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authorMarja van Waes <marja@mageia.org>2015-02-03 22:27:08 +0100
committerMarja van Waes <marja@mageia.org>2015-02-03 22:27:08 +0100
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</div>
-
- <div class="section">
- <div class="titlepage"></div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Installation Problems and Possible Solutions">
+
+ <div class="section" title="Installation Problems and Possible Solutions">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="installationProblems"></a>Installation Problems and
+ Possible Solutions
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="No Graphical Interface">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="installationProblems"></a>Installation Problems and
- Possible Solutions
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="noX"></a>No Graphical Interface
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>After the initial screen you did not reach the language
+ selection screen. This can happen with some graphic cards and
+ older systems. Try using low resolution by typing
+ <code class="code">vgalo</code> at the prompt.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>If the hardware is very old, a graphical
+ installation may not be possible. In this case it is worth trying
+ a text mode installation. To use this hit ESC at the first welcome
+ screen and confirm with ENTER. You will be presented with a black
+ screen with the word "boot:". Type "text" and hit ENTER. Now
+ continue with the installation in text mode.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
- <div class="section" title="No Graphical Interface">
- <div class="titlepage">
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="The Install Freezes">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
<div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="noX"></a>No Graphical Interface
- </h5>
- </div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="installFreezes"></a>The Install Freezes
+ </h4>
</div>
</div>
-
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>After the initial screen you did not reach the language
- selection screen. This can happen with some graphic cards and
- older systems. Try using low resolution by typing
- <code class="code">vgalo</code> at the prompt.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>If the hardware is very old, a graphical
- installation may not be possible. In this case it is worth trying
- a text mode installation. To use this hit ESC at the first welcome
- screen and confirm with ENTER. You will be presented with a black
- screen with the word "boot:". Type "text" and hit ENTER. Now
- continue with the installation in text mode.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
</div>
+
+
+ <p>If the system appeared to freeze during the installation, this
+ may be a problem with hardware detection. In this case the automatic
+ detection of hardware may be bypassed and dealt with later. To try
+ this, type <code class="code">noauto</code> at the prompt. This option may also be
+ combined with other options as necessary.
+ </p>
- <div class="section" title="The Install Freezes">
- <div class="titlepage">
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="RAM problem">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
<div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="installFreezes"></a>The Install Freezes
- </h5>
- </div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="kernelOptions"></a>RAM problem
+ </h4>
</div>
</div>
-
-
-
- <p>If the system appeared to freeze during the installation, this
- may be a problem with hardware detection. In this case the automatic
- detection of hardware may be bypassed and dealt with later. To try
- this, type <code class="code">noauto</code> at the prompt. This option may also be
- combined with other options as necessary.
- </p>
-
</div>
+
+
+ <p>These will rarely be needed, but in some cases the hardware may
+ report the available RAM incorrectly. To specify this manually, you
+ can use the <code class="code">mem=xxxM</code> parameter, where xxx is the correct
+ amount of RAM. e.g. <code class="code">mem=256M</code> would specify 256MB of
+ RAM.
+ </p>
- <div class="section" title="RAM problem">
- <div class="titlepage">
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Dynamic partitions">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
<div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="kernelOptions"></a>RAM problem
- </h5>
- </div>
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="DynamicPartitions"></a>Dynamic partitions
+ </h4>
</div>
</div>
-
-
-
- <p>These will rarely be needed, but in some cases the hardware may
- report the available RAM incorrectly. To specify this manually, you
- can use the <code class="code">mem=xxxM</code> parameter, where xxx is the correct
- amount of RAM. e.g. <code class="code">mem=256M</code> would specify 256MB of
- RAM.
- </p>
-
</div>
+
+
+ <p>If you converted your hard disk from "basic" format to "dynamic"
+ format on Microsoft Windows, you must know that it is impossible to
+ install Mageia on this disc. To go back to a basic disk, see the
+ Microsoft documentation: <a class="ulink" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx" target="_top">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx</a>.
+ </p>
- <div class="section" title="Dynamic partitions">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="DynamicPartitions"></a>Dynamic partitions
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <p>If you converted your hard disk from "basic" format to "dynamic"
- format on Microsoft Windows, you must know that it is impossible to
- install Mageia on this disc. To go back to a basic disk, see the
- Microsoft documentation: <a class="ulink" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx" target="_top">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315.aspx</a>.
- </p>
-
- </div>
-
</div>
-
+
</div>
</div>