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authorBarry Jackson <barjac@mageia.org>2012-05-10 18:22:30 +0000
committerBarry Jackson <barjac@mageia.org>2012-05-10 18:22:30 +0000
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+++ b/installer.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
- <title>DrakX, the Mageia installer</title>
+ <title>DrakX, the Mageia Installer</title>
<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2">
<link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX">
<link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX">
@@ -13,27 +13,32 @@
table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px }
--></style></head>
<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF">
- <div lang="" class="section" title="DrakX, the Mageia installer">
+ <div lang="" class="section" title="DrakX, the Mageia Installer">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h2 class="title"><a name="installer"></a>DrakX, the Mageia installer
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="installer"></a>DrakX, the Mageia Installer
</h2>
</div>
</div>
</div>
+
+
+
+
+
<p>Whether you are new to GNU-Linux or an experienced user, the Mageia
- installer is designed to help make your installation or upgrade as easy as
+ Installer is designed to help make your installation or upgrade as easy as
possible.
</p>
@@ -65,8 +70,8 @@
- <p>The install process is divided into [a series] of steps, which can
- be followed on the side panel of the screen.
+ <p>The install process is divided into a number of steps, which can be
+ followed on the side panel of the screen.
</p>
@@ -76,9 +81,35 @@
</p>
- <p>Most screens have <span class="guibutton">help</span> buttons which give
+ <p>Most screens have <span class="guibutton">Help</span> buttons which give
further explanations about the current step.
</p>
+
+
+ <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <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">Note</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>If somewhere during install you decide to stop the installation,
+ it is possible to reboot, but please think twice before you do this.
+ Once a partition has been formatted or updates have started to be
+ installed, your computer is no longer in the same state and rebooting it
+ could very well leave you with an unusable system. If in spite of this
+ you are very sure rebooting is what you want, go to a text terminal by
+ pressing the three keys <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl F2</span> at the same
+ time. After that, press <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl Delete</span>
+ simultaneously to reboot.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
</div>
@@ -96,9 +127,8 @@
<p>If the installation fails then it may be necessary to try again by
- using one of the extra options available by hitting the F1 key (Help) see
- <a class="xref" href="installer.html#dx-welcome" title="Figure&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Very First Installation Welcome Screen">Figure&nbsp;1, &#8220;Very First Installation Welcome
- Screen&#8221;</a></p>
+ using one of the extra options available by hitting the <span class="guibutton">F1
+ (Help)</span> key see <a class="xref" href="installer.html#dx-welcome" title="Figure&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Installation Welcome Screen">Figure&nbsp;1, &#8220;Installation Welcome Screen&#8221;</a></p>
<p>This will open the following text based help.</p>
@@ -106,12 +136,12 @@
- <div class="section" title="Installation problems and possible solutions">
+ <div class="section" title="Installation Problems and Possible Solutions">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="installationProblems"></a>Installation problems and
- possible solutions
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="installationProblems"></a>Installation Problems and
+ Possible Solutions
</h4>
</div>
</div>
@@ -119,11 +149,11 @@
- <div class="section" title="No graphical interface">
+ <div class="section" title="No Graphical Interface">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="noX"></a>No graphical interface
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="noX"></a>No Graphical Interface
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -137,17 +167,17 @@
<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 "vgalo" at the
- prompt.
+ 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 be
- impossible. In this case it is worth trying a text mode
+ <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, type <code class="code">text</code> at the prompt.
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Note: this mode may not work in Mageia
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>Note: This mode may not work in Mageia
2.</em></span></p>
</li>
@@ -157,11 +187,11 @@
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Install freezes">
+ <div class="section" title="The Install Freezes">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="installFreezes"></a>Install freezes
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="installFreezes"></a>The Install Freezes
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -169,21 +199,21 @@
- <p>If the system appears to freeze during the installation, this
+ <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 "noauto" at the prompt. This option may also be combined
- with the previous options if necessary.
+ this, type <code class="code">noauto</code> at the prompt. This option may also be
+ combined with other options as necessary.
</p>
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Kernel options">
+ <div class="section" title="Kernel Options">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="kernelOptions"></a>Kernel options
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="kernelOptions"></a>Kernel Options
</h5>
</div>
</div>
@@ -193,8 +223,9 @@
<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 mem=xxxM parameter, where xxx is the correct amount of
- RAM. e.g. "mem=256M" would specify 256MB of RAM.
+ 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>