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diff --git a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html index d2d97ba..f0a232f 100644 --- a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html +++ b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ </div> </div> </div> + @@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ - <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>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 +91,9 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</p> + <p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called + drakx. + </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> @@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add + <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non free software. </p> @@ -168,8 +171,8 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the choice - is made automatically according to the detected CPU. + <p>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the + choice is made automatically according to the detected CPU. </p> </li> @@ -180,8 +183,8 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Not all languages are available. (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl, - pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED! + <p>Not all languages are available. (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, + fr, it, mk, pl, pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED! </p> </li> @@ -226,9 +229,8 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing it on - a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on to 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> @@ -435,8 +437,8 @@ <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 + 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> @@ -445,7 +447,8 @@ <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. + without a DVD drive or a PC that can't boot from a USB + stick. </p> </li> @@ -481,8 +484,8 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to use non-free - software. + <p>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to + use non-free software. </p> </li> @@ -549,8 +552,8 @@ <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 + 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> @@ -559,8 +562,8 @@ <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. When you ask these algorithms to - recalculate 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 have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry the download.Then this window appears: @@ -644,8 +647,9 @@ <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>. + 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> @@ -678,8 +682,8 @@ <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. + file-system on the device; any other data will be lost and the + partition capacity will be reduced to the image size. </p> </td> @@ -688,7 +692,9 @@ </div> - <p>To recover the original capacity, you must re-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"> @@ -718,7 +724,8 @@ </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> @@ -726,8 +733,9 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <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>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> @@ -748,14 +756,16 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file of=/dev/sdX - bs=1M</code></strong></p> + <p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file + of=/dev/sdX 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> + <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"> @@ -792,7 +802,8 @@ <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a></p> - <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk Imager</a></p> + <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk + Imager</a></p> <p></p> @@ -816,16 +827,17 @@ - <p>This step is detailed in <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/doc/" target="_top">the Mageia documentation</a>. + <p>This step is detailed in <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/doc/" target="_top">the Mageia + documentation</a>. </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> - </div> </body> </html> diff --git a/add_supplemental_media.html b/add_supplemental_media.html index d8ceab7..4e10edd 100644 --- a/add_supplemental_media.html +++ b/add_supplemental_media.html @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h2 class="title"><a name="add_supplemental_media"></a>Media Selection (Configure Supplemental Installation Media) + <h2 class="title"><a name="add_supplemental_media"></a>Media Selection (Configure + Supplemental Installation Media) </h2> </div> </div> @@ -25,15 +26,17 @@ - + + + <p>This screen gives you the list of already recognized repositories. You - can add other sources for packages, like an optical disc or a remote - source. The source selection determines which packages will be available for + can add other sources for packages, like an optical disc or a remote source. + The source selection determines which packages will be available for selection during the next steps. </p> @@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ <ol class="orderedlist" type="1"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Choosing and activation of the network, if not already up. </p> + <p>Choosing and activation of the network, if not already up.</p> </li> <li class="listitem"> @@ -61,6 +64,29 @@ </ol> </div> + + <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"></th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top"> + + <p>If you are updating a 64 bit installation which may contain some 32 + bit packages, it is advised to use this screen to add an online mirror by + ticking one of the Network protocols here. The 64 bit DVD iso only + contains 64 bit and noarch packages, it will not be able to update the 32 + bit packages. However, after adding an online mirror, installer will find + the needed 32 bit packages there. + </p> + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> + </div> </body> </html> diff --git a/doPartitionDisks.html b/doPartitionDisks.html index b142465..9d0ed46 100644 --- a/doPartitionDisks.html +++ b/doPartitionDisks.html @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ - + @@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ been moved out of the area that is about to be used. It is highly recommended to back up your personal files. </p> + + + <p>With this option, the installer displays the remaining Windows + partition in light blue and the future Mageia partition in dark blue + with their intended sizes just under. You have the possibility to + adapt these sizes by clicking and draging the gap between both + partitions. See the screen-shot below. + </p> + + </li> </ul> @@ -183,14 +193,14 @@ been tested with such a drive. Also some ssd drives now use an erase block size over 1 MB. We suggest to pre-partition the drive, using an alternative partitioning tool like gparted, if you own such a device, and - to use the following settings: + to use the following settings: </p> - <p>"Align to" "MiB" </p> + <p>"Align to" "MiB"</p> - <p>"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2" </p> + <p>"Free space preceding (MiB)" "2"</p> <p>Also make sure all partitions are created with an even number of @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ <dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="installer.html#installationSteps">The installation steps</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="installer.html#installationProblems">Installation Problems and - Possible Solutions</a></span></dt> + Possible Solutions</a></span></dt> </dl> </dd> <dt><span class="section"><a href="selectLanguage.html">Please choose a language to use</a></span></dt> @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ <dt><span class="section"><a href="diskdrake.html">Custom disk partitioning with DiskDrake</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="formatPartitions.html">Formatting</a></span></dt> - <dt><span class="section"><a href="add_supplemental_media.html">Media Selection (Configure Supplemental Installation Media)</a></span></dt> + <dt><span class="section"><a href="add_supplemental_media.html">Media Selection (Configure + Supplemental Installation Media)</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="media_selection.html">Media Selection (Nonfree)</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="chooseDesktop.html">Desktop Selection</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href="choosePackageGroups.html">Package Group Selection</a></span></dt> @@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ <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> + <dt><span class="section"><a href="uninstall-Mageia.html#d5e1132">Howto</a></span></dt> </dl> </dd> </dl> diff --git a/installer.html b/installer.html index 5b7e811..43fd64e 100644 --- a/installer.html +++ b/installer.html @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ + + <p>From this first screen, it is possible to set some personal preferences: </p> @@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ <li class="listitem"> <p>The language (for the installation only, may be different that the - chosen language for the system) by pressing the key F2 + chosen language for the system) by pressing the key F2 (Legacy mode + only) </p> @@ -94,14 +97,17 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Change the screen resolution by pressing the F3 key.</p> + <p>Change the screen resolution by pressing the F3 key (Legacy mode + only). + </p> </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Add some kernel options by pressing the F6 key.</p> + <p>Add some kernel options by pressing the <span class="bold"><strong>F6</strong></span> key for the legacy mode or the <span class="bold"><strong>e</strong></span> key for the UEFI mode. + </p> <p>If the installation fails, then it may be necessary to try again @@ -162,7 +168,9 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Add more kernel options by pressing the key F1</p> + <p>Add more kernel options by pressing the key F1 (Legacy mode + only). + </p> <p>Pressing F1 opens a new window with more available options. Select @@ -214,6 +222,10 @@ </div> + <p>For more information about kernel options on legacy and UEFI systems, + see: <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_set_up_kernel_options" target="_top">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_set_up_kernel_options</a></p> + + <p>Here is the default welcome screen when using a Wired Network-based Installation CD (Boot.iso or Boot-Nonfree.iso images): </p> @@ -299,20 +311,20 @@ </div> - + <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 + Possible Solutions </h3> </div> </div> </div> - + - + <div class="section" title="No Graphical Interface"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> @@ -322,37 +334,37 @@ </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. + 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. + 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> - + <div class="section" title="The Install Freezes"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> @@ -362,19 +374,19 @@ </div> </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> + <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> - + <div class="section" title="RAM problem"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> @@ -384,19 +396,18 @@ </div> </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. + 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> - + <div class="section" title="Dynamic partitions"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> @@ -406,17 +417,17 @@ </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>. + 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> diff --git a/uninstall-Mageia.html b/uninstall-Mageia.html index 8cdd46c..b8feb1e 100644 --- a/uninstall-Mageia.html +++ b/uninstall-Mageia.html @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1119"></a>Howto + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e1132"></a>Howto </h3> </div> </div> |