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authorMarja van Waes <marja@mageia.org>2016-06-14 13:15:29 +0200
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update English help files from Calenco
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-rw-r--r--Select-and-use-ISOs.html265
-rw-r--r--addUser.html44
-rw-r--r--add_supplemental_media.html30
-rw-r--r--configureTimezoneUTC.html43
-rw-r--r--doPartitionDisks.html100
-rw-r--r--index.html30
-rw-r--r--misc-params.html3
-rw-r--r--selectLanguage.html20
-rw-r--r--setupBootloader.html303
-rw-r--r--setupBootloaderAddEntry.html159
-rw-r--r--takeOverHdConfirm.html2
-rw-r--r--uninstall-Mageia.html2
12 files changed, 618 insertions, 383 deletions
diff --git a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html
index f0a232f..c2f71d6 100644
--- a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html
+++ b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html
@@ -27,11 +27,61 @@
+ <div class="section" title="Introduction">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e19"></a>Introduction
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>Mageia is distributed via ISO images. This page will help you to
+ choose which image match your needs.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>There is two families of media:</p>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>Classical installer: After booting the media, it will follow a
+ process allowing to choose what to install and how to configure your
+ target system. This give you the maximal flexibility for a customized
+ installation, in particular to choose which Desktop Environment you
+ will install.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>LIVE media: you can boot the media in a real Mageia system
+ without installing it, to see what you will get after installation.
+ The installation process is simpler, but you get lesser
+ choices.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p>Details are given in the next sections.</p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
<div class="section" title="Media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e19"></a>Media
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e29"></a>Media
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -43,7 +93,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e21"></a>Definition
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e31"></a>Definition
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -52,7 +102,7 @@
<p>Here, a medium (plural: media) is an ISO image file that allows
- you to install and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical
+ you to install and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical
support the ISO file is copied to.
</p>
@@ -67,7 +117,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e26"></a>Classical installation media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e36"></a>Classical installation media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -79,7 +129,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e28"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e38"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -113,7 +163,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e35"></a>DVD
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e45"></a>DVD
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -159,7 +209,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e46"></a>DVD dual arch
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e56"></a>DVD dual arch
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -205,7 +255,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e57"></a>Live media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e67"></a>Live media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -217,7 +267,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e59"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e69"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -268,7 +318,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e73"></a>Live CD KDE
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e83"></a>Live CD KDE
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -303,7 +353,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e82"></a>Live CD GNOME
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e92"></a>Live CD GNOME
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -338,7 +388,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e91"></a>Live DVD KDE
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e101"></a>Live DVD KDE
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -373,7 +423,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e100"></a>Live DVD GNOME
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e110"></a>Live DVD GNOME
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -410,7 +460,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e109"></a>Boot-only CD media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>Boot-only CD media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -422,7 +472,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e111"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e121"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -472,7 +522,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e122"></a>boot.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>boot.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -499,7 +549,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e127"></a>boot-nonfree.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e137"></a>boot-nonfree.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -530,7 +580,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e142"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -542,7 +592,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e134"></a>Downloading
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e144"></a>Downloading
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -561,12 +611,8 @@
<p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only
- one of them. Both hexadecimal numbers have been calculated by an
- algorithm from the file to be downloaded. When you ask these algorithms
- to recalculate this number from your downloaded file, either you have
- the same number and your downloaded file is correct, or the number is
- different and you have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry
- the download.Then this window appears:
+ one of them. Keep one of them <a class="link" href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#integrity">for further
+ usage</a>. Then this window appears:
</p>
@@ -581,7 +627,8 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e145"></a>Checking the downloaded media integrity
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e156"></a>Checking the downloaded media
+ integrity
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -589,6 +636,15 @@
+ <p>Both checksums are hexadecimal numbers calculated by an algorithm
+ from the file to be downloaded. When you ask these algorithms to
+ recalculate this number from your downloaded file, either you have the
+ same number and your downloaded file is correct, or the number is
+ different and you have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry
+ the download.
+ </p>
+
+
<p>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</p>
@@ -620,7 +676,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e157"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e169"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -638,7 +694,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e160"></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e172"></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -659,7 +715,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e165"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e177"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -692,16 +748,16 @@
</div>
- <p>To recover the original capacity, you must re-format the USB
- stick.
+ <p>To recover the original capacity, you must redo partitioning and
+ re-format the USB stick.
</p>
- <div class="section" title="Using Mageia">
+ <div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Mageia">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e171"></a>Using Mageia
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e183"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -710,6 +766,65 @@
<p>You can use a graphical tool like <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/IsoDumper_Writing_ISO_images_on_USB_sticks" target="_top">IsoDumper</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Windows">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e187"></a>Using a graphical tool within Windows
+ </h5>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>You could try:</p>
+
+
+ <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a> using the
+ "ISO image" option;
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk
+ Imager</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e194"></a>Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system
+ </h5>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>It is potentially *dangerous* to do this by hand. You risk to
+ overwrite a disc partition if you get the device-ID wrong.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
<p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p>
@@ -744,13 +859,38 @@
<p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p>
-
- </li>
+
+
+ <p>Alternatively, you can get the device name with the command
+ <code class="code">dmesg</code>: at end, you see the device name starting with
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>sd</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>sdd</em></span> in this
+ case:
+ </p>
+
+ <pre class="screen">[72594.604531] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 27 using xhci_hcd
+[72594.770528] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8564, idProduct=1000
+[72594.770533] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
+[72594.770536] usb 1-1: Product: Mass Storage Device
+[72594.770537] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: JetFlash
+[72594.770539] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 18MJTWLMPUCC3SSB
+[72594.770713] usb 1-1: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 128 microframes, ep desc says 255 microframes
+[72594.770719] usb 1-1: ep 0x2 - rounding interval to 128 microframes, ep desc says 255 microframes
+[72594.771122] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
+[72594.772447] scsi host8: usb-storage 1-1:1.0
+[72595.963238] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access JetFlash Transcend 2GB 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
+[72595.963626] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 4194304 512-byte logical blocks: (2.14 GB/2.00 GiB)
+[72595.964104] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
+[72595.964108] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
+[72595.965025] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found
+[72595.965031] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
+[72595.967251] <span class="emphasis"><em>sdd</em></span>: sdd1
+[72595.969446] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk</pre>
+ </li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for
- example /dev/sdb in the screenshot above, it is a 8Go USB
- stick.
+ example <code class="code">/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, it is a 8GB
+ USB stick.
</p>
</li>
@@ -782,62 +922,11 @@
</div>
</div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="Using Windows">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e206"></a>Using Windows
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <p>You could try:</p>
-
-
- <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a></p>
-
-
- <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk
- Imager</a></p>
-
-
- <p></p>
-
- </div>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Mageia Installation">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e214"></a>Mageia Installation
- </h3>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <p>This step is detailed in <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/doc/" target="_top">the Mageia
- documentation</a>.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>More information is available in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation" target="_top">the Mageia
- wiki</a>.
- </p>
-
- </div>
-
</div>
</body>
</html>
diff --git a/addUser.html b/addUser.html
index d0bfac2..f063b77 100644
--- a/addUser.html
+++ b/addUser.html
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
@@ -36,10 +35,12 @@
+
+
+
-
<div class="section" title="Set Administrator (root) Password:">
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
installations to set a superuser or administrator's password, usually
called the <span class="emphasis"><em>root password</em></span> in Linux. As you type a
password into the top box the colour of its shield will change from red to
- yellow to green depending on the strength of the password. A green shield
+ yellow to green depending on the strength of the password. A green shield
shows you are using a strong password. You need to repeat the same
password in the box just below the first password box, this checks that
you have not mistyped the first password by comparing them.
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@
</ul>
</div>
-
+
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
@@ -158,36 +159,38 @@
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p>Any user you add while installing Mageia, will have a world readable
- (but write protected) home directory.
+ <p>Any user you add while installing Mageia, will have a world
+ readable (but write protected) home directory.
</p>
<p>However, while using your new install, any user you add in
- <span class="emphasis"><em>MCC - System - Manage users on system</em></span> will have a
- home directory that is both read and write protected.
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>MCC - System - Manage users on system</em></span> will have a
+ home directory that is both read and write protected.
</p>
- <p>If you don't want a world readable home directory for anyone, it is
- advised to only add a temporary user now and to add the real one(s) after
- reboot.
+ <p>If you don't want a world readable home directory for anyone, it
+ is advised to only add a temporary user now and to add the real one(s)
+ after reboot.
</p>
- <p>If you prefer world readable home directories, you might want to add
- all extra needed users in the <span class="emphasis"><em>Configuration - Summary</em></span>
- step during the install. Choose <span class="emphasis"><em>User management</em></span>.
+ <p>If you prefer world readable home directories, you might want to
+ add all extra needed users in the <span class="emphasis"><em>Configuration -
+ Summary</em></span> step during the install. Choose <span class="emphasis"><em>User
+ management</em></span>.
</p>
- <p>The access permissions can also be changed after the install.</p>
-
+ <p>The access permissions can also be changed after the
+ install.
+ </p>
+
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
</div>
@@ -206,7 +209,12 @@
<p>If the <span class="guibutton">advanced</span> button is clicked you are
offered a screen that allows you to edit the settings for the user you are
- adding. Additionally, you can disable or enable a guest account.
+ adding.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Additionally, you can disable or enable a
+ guest account.
</p>
diff --git a/add_supplemental_media.html b/add_supplemental_media.html
index 4e10edd..862e491 100644
--- a/add_supplemental_media.html
+++ b/add_supplemental_media.html
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h2 class="title"><a name="add_supplemental_media"></a>Media Selection (Configure
- Supplemental Installation Media)
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="add_supplemental_media"></a>Media Selection (Configure Supplemental Installation Media)
</h2>
</div>
</div>
@@ -26,17 +25,15 @@
-
-
-
+
<p>This screen gives you the list of already recognized repositories. You
- can add other sources for packages, like an optical disc or a remote source.
- The source selection determines which packages will be available for
+ can add other sources for packages, like an optical disc or a remote
+ source. The source selection determines which packages will be available for
selection during the next steps.
</p>
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@
<ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Choosing and activation of the network, if not already up.</p>
+ <p>Choosing and activation of the network, if not already up. </p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@
</ol>
</div>
-
+
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
@@ -73,20 +70,21 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-
+
<p>If you are updating a 64 bit installation which may contain some 32
- bit packages, it is advised to use this screen to add an online mirror by
- ticking one of the Network protocols here. The 64 bit DVD iso only
- contains 64 bit and noarch packages, it will not be able to update the 32
- bit packages. However, after adding an online mirror, installer will find
- the needed 32 bit packages there.
+ bit packages, it is advised to use this screen to add an online mirror by
+ ticking one of the Network protocols here. The 64 bit DVD iso only
+ contains 64 bit and noarch packages, it will not be able to update the 32
+ bit packages. However, after adding an online mirror, installer will find
+ the needed 32 bit packages there.
</p>
-
+
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
+
</div>
</body>
</html>
diff --git a/configureTimezoneUTC.html b/configureTimezoneUTC.html
index dfa87cd..9e42220 100644
--- a/configureTimezoneUTC.html
+++ b/configureTimezoneUTC.html
@@ -17,35 +17,32 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h2 class="title"><a name="configureTimezoneUTC"></a>Configure your
- Timezone
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="configureTimezoneUTC"></a>Configure your Timezone
</h2>
</div>
</div>
</div>
+
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
+
-
- <p><a name="configureTimezoneUTC-pa1"></a>Choose your
- time zone by choosing your country or a city close to you in the same time
- zone.
+
+ <p><a name="configureTimezoneUTC-pa1"></a>Choose your time zone
+ by choosing your country or a city close to you in the same time
+ zone.
</p>
-
- <p><a name="configureTimezoneUTC-pa2"></a>In next
- screen you can choose to set your hardware clock to local time or to GMT,
- also known as UTC.
+
+ <p><a name="configureTimezoneUTC-pa2"></a>In next screen you can
+ choose to set your hardware clock to local time or to GMT, also known as
+ UTC.
</p>
-
+
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
@@ -54,17 +51,17 @@
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="configureTimezoneUTC-pa3"></a>If you have
- more than one operating system on your computer, make sure they are all
- set to local time, or all to UTC/GMT.
- </p>
+ <p><a name="configureTimezoneUTC-pa3"></a>If you have more than
+ one operating system on your computer, make sure they are all set to local
+ time, or all to UTC/GMT.
+ </p>
+
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
+
</div>
</body>
</html>
diff --git a/doPartitionDisks.html b/doPartitionDisks.html
index 9d0ed46..a8d9412 100644
--- a/doPartitionDisks.html
+++ b/doPartitionDisks.html
@@ -22,22 +22,6 @@
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@@ -47,7 +31,7 @@
<p><a name="doPartitionDisks-pa1"></a>In this screen you can see
the content of your hard drive(s) and see the solutions the DrakX
- partitioning wizard found for where to install
+ partitioning wizard found for where to install
<span class="application">Mageia</span>.
</p>
@@ -121,7 +105,7 @@
<p>With this option, the installer displays the remaining Windows
partition in light blue and the future Mageia partition in dark blue
with their intended sizes just under. You have the possibility to
- adapt these sizes by clicking and draging the gap between both
+ adapt these sizes by clicking and dragging the gap between both
partitions. See the screen-shot below.
</p>
@@ -159,7 +143,6 @@
</li>
</ul>
</div>
- <p> </p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
@@ -178,6 +161,85 @@
</div>
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Partitions sizing:</strong></span></p>
+
+
+ <p>The installer will share the available place out according to the
+ following rules:
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>If the total available place is lower than 50 GB, only one
+ partition is created for /, there is no separate partition for
+ /home.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>If the total available place is over 50 GB, then three
+ partitions are created
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>6/19 of the total available place is allocated to / with a
+ maximum of 50 GB
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>1/19 is allocated to swap with a maximum of 4 GB</p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>the rest (at least 12/19) is allocated to /home</p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p>That means that from 160 GB and over of available place, the installer
+ will create three partitions: 50 GB for /, 4 GB for swap and the rest for
+ /home.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Note">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>If you are using an UEFI system, the ESP (EFI System Partition) will
+ be automatically detected, or created if it does not exist yet, and
+ mounted on /boot/EFI. The "Custom" option is the only one that allows to
+ check it has been correctly done
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Warning">
<tr>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1aa436e..0d395be 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html">Select and use ISOs</a></span></dt>
<dd>
<dl>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e19">Media</a></span></dt>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e132">Downloading and Checking Media</a></span></dt>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e157">Burn or dump the ISO</a></span></dt>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e214">Mageia Installation</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e19">Introduction</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e29">Media</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e142">Downloading and Checking Media</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e169">Burn or dump the ISO</a></span></dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="installer.html">DrakX, the Mageia Installer</a></span></dt>
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
<dt><span class="section"><a href="diskdrake.html">Custom disk partitioning with
DiskDrake</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="formatPartitions.html">Formatting</a></span></dt>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="add_supplemental_media.html">Media Selection (Configure
- Supplemental Installation Media)</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="add_supplemental_media.html">Media Selection (Configure Supplemental Installation Media)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="media_selection.html">Media Selection (Nonfree)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="chooseDesktop.html">Desktop Selection</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="choosePackageGroups.html">Package Group Selection</a></span></dt>
@@ -83,16 +82,18 @@
<dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloader.html">Bootloader main options</a></span></dt>
<dd>
<dl>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloader.html#usingMageiaBootloader">Using a Mageia
- bootloader</a></span></dt>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloader.html#usingExistingBootloader">Using an
- existing bootloader</a></span></dt>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloader.html#advancedOptionBootloader">Bootloader
- advanced option</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloader.html#d5e899">With a Bios system</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloader.html#d5e936">With an UEFI system</a></span></dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloaderAddEntry.html">Add or Modify a Boot Menu
Entry</a></span></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloaderAddEntry.html#d5e951">With a Bios system</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="setupBootloaderAddEntry.html#d5e968">With an UEFI system</a></span></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="misc-params.html">Summary of miscellaneous
parameters</a></span></dt>
<dd>
@@ -104,8 +105,7 @@
<dt><span class="section"><a href="misc-params.html#misc-params-security">Security</a></span></dt>
</dl>
</dd>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="configureTimezoneUTC.html">Configure your
- Timezone</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="configureTimezoneUTC.html">Configure your Timezone</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="selectCountry.html">Select your Country /
Region</a></span></dt>
<dd>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
<dt><span class="section"><a href="uninstall-Mageia.html">Uninstalling Mageia</a></span></dt>
<dd>
<dl>
- <dt><span class="section"><a href="uninstall-Mageia.html#d5e1146">Howto</a></span></dt>
+ <dt><span class="section"><a href="uninstall-Mageia.html#d5e1206">Howto</a></span></dt>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
diff --git a/misc-params.html b/misc-params.html
index 6d25894..26fa943 100644
--- a/misc-params.html
+++ b/misc-params.html
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa2a"></a>DrakX selected a
time zone for you, depending on your preferred language. You can
- change it if needed. See also <a class="xref" href="configureTimezoneUTC.html" title="Configure your Timezone">the section called &#8220;Configure your
- Timezone&#8221;</a></p>
+ change it if needed. See also <a class="xref" href="configureTimezoneUTC.html" title="Configure your Timezone">the section called &#8220;Configure your Timezone&#8221;</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
diff --git a/selectLanguage.html b/selectLanguage.html
index a2316c8..9e13156 100644
--- a/selectLanguage.html
+++ b/selectLanguage.html
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
@@ -42,10 +41,11 @@
</p>
- <p>If it is likely that you will require several languages installed on
- your system, for yourself or other users, then you should use the
- <span class="guibutton">Multiple languages</span> button to add them now. It will be
- difficult to add extra language support after installation.
+ <p>If it is likely that you will require several
+ languages installed on your system, for yourself or other users, then you
+ should use the <span class="guibutton">Multiple languages</span> button to add them
+ now. It will be difficult to add extra language support after
+ installation.
</p>
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Mageia uses UTF-8 (Unicode) support by default. This may be
- disabled in the "multiple languages" screen if you know that it is
- inappropriate for your language. Disabling UTF-8 applies to all
- installed languages.
+ <p>Mageia uses UTF-8 (Unicode) support by default.</p>
+
+
+ <p>This may be disabled in the "multiple
+ languages" screen if you know that it is inappropriate for your
+ language. Disabling UTF-8 applies to all installed languages.
</p>
</li>
diff --git a/setupBootloader.html b/setupBootloader.html
index 5a4ab03..68ef89d 100644
--- a/setupBootloader.html
+++ b/setupBootloader.html
@@ -29,64 +29,13 @@
- <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as
- you cannot choose the boot loader (first drop down list) since only one
- is available
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>If you prefer different
- bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by the installer, you can
- change them here.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa2"></a>You may already have another
- operating system on your machine, in which case you need to decide whether
- to add Mageia to your existing bootloader, or allow Mageia to create a new
- one.
- </p>
-
-
- <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa3"></a>The Mageia graphical menus
- are nice :)
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
- <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="section" title="With a Bios system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia
- bootloader
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e899"></a>With a Bios system
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -94,116 +43,186 @@
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa4"></a>By default, Mageia writes
- a new GRUB (legacy) bootloader into the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your
- first hard drive. If you already have other operating systems installed,
- Mageia attempts to add them to your new Mageia boot menu.
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa1"></a>If you prefer different
+ bootloader settings to those chosen automatically by the installer, you
+ can change them here.
</p>
- <p>Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional bootloader
- in addition to GRUB legacy and Lilo.
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa2"></a>You may already have
+ another operating system on your machine, in which case you need to decide
+ whether to add Mageia to your existing bootloader, or allow Mageia to
+ create a new one.
</p>
- <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Tip">
<tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
<th align="left"></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa6"></a>Linux systems which use
- the GRUB2 bootloader are not currently supported by GRUB (legacy) and
- will not be recognised if the default GRUB bootloader is used.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>The best solution here is to use the GRUB2 bootloader
- which is available at the Summary page during installation.
- </p>
+ <p>The Mageia graphical menus are nice :</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Using a Mageia bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an
- existing bootloader
- </h3>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="usingMageiaBootloader"></a>Using a Mageia
+ bootloader
+ </h4>
+ </div>
</div>
</div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa4"></a>By default, Mageia
+ writes a new GRUB (legacy) bootloader into the MBR (Master Boot Record)
+ of your first hard drive. If you already have other operating systems
+ installed, Mageia attempts to add them to your new Mageia boot
+ menu.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Mageia now also offers GRUB2 as an optional
+ bootloader in addition to GRUB legacy and Lilo.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa6"></a>Linux systems which
+ use the GRUB2 bootloader are not currently supported by GRUB (legacy)
+ and will not be recognized if the default GRUB bootloader is
+ used.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>The best solution here is to use the GRUB2
+ bootloader which is available at the Summary page during
+ installation.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
</div>
-
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa46"></a>If you decide to use an
- existing bootloader then you will need to remember to STOP at the summary
- page during the installation and click the Bootloader
- <span class="guibutton">Configure</span> button, which will allow you to change
- the bootloader install location.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa47"></a>Do not select a device
- e.g."sda", or you will overwrite your existing MBR. You must select the
- root partition that you chose during the partitioning phase earlier, e.g.
- sda7.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48"></a>To be clear, sda is a
- device, sda7 is a partition on that device.
- </p>
- <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48a"></a>Go to tty2 with
- Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type <code class="literal">df</code> to check where your
- <code class="literal">/</code> (root) partition is. Ctrl+Alt+F7 takes you back to
- the installer screen.
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <div class="section" title="Using an existing bootloader">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloader"></a>Using an
+ existing bootloader
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa46"></a>If you decide to use an
+ existing bootloader then you will need to remember to STOP at the
+ summary page during the installation and click the Bootloader
+ <span class="guibutton">Configure</span> button, which will allow you to change
+ the bootloader install location.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa47"></a>Do not select a device
+ e.g."sda", or you will overwrite your existing MBR. You must select the
+ root partition that you chose during the partitioning phase earlier,
+ e.g. sda7.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48"></a>To be clear, sda is a
+ device, sda7 is a partition on that device.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Tip">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa48a"></a>Go to tty2 with
+ Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type <code class="literal">df</code> to check where your
+ <code class="literal">/</code> (root) partition is. Ctrl+Alt+F7 takes you back
+ to the installer screen.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa49"></a>The exact procedure for
+ adding your Mageia system to an existing bootloader is beyond the scope
+ of this help, however in most cases it will involve running the relevant
+ bootloader installation program which should detect and add it
+ automatically. See the documentation for the operating system in
+ question.
+ </p>
+
</div>
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa49"></a>The exact procedure for
- adding your Mageia system to an existing bootloader is beyond the scope of
- this help, however in most cases it will involve running the relevant
- bootloader installation program which should detect and add it
- automatically. See the documentation for the operating system in
- question.
- </p>
+ <div class="section" title="Bootloader advanced option">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader
+ advanced option
+ </h4>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa52"></a>If you have very
+ limited disk space for the <code class="literal">/</code> partition that contains
+ <code class="literal">/tmp</code>, click on <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> and
+ check the box for <span class="guilabel">Clean /tmp at each boot</span>. This
+ helps to maintain some free space.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Bootloader advanced option">
+ <div class="section" title="With an UEFI system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="advancedOptionBootloader"></a>Bootloader
- advanced option
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e936"></a>With an UEFI system
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -211,11 +230,25 @@
- <p><a name="setupBootloader-pa52"></a>If you have very limited
- disk space for the <code class="literal">/</code> partition that contains
- <code class="literal">/tmp</code>, click on <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> and
- check the box for <span class="guilabel">Clean /tmp at each boot</span>. This helps
- to maintain some free space.
+ <p>With an UEFI system, the user interface is slightly different as you
+ cannot choose the boot loader since only Grub2-efi is available.
+ </p>
+
+
+
+
+ <p>If Mageia is the first system installed on your computer, the
+ installer created an ESP (EFI System Partition) to receive the bootloader
+ (Grub2-efi). If there was already UEFI operating systems previously
+ installed on your computer (Windows 8 for example), the Mageia installer
+ detected the existing ESP created by Windows and added grub2-efi. Although
+ it is possible to have several ESPs, only one is advised and enough
+ whatever the number of operating systems you have.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>Don't modify the "Boot Device" unless really knowing what you
+ do.
</p>
</div>
diff --git a/setupBootloaderAddEntry.html b/setupBootloaderAddEntry.html
index c79b72b..768d1bb 100644
--- a/setupBootloaderAddEntry.html
+++ b/setupBootloaderAddEntry.html
@@ -28,67 +28,114 @@
- <p>You can add an entry or modify the one you select first, by pressing
- the relevant button in the <span class="emphasis"><em>Bootloader Configuration</em></span>
- screen and editing the screen that pops up on top of it.
- </p>
- <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p>If you have chosen <code class="code">Grub 2</code> as your bootloader, or
- Grub2-efi for UEFI systems, you cannot use this tool to edit entries at
- this step, press 'Next'. You need to manually edit
- <code class="code">/boot/grub2/custom.cfg</code> or use <code class="code">grub-customizer</code>
- instead.
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <div class="section" title="With a Bios system">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e951"></a>With a Bios system
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>You can add an entry or modify the one you select first, by pressing
+ the relevant button in the <span class="emphasis"><em>Bootloader Configuration</em></span>
+ screen and editing the screen that pops up on top of it.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Note">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>If you have chosen <code class="code">Grub 2</code> as your bootloader, you
+ cannot use this tool to edit entries at this step, press 'Next'. You
+ need to manually edit <code class="code">/boot/grub2/custom.cfg</code> or use
+ <code class="code">grub-customizer</code> instead.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+
+ <p>Some things that can be done without any risk, are changing the
+ label of an entry and ticking the box to make an entry the default
+ one.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>You can add the proper version number of an entry, or rename it
+ completely.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>The default entry is the one the systems boots into if you don't
+ make a choice while booting up.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Warning">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>Editing other things can leave you with an unbootable system.
+ Please don't just try something without knowing what you are
+ doing.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
</div>
-
-
- <p>Some things that can be done without any risk, are changing the label
- of an entry and ticking the box to make an entry the default one.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>You can add the proper version number of an entry, or rename it
- completely.
- </p>
-
-
- <p>The default entry is the one the systems boots into if you don't make
- a choice while booting up.
- </p>
-
-
- <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Warning">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
- <th align="left"></th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p>Editing other things can leave you with an unbootable system. Please
- don't just try something without knowing what you are doing.
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <div class="section" title="With an UEFI system">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e968"></a>With an UEFI system
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <p>In this case you are using Grub2-efi and you cannot use this tool to
+ edit entries at this step. To do that you need to manually edit
+ <code class="code">/boot/grub2/custom.cfg</code> or use <code class="code">grub-customizer</code>
+ instead. All you can do here, is to choose the default entry in the drop
+ down list.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p>After a click on the <span class="guibutton">Next</span> button, another
+ drop down list allows to choose the video resolution for Grub2 which is a
+ graphical boot loader.
+ </p>
+
+
+
</div>
</div>
diff --git a/takeOverHdConfirm.html b/takeOverHdConfirm.html
index d6c5286..c370a86 100644
--- a/takeOverHdConfirm.html
+++ b/takeOverHdConfirm.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
-
+
<p><a name="takeOverHdConfirm-pa1"></a>Click on
diff --git a/uninstall-Mageia.html b/uninstall-Mageia.html
index 400497a..bfd5dcb 100644
--- a/uninstall-Mageia.html
+++ b/uninstall-Mageia.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1146"></a>Howto
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1206"></a>Howto
</h3>
</div>
</div>
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