">Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e153">Dump the ISO to a USB stick</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e159">Using a graphical tool within Mageia</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e163">Using a graphical tool within Windows</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d4e170">Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system</a></span></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li><li id="webhelp-currentid"><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html">DrakX, the Mageia
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