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<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
- <div lang="" class="section" title="Select and use ISOs">
+ <div class="section" title="Select and use ISOs">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
<div class="section" title="Introduction">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
@@ -37,36 +43,90 @@
<p>Mageia is distributed via ISO images. This page will help you to
- choose which image match your needs.
+ choose which image best suits your needs.
</p>
- <p>There is two families of media:</p>
+ <p>There are three types of installation 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><span class="bold"><strong>Classical installer:</strong></span> Booting
+ with this media provides you with the maximum flexibility when
+ choosing what to install, and for configuring your system. In
+ particular, you have a choice of which Desktop environment to
+ install.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>LIVE media:</strong></span> This option allows
+ you to try out Mageia without having to actually install it, or make
+ any changes to your computer. However, the Live media also includes an
+ Installer, which can be started when booting the media, or after
+ booting into the Live operating system itself.
</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>The Live Installer is simpler compared to the Classical
+ Installer - but you have fewer configuration options.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="important" title="Important" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Important">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Important]" src="important.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>Live ISOs can only be used to create <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">clean</span>&#8221;</span>
+ installations, they cannot be used to upgrade previously installed
+ Mageia releases.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
</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><span class="bold"><strong>Net Install</strong></span>: These are minimal
+ ISO's containing no more than that which is needed to start the DrakX
+ installer and find <code class="literal">DrakX-installer-stage2</code> and other
+ packages that are needed to continue and complete the install. These
+ packages may be on the PC hard disk, on a local drive, on a local
+ network or on the Internet.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>These media are very light (less than 100 MB) and are convenient
+ if bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, or if you have a PC
+ without a DVD drive or is unable to boot from a USB stick.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
- <p>Details are given in the next sections.</p>
+ <p>More details are given in the next sections.</p>
</div>
@@ -74,7 +134,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e29"></a>Media
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e41"></a>Media
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -85,7 +145,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e31"></a>Definition
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e43"></a>Definition
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -93,11 +153,11 @@
<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
- support the ISO file is copied to.
+ you to install and/or update Mageia and, by extension, any physical
+ medium (DVD, USB stick, ...) the ISO file is copied to.
</p>
- <p>You can find them <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.
+ <p>You can find Mageia ISO's <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.
</p>
</div>
@@ -106,7 +166,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e36"></a>Classical installation media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e48"></a>Classical installation media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -117,7 +177,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e38"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e50"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -128,41 +188,40 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called
- drakx.
- </p>
+ <p>These ISOs use the Classical installer called DrakX</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>They are able to make a clean install or an update from
- previous releases.
+ <p>They are used for performing clean installs or to upgrade a
+ previously installed version of Mageia
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>Different media for 32 and 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Some tools are available in the Welcome screen: Rescue
- System, Memory Test, Hardware Detection Tool.
- </p>
+ <p>Some tools are available in the Installer
+ <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">Welcome</span>&#8221;</span> screen: <span class="emphasis"><em>Rescue System, Memory
+ Test, </em></span>and <span class="emphasis"><em>Hardware Detection
+ Tool</em></span></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and
- languages.
+ languages
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add
- non free software.
+ non-free software
</p>
</li>
@@ -177,7 +236,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e53"></a>Live media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e68"></a>Live media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -188,7 +247,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e55"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e70"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -199,33 +258,31 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing
- it on a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on to your HDD.
+ <p>Can be used to preview the Mageia operating system without
+ having to install it
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (Plasma,
- GNOME or Xfce).
- </p>
+ <p>The Live media also includes an Installer.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (Plasma,
+ GNOME or Xfce)
+ </p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="bold"><strong>Live ISOs can only be used to create
- clean installations, they cannot be used to upgrade from previous
- releases.</strong></span></p>
+ <p>Different media for 32 and 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>They contain non free software.</p>
+ <p>They contain non-free software</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -237,7 +294,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e69"></a>Live DVD Plasma
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e83"></a>Live DVD Plasma
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -248,17 +305,17 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Plasma desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Plasma desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>All languages are present.</p>
+ <p>All available languages are present</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>64 bit architecture only.</p>
+ <p>64-bit architecture only</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -270,7 +327,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e78"></a>Live DVD GNOME
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e92"></a>Live DVD GNOME
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -281,17 +338,17 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>GNOME desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>All languages are present.</p>
+ <p>All available languages are present</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>64 bit architecture only</p>
+ <p>64-bit architecture only</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -303,7 +360,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e87"></a>Live DVD Xfce
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e101"></a>Live DVD Xfce
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -314,17 +371,17 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Xfce desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Xfce desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>All languages are present.</p>
+ <p>All available languages are present</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>32 or 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -334,11 +391,11 @@
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Boot-only CD media">
+ <div class="section" title="Net install media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e96"></a>Boot-only CD media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e110"></a>Net install media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -349,7 +406,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e98"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e112"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -360,32 +417,12 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Each one is a small image that contains no more than that
- which is needed to start the drakx installer and find
- drakx-installer-stage2 and other packages that are needed to
- continue and complete the install. These packages may be on the PC
- hard disk, on a local drive, on a local network or on the
- Internet.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>These media are very light (less than 100 MB) and are
- convenient when bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, a PC
- without a DVD drive or a PC that can't boot from a USB
- stick.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>Different media for 32 and 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>English language only.</p>
+ <p>First steps are English language only</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -397,7 +434,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e109"></a>netinstall.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>netinstall.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -408,7 +445,9 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Contains only free software, for those people who prefer not to use non-free software.</p>
+ <p>Contains only free software, for those who prefer to not use
+ non-free software
+ </p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -420,7 +459,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e114"></a>netinstall-nonfree.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e124"></a>netinstall-nonfree.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -432,7 +471,7 @@
<li class="listitem">
<p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for
- people who need it.
+ those who need it
</p>
</li>
@@ -449,7 +488,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e129"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -460,26 +499,40 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e121"></a>Downloading
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e131"></a>Downloading
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <p>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it using either http or BitTorrent. In both cases, a window gives you
- some information, such as the mirror in use and an opportunity to change if the bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you
- may also see something like
+ <p>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it using
+ either http or BitTorrent. In both cases, you are provided with some
+ information, such as the mirror in use and an option to switch to an
+ alternative if the bandwidth is too low.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>If http is chosen you will also see some information regarding
+ checksums.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><code class="literal">md5sum</code>, <code class="literal">sha1sum</code> and
+ <code class="literal">sha512sum</code> (the most secure) are tools to check the
+ ISO integrity. Copy one of the checksums (string of alphanumeric
+ characters) for use in the next section.
</p>
+
- <p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only
- one of them. Keep one of them <a class="link" href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#integrity">for further
- usage</a>. Then a window similar to this one appears:
+ <p>In the meantime, a window to download the actual ISO will
+ open:
</p>
- <p>Check the radio button Save File.</p>
+ <p>Click on <span class="emphasis"><em>Save File</em></span>, then click
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>OK</em></span>.
+ </p>
</div>
@@ -487,37 +540,56 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e133"></a>Checking the integrity of the downloaded media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e149"></a>Checking the integrity of the downloaded
+ media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <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 or attempt a repair using BitTorrent.
+ <p>The checksums referred to earlier, are digital fingerprints
+ generated by an algorithm from the file to be downloaded. You may
+ compare the checksum of your downloaded ISO against that of the original
+ source ISO. If the checksums do not match, it means that the actual data
+ on the ISO's do not match, and if that is the case, then you should
+ retry the download or attempt a repair using BitTorrent.
</p>
- <p>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</p>
-
- <p>- To use md5sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>md5sum
- path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.
+ <p>To generate the checksum for your downloaded ISO, open a console,
+ (no need to be root), and:
</p>
- <p>- To use sha1sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>sha1sum
- path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.
- </p>
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>To use the md5sum, type: <span class="command"><strong>md5sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso</strong></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>To use the sha1sum, type: <span class="command"><strong>sha1sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso</strong></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>To use the sha512sum, type: <span class="command"><strong>sha512sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso</strong></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
- <p>and compare the obtained number on your computer (you may have to
- wait for a while) with the number given by Mageia. Example:
- </p>
+ <p>Example:</p>
+
- <p></p>
+ <p>then compare the result (you may have to wait for a while) with
+ the ISO checksum provided by Mageia.
+ </p>
</div>
@@ -527,33 +599,33 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e146"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e168"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <p>The checked ISO can now be burned to a CD or DVD or dumped to a USB
- stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim to make a bootable
- medium.
+ <p>The verified ISO can now be burned to a CD/DVD or
+ <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">dumped</span>&#8221;</span> to a USB stick. This is not a standard copy
+ operation, as a bootable medium will actually be created.
</p>
<div class="section" title="Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e149"></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>
</div>
- <p>Use whatever burner you wish but ensure the burning device is set
- correctly to <span class="bold"><strong>burn an image</strong></span>, burn data
- or files is not correct. There is more information in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images" target="_top">the
- Mageia wiki</a>.
+ <p>Whichever software you use, ensure that the option to burn
+ an<span class="emphasis"><em> image</em></span> is used. Burn <span class="emphasis"><em>data</em></span> or
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>files</em></span> is NOT correct. See the <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images" target="_top">the
+ Mageia wiki</a> for more information.
</p>
</div>
@@ -562,15 +634,15 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e154"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e179"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <p>All Mageia ISOs are hybrids, which means you can 'dump' them to a
- USB stick and then use it to boot and install the system.
+ <p>All Mageia ISOs are hybrids, which means you can dump them to a
+ USB stick and then use that to boot and install the system.
</p>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
@@ -582,9 +654,8 @@
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
- <p>"Dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any previous
- file-system on the device; any other data will be lost and the
- partition capacity will be reduced to the image size.
+ <p>Dumping an image onto a flash device destroys any previous
+ file-system on the device and all existing data will be lost.
</p>
</td>
@@ -592,15 +663,36 @@
</table>
</div>
- <p>To recover the original capacity, you must redo partitioning and
- re-format the USB stick.
- </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>Also, the only partition on the flash device will then just be
+ the Mageia ISO partition.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>So, if an ISO of about 4GB is written to an 8GB USB stick, the
+ stick will then only show up as 4GB. This is because the remaining 4GB
+ is no longer formatted - hence not currently available for use. To
+ recover the original capacity, you must reformat and repartition the
+ USB stick.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
<div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Mageia">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e160"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e187"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -615,7 +707,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e164"></a>Using a graphical tool within Windows
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e191"></a>Using a graphical tool within Windows
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -624,20 +716,31 @@
<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 class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a> using
+ the "ISO image" option
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32
+ Disk Imager</a></p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system">
+ <div class="section" title="Using the Command line within a GNU/Linux system">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e171"></a>Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e201"></a>Using the Command line within a GNU/Linux system
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -653,8 +756,9 @@
<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>It is potentially *dangerous* to do this by hand. You risk
+ overwriting potentially valuable existing data if you specify the
+ wrong target device.
</p>
</td>
@@ -662,8 +766,6 @@
</table>
</div>
- <p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p>
-
<div class="orderedlist">
<ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
@@ -673,29 +775,40 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong>
- (don't forget the final '-' )
+ <p>Become a <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> (Administrator) user with
+ the command <span class="command"><strong>su -</strong></span> (don't forget the
+ <span class="command"><strong>-</strong></span> )
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Plug in your USB stick (do not mount it, this also means do
- not open any application or file manager that could access or read
- it)
+ <p>Plug in your USB stick - but do not mount it (this also
+ means do not open any application or file manager that could
+ access or read it)
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p>
+ <p>Enter the command <span class="command"><strong>fdisk -l</strong></span></p>
+
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+ <p>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for
+ example <code class="filename">/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, is
+ an 8GB USB stick.
+ </p>
- <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>Alternatively, you can find the device name with the command
+ <span class="command"><strong>dmesg</strong></span>. Towards the end of the following
+ example, you can see the device name starting with
+ <code class="filename">sd</code>, and in this case,
+ <code class="filename">sdd</code> is the actual device. You can also see
+ that its size is 2GB:
</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
@@ -718,30 +831,44 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for
- example <code class="code">/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, it is a 8GB
- USB stick.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
+ <p>Enter the command: <span class="command"><strong>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file
+ of=/dev/sd<em class="replaceable"><code>X</code></em> bs=1M</strong></span></p>
- <p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file
- of=/dev/sdX bs=1M</code></strong></p>
+ <p>Where <em class="replaceable"><code>X</code></em>=your device name eg:
+ <code class="filename">/dev/sdd</code></p>
- <p>Where X=your device name eg: /dev/sdc</p>
+ <p>Example:<code class="literal"> dd
+ if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-6-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdd
+ bs=1M</code></p>
- <p>Example: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-6-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M</code></strong></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>It might be helpful to know that <span class="bold"><strong>if</strong></span> stands for <span class="bold"><strong>i</strong></span>nput <span class="bold"><strong>f</strong></span>ile and <span class="bold"><strong>of</strong></span> stands for <span class="bold"><strong>o</strong></span>utput <span class="bold"><strong>f</strong></span>ile
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>sync</code></strong></p>
+ <p>Enter the command: <span class="command"><strong>sync</strong></span></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Unplug your USB stick, it is done</p>
+ <p>This is the end of the process, and you may now unplug your
+ USB stick.
+ </p>
</li>
</ol>
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