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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
- <title>Selecci&oacute; i utilitzaci&oacute; de les ISOs</title>
+ <title>Selecci&oacute; i utilitzaci&oacute; de les ISO</title>
<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2">
<link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Instal&middot;laci&oacute; amb DrakX">
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@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px }
--></style></head>
<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
- <div lang="ca" class="section" title="Selecci&oacute; i utilitzaci&oacute; de les ISOs">
+ <div lang="ca" class="section" title="Selecci&oacute; i utilitzaci&oacute; de les ISO">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h2 class="title"><a name="Select-and-use-ISOs"></a>Selecci&oacute; i utilitzaci&oacute; de les ISOs
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="Select-and-use-ISOs"></a>Selecci&oacute; i utilitzaci&oacute; de les ISO
</h2>
</div>
</div>
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
<div class="section" title="Introducci&oacute;">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
@@ -37,42 +43,95 @@
<p>Mageia is distributed via ISO images. This page will help you to choose
- which image match your needs.
+ which image best suits your needs.
</p>
- <p>There is two families of media:</p>
+ <p>Hi ha tres tipus de mitjans d'instal&middot;laci&oacute;:</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="Nota" 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="[Nota]" 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>
- <div class="section" title="Suport">
+ <div class="section" title="Mitj&agrave;">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e29"></a>Suport
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e41"></a>Mitj&agrave;
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -83,7 +142,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e31"></a>Definici&oacute;
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e43"></a>Definici&oacute;
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -91,20 +150,20 @@
<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.
+ install and/or update Mageia and, by extension, any physical medium (DVD,
+ USB stick, ...) the ISO file is copied to.
</p>
- <p>Els podeu trobar <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">aqu&iacute;</a>.
+ <p>You can find Mageia ISO's <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.
</p>
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Suports d'instal&middot;laci&oacute; cl&agrave;ssics">
+ <div class="section" title="Mitjans d'instal&middot;laci&oacute; cl&agrave;ssics">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e36"></a>Suports d'instal&middot;laci&oacute; cl&agrave;ssics
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e48"></a>Mitjans d'instal&middot;laci&oacute; cl&agrave;ssics
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -115,7 +174,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e38"></a>Caracter&iacute;stiques comunes
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e50"></a>Caracter&iacute;stiques comunes
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -126,38 +185,36 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Aquestes ISOs fan servir l'instal&middot;lador cl&agrave;ssic anomenat drakx.</p>
+ <p>These ISOs use the Classical installer called DrakX</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Poden fer una instal&middot;laci&oacute; neta o b&eacute; una actualitzaci&oacute; des de versions
- anteriors.
+ <p>They are used for performing clean installs or to upgrade a previously
+ installed version of Mageia
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Suports diferents per a arquitectura de 32 &oacute; 64 bits.</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>Cada DVD cont&eacute; diversos entorns d'escriptori disponible i diversos idiomes.</p>
+ <p>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and languages</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Durant la instal&middot;laci&oacute; se us oferir&agrave; la possibilitat d'afegir programari de
- propietat.
- </p>
+ <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non-free software</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -171,7 +228,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e53"></a>Mitj&agrave; aut&ograve;nom
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e68"></a>Mitj&agrave; aut&ograve;nom
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -182,7 +239,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e55"></a>Caracter&iacute;stiques comunes
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e70"></a>Caracter&iacute;stiques comunes
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -193,32 +250,29 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Es pot utilitzar per a tenir una previsualitzaci&oacute; de la distribuci&oacute; sense
- instal&middot;lar-la al disc dur, amb la possibilitat d'instal&middot;lar Mageia al disc
- dur si ho voleu.
+ <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>Suports diferents per a arquitectura de 32 &oacute; 64 bits.</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>Contenen programari de propietat.</p>
+ <p>They contain non-free software</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -226,11 +280,11 @@
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Live DVD Plasma">
+ <div class="section" title="DVD aut&ograve;nom de Plasma">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e69"></a>Live DVD Plasma
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e83"></a>DVD aut&ograve;nom de Plasma
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -241,17 +295,17 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Plasma desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Plasma desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Cont&eacute; tots els idiomes.</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>
@@ -263,7 +317,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e78"></a>DVD aut&ograve;nom de GNOME
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e92"></a>DVD aut&ograve;nom de GNOME
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -274,17 +328,17 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Nom&eacute;s entorn d'escriptori GNOME.</p>
+ <p>GNOME desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Cont&eacute; tots els idiomes.</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>
@@ -292,11 +346,11 @@
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Live DVD Xfce">
+ <div class="section" title="DVD aut&ograve;nom de Xfce">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e87"></a>Live DVD Xfce
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e101"></a>DVD aut&ograve;nom de Xfce
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -307,17 +361,17 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Xfce desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Xfce desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Cont&eacute; tots els idiomes.</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>
@@ -327,11 +381,11 @@
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Suport CD nom&eacute;s d'arrencada">
+ <div class="section" title="Net install media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e96"></a>Suport CD nom&eacute;s d'arrencada
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e110"></a>Net install media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -342,7 +396,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e98"></a>Caracter&iacute;stiques comunes
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e112"></a>Caracter&iacute;stiques comunes
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -353,30 +407,12 @@
<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>Suports diferents per a arquitectura de 32 &oacute; 64 bits.</p>
+ <p>Different media for 32 and 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Nom&eacute;s en angl&egrave;s.</p>
+ <p>First steps are English language only</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -388,7 +424,7 @@
<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>
@@ -399,8 +435,8 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Contains only free software, for those people who prefer not to use non-free
- software.
+ <p>Contains only free software, for those who prefer to not use non-free
+ software
</p>
</li>
@@ -413,7 +449,7 @@
<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>
@@ -424,9 +460,7 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Cont&eacute; programari de propietat (principalment controladors, c&ograve;decs...) per a
- qui el necessiti.
- </p>
+ <p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for those who need it</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -442,7 +476,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>Baixada i comprovaci&oacute; del mitj&agrave;
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e129"></a>Baixada i comprovaci&oacute; del mitj&agrave;
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -453,7 +487,7 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e121"></a>Baixada
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e131"></a>Baixada
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -461,19 +495,27 @@
<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
+ 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>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><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>Check the radio button Save File.</p>
+ <p>In the meantime, a window to download the actual ISO will open:</p>
+
+
+ <p>Click on <span class="emphasis"><em>Save File</em></span>, then click <span class="emphasis"><em>OK</em></span>.
+ </p>
</div>
@@ -481,37 +523,55 @@
<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>Obriu una consola, no cal que sigueu root, i:</p>
-
- <p>- Per a fer servir md5sum, teclegeu: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>md5sum
- cam&iacute;/cap/a/la/imatge/fitxer.iso</code></strong>.
+ <p>To generate the checksum for your downloaded ISO, open a console, (no need
+ to be root), and:
</p>
- <p>- Per a fer servir sha1sum, teclegeu [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>sha1sum
- cam&iacute;/cap/a/la/imatge/fitxer.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>Exemple:</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>
@@ -521,33 +581,33 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e146"></a>Enregistrament o bolcat de l'ISO
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e168"></a>Enregistrament o bolcat de l'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="Enregistrament de l'ISO a un CD/DVD">
+ <div class="section" title="Gravaci&oacute; de l'ISO a un CD/DVD">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e149"></a>Enregistrament de l'ISO a un CD/DVD
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e172"></a>Gravaci&oacute; de l'ISO a un 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>
@@ -556,16 +616,15 @@
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e154"></a>Bolcat de l'ISO a un llapis de mem&ograve;ria USB
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e179"></a>Bolcat de l'ISO a un llapis de mem&ograve;ria USB
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <p>Totes les ISO de Mageia s&oacute;n h&iacute;brides, que vol dir que les podeu &laquo;bolcar&raquo; a
- un llapis de mem&ograve;ria USB i despr&eacute;s fer-lo servir per a arrencar i instal&middot;lar
- el sistema.
+ <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="Av&iacute;s" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
@@ -577,9 +636,8 @@
<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>
@@ -587,15 +645,35 @@
</table>
</div>
- <p>Per recuperar la capacitat original, heu de refer les particions i tornar a
- formatar la mem&ograve;ria USB.
- </p>
+ <div class="note" title="Nota" 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="[Nota]" 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>
@@ -610,7 +688,7 @@
<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>
@@ -619,20 +697,31 @@
<p>Podeu provar:</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>
@@ -648,8 +737,8 @@
<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>
@@ -657,8 +746,6 @@
</table>
</div>
- <p>Tamb&eacute; podeu fer servir l'eina dd en una consola:</p>
-
<div class="orderedlist">
<ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
@@ -668,27 +755,36 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Convertiu-vos en root amb l'ordre <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong> (no oblideu el
- &laquo;-&raquo; 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>Introdu&iuml;u l'ordre <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>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>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 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
@@ -711,30 +807,43 @@
</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>Introdu&iuml;u l'ordre: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=cam&iacute;/al/fitxer/ISO 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>On X=nom del dispositiu, per exemple: /dev/sdc</p>
+ <p>Exemple:<code class="literal"> dd if=/home/usuari/Baixades/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="Suggeriment" 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="[Suggeriment]" 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>Introdu&iuml;u l'ordre: # <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>Desconnecteu el llapis de mem&ograve;ria USB, ja est&agrave;</p>
+ <p>This is the end of the process, and you may now unplug your USB stick.</p>
</li>
</ol>