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diff --git a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html index 6ea7e80..d2d97ba 100644 --- a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html +++ b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html @@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ - <p>We call a media here a ISO image file that allows to install - and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical support where the ISO - file is copied. + <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. </p> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>They use the traditional installer called drakx.</p> + <p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> @@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Each DVD contains any available desktop environments and + <p>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and languages. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add or - not non free software. + <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add + non free software. </p> </li> @@ -168,19 +168,19 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Both architectures are present on the same media, the choice + <p>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the choice is made automatically according to the detected CPU. </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Xfce desktop only.</p> + <p>Uses Xfce desktop only.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Some languages only (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl, + <p>Not all languages are available. (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl, pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED! </p> @@ -226,22 +226,22 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Can be used to preview the distribution without first - installing it on a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on your - HDD. + <p>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing it on + a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on to your HDD. + </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or + <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or GNOME). </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p> + <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>They contains non free software.</p> + <p>They contain non free software.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>32 bits only.</p> + <p>32 bit only.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>32 bits only.</p> + <p>32 bit only.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p> + <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p> + <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -404,11 +404,11 @@ </div> - <div class="section" title="Boot-only CDs media"> + <div class="section" title="Boot-only CD media"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e109"></a>Boot-only CDs media + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e109"></a>Boot-only CD media </h4> </div> </div> @@ -433,24 +433,25 @@ <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 the ISO file - to continue and complete the install. These ISO files may be on - the PC hard disk, on a local drive, on a local network or on the + 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 Mo) and are - convenient when bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, PC - without DVD drive or PC that can't boot on a USB stick. + <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 architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p> + <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> @@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Contains only free software, for people who refuse non free + <p>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to use non-free software. </p> @@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Contains non free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for + <p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need it. </p> @@ -522,11 +523,11 @@ </div> - <div class="section" title="Media downloading and checking"> + <div class="section" title="Downloading and Checking Media"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>Media downloading and checking + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>Downloading and Checking Media </h3> </div> </div> @@ -546,22 +547,23 @@ - <p>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it either - using http or BitTorrent. In both cases, a window give you some - information, like the used mirror and the possibility to change if the - bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you can also see something + <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 the possibility to change if the + bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you may also see something like </p> - <p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check your ISO integrity. Use only + <p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only one of them. Both hexadecimal numbers have been calculated by an - algorithm from the file to be downloaded. If you ask this algorithm to - calculate again this number from your downloaded file, either you have + 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 met a failure. Then this window appears: + different and you have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry + the download.Then this window appears: </p> @@ -623,17 +625,17 @@ - <p>The checked ISO can now be burned on a CD or DVD or dumped on a USB - stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim at make a boot-able - media. + <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 boot-able + medium. </p> - <div class="section" title="Burn the ISO on a CD/DVD"> + <div class="section" title="Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e160"></a>Burn the ISO on a CD/DVD + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e160"></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD </h4> </div> </div> @@ -641,19 +643,19 @@ - <p>Use whatever burner you want 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. - More information in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images" target="_top">the Mageia wiki</a>. + <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> </div> - <div class="section" title="Dump the ISO on a USB stick"> + <div class="section" title="Dump the ISO to a USB stick"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e165"></a>Dump the ISO on a USB stick + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e165"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick </h4> </div> </div> @@ -661,8 +663,8 @@ - <p>All Mageia ISOs are hybrid, which means you can 'dump' them on a - USB stick and 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 it to boot and install the system. </p> @@ -675,8 +677,8 @@ <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> - <p>"dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any prior - file-system in the partition; any data will be lost and partition + <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> @@ -686,9 +688,7 @@ </div> - <p>To recover the original capacity, you have to format the USB - stick. - </p> + <p>To recover the original capacity, you must re-format the USB stick.</p> <div class="section" title="Using Mageia"> @@ -718,8 +718,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong> (don't forget the final - -) + <p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong> (don't forget the final '-' ) </p> @@ -727,8 +726,8 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Plug your USB stick (do not mount it, that means do not open - any application or file manager that read it) + <p>Plug 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> </li> @@ -753,9 +752,10 @@ bs=1M</code></strong></p> - <p>(x)=your device name eg: /dev/sdc Example: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd - if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb - bs=1M</code></strong></p> + <p>Where X=your device name eg: /dev/sdc</p> + + <p> Example: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso + of=/dev/sdb bs=1M</code></strong></p> </li> <li class="listitem"> @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e205"></a>Using Windows + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e206"></a>Using Windows </h5> </div> </div> @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ - <p>You can try:</p> + <p>You could try:</p> <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a></p> @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e213"></a>Mageia Installation + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e214"></a>Mageia Installation </h3> </div> </div> @@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ </p> - <p>More information, is available in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation" target="_top">the Mageia wiki</a>. + <p>More information is available in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation" target="_top">the Mageia wiki</a>. </p> </div> @@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ <dd> <dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e19">Media</a></span></dt> - <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e132">Media downloading and checking</a></span></dt> + <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e132">Downloading and Checking Media</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e157">Burn or dump the ISO</a></span></dt> - <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e213">Mageia Installation</a></span></dt> + <dt><span class="section"><a href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#d5e214">Mageia Installation</a></span></dt> </dl> </dd> <dt><span class="section"><a href="installer.html">DrakX, the Mageia Installer</a></span></dt> <dd> <dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="installer.html#installationSteps">The installation steps</a></span></dt> - <dt><span class="section"><a href="installer.html#installationOptions"></a></span></dt> + <dt><span class="section"><a href="installer.html#installationProblems">Installation Problems and + Possible Solutions</a></span></dt> </dl> </dd> <dt><span class="section"><a href="selectLanguage.html">Please choose a language to use</a></span></dt> @@ -123,6 +124,12 @@ <dt><span class="section"><a href="securityLevel.html">Security Level</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="installUpdates.html">Updates</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="exitInstall.html">Congratulations</a></span></dt> + <dt><span class="section"><a href="uninstall-Mageia.html">Uninstalling Mageia</a></span></dt> + <dd> + <dl> + <dt><span class="section"><a href="uninstall-Mageia.html#d5e1119">Howto</a></span></dt> + </dl> + </dd> </dl> </div> diff --git a/installer.html b/installer.html index cbef2a5..5b7e811 100644 --- a/installer.html +++ b/installer.html @@ -299,129 +299,124 @@ </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> diff --git a/uninstall-Mageia.html b/uninstall-Mageia.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8cdd46c --- /dev/null +++ b/uninstall-Mageia.html @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +<html> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> + + <title>Uninstalling Mageia</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"> + <link rel="prev" href="exitInstall.html" title="Congratulations"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> + <!-- + body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } + 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="Uninstalling Mageia"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h2 class="title"><a name="uninstall-Mageia"></a>Uninstalling Mageia + </h2> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + + + + + <div class="section" title="Howto"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1119"></a>Howto + </h3> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + + + <p>If Mageia didn't convince you or you can't install it correctly, in + short you want get rid of it. That is your right and Mageia also gives you + the possibility to uninstall. This is not true for every operating + system. + </p> + + + <p>After your data backup, reboot your installation Mageia DVD and select Rescue + system, then, Restore Windows boot loader. At the next boot, you will only + have Windows with no option to choose your operating system. + </p> + + + <p>To recover the space used by Mageia partitions on Windows, click on + <code class="code">Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer + Management -> Storage -> Disk Management</code> to access to the + partition management. You will recognize the Mageia partition because they + are labeled <span class="guilabel">Unknown</span>, and also by their size and place + in the disk. Right click on each of these partitions and select + <span class="guibutton">Delete</span>. The space will be freed. + </p> + + + <p>If you are using Windows XP, you can create a new partition and format it (FAT32 + or NTFS). It will get a partition letter. + </p> + + + <p>If you have Vista or 7, you have one more possibility, you can + extend the existing partition that is at the left of the freed space. + There are other partitioning tools that can be used, such as gparted, + available for both windows and linux. As always, when changing partitions, + be very careful, and make sure all important things have been backed + up. + </p> + + </div> + + </div> + </body> +</html> |