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authorKamil Rytarowski <kamil@mageia.org>2012-04-16 19:37:44 +0000
committerKamil Rytarowski <kamil@mageia.org>2012-04-16 19:37:44 +0000
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</div>
</div>
</div>
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+
<p><a name="misc-params-pa1"></a>DrakX made a smart choice for
the configuration of your system, depending on the choices you made before
and on the hardware DrakX detected. You can check the settings here and
- change them if you want.
+ change them if you want after pressing <span class="guibutton">Configure</span>.
</p>
@@ -49,27 +55,39 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa2"></a><span class="guilabel">Timezone</span>:
- </p>
+ <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa2"></a><span class="guilabel">Timezone</span></p>
+
+ <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="misc-params.html#drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT" title="Configure your Timezone">the section called &#8220;Configure your
+ Timezone&#8221;</a></p>
+
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa3"></a><span class="guilabel">Country /
- Region</span>:
- </p>
+ Region</span></p>
+
+ <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa3a"></a>If you are not in the selected country, it is very important that you correct the setting. See <a class="xref" href="misc-params.html#drakxid-selectCountry" title="Select your Country / Region">the section called &#8220;Select your Country /
+ Region&#8221;</a></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4"></a><span class="guilabel">Bootloader</span>:
+ <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4"></a><span class="guilabel">Bootloader</span></p>
+
+ <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4a"></a>DrakX made a good choice for the settings of the bootloader.
+ </p>
+
+ <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa4b"></a>Do not change anything, unless you know a lot about grub and/or lilo
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="misc-params-system-pa5"></a><span class="guilabel">User
- management</span>:
+ management</span></p>
+
+ <p><a name="misc-params-system-pa5a"></a>You can add extra users here. They will get their own <code class="literal">/home</code> directories and will not be able to look in your or each other's documents, mails, pictures and other files.
</p>
</li>
@@ -148,29 +166,65 @@
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa1"></a><span class="guilabel">First
- entry</span>:
+ <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa1"></a><span class="guilabel">Network</span>:
</p>
+
+ <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa2"></a>You can configure your network here, but for network cards with non-free drivers it is better to do that after reboot, in
+ the <span class="application">Mageia Control Center</span>, after having enabled the non-free repositories.
+ </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">Warning</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+ <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa3"></a>When you add a network card, do not forget to set your firewall to watch that interface (too).
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa2"></a><span class="guilabel">2nd
- entry</span>:
+ <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa4"></a><span class="guilabel">Proxies</span>:
</p>
</li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+ <div class="section" title="Security">
+ <div class="titlepage">
+ <div>
+ <div>
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="misc-params-security"></a>Security
+ </h3>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa3"></a><span class="guilabel">3rd
- entry</span>:
+ <p><a name="misc-params-security-pa1"></a><span class="guilabel">Security Level</span>:
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><a name="misc-params-network-pa4"></a><span class="guilabel">4th
- entry</span>:
+ <p><a name="misc-params-security-pa2"></a><span class="guilabel">Firewall</span>:
</p>
</li>
@@ -193,8 +247,28 @@
- <p><a name="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT-pa2"></a>..............
+ <p><a name="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT-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="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT-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>
+ <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><a name="drakxid-configureTimezoneGMT-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>
@@ -212,8 +286,27 @@
- <p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa1"></a>..........e
+ <p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa1"></a>Select your country or region. This is important for all kinds of settings, like the currency and wireless regulatory domain.
+ Setting the wrong country can lead to not being able to use WLAN
+ </p>
+
+ <p><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa2"></a>If your country isn't in the list, click the <span class="guilabel">Other Countries</span> button and choose your country / region there.
</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><a name="drakxid-selectCountry-pa3"></a>If your country is only in the <span class="guilabel">Other Countries</span> list, after clicking <span class="guibutton">OK</span> it may seem a country from the first list was chosen. Please ignore this, DrakX will follow your real choice.
+ </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
</div>
@@ -248,9 +341,8 @@
</div>
-
- <p><a name="draxid-miscellaneous-pa1"></a>I don't understand
- where this segment (drakxid-miscellaneous) shows up
+
+ <p><a name="draxid-miscellaneous-pa1"></a>This section seems to show up in the <span class="guilabel">Security Level</span> screen in the Summary step of the configuration after installation.
</p>
</div>