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diff --git a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html index f0a232f..c2f71d6 100644 --- a/Select-and-use-ISOs.html +++ b/Select-and-use-ISOs.html @@ -27,11 +27,61 @@ + <div class="section" title="Introduction"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e19"></a>Introduction + </h3> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + + + <p>Mageia is distributed via ISO images. This page will help you to + choose which image match your needs. + </p> + + + <p>There is two families of media:</p> + + + <div class="itemizedlist"> + <ul class="itemizedlist"> + <li class="listitem"> + + <p>Classical installer: After booting the media, it will follow a + process allowing to choose what to install and how to configure your + target system. This give you the maximal flexibility for a customized + installation, in particular to choose which Desktop Environment you + will install. + </p> + + </li> + <li class="listitem"> + + <p>LIVE media: you can boot the media in a real Mageia system + without installing it, to see what you will get after installation. + The installation process is simpler, but you get lesser + choices. + </p> + + </li> + </ul> + </div> + + + <p>Details are given in the next sections.</p> + + </div> + + <div class="section" title="Media"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e19"></a>Media + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e29"></a>Media </h3> </div> </div> @@ -43,7 +93,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e21"></a>Definition + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e31"></a>Definition </h4> </div> </div> @@ -52,7 +102,7 @@ <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 + you to install and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical support the ISO file is copied to. </p> @@ -67,7 +117,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e26"></a>Classical installation media + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e36"></a>Classical installation media </h4> </div> </div> @@ -79,7 +129,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e28"></a>Common features + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e38"></a>Common features </h5> </div> </div> @@ -113,7 +163,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e35"></a>DVD + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e45"></a>DVD </h5> </div> </div> @@ -159,7 +209,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e46"></a>DVD dual arch + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e56"></a>DVD dual arch </h5> </div> </div> @@ -205,7 +255,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e57"></a>Live media + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e67"></a>Live media </h4> </div> </div> @@ -217,7 +267,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e59"></a>Common features + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e69"></a>Common features </h5> </div> </div> @@ -268,7 +318,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e73"></a>Live CD KDE + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e83"></a>Live CD KDE </h5> </div> </div> @@ -303,7 +353,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e82"></a>Live CD GNOME + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e92"></a>Live CD GNOME </h5> </div> </div> @@ -338,7 +388,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e91"></a>Live DVD KDE + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e101"></a>Live DVD KDE </h5> </div> </div> @@ -373,7 +423,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e100"></a>Live DVD GNOME + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e110"></a>Live DVD GNOME </h5> </div> </div> @@ -410,7 +460,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e109"></a>Boot-only CD media + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>Boot-only CD media </h4> </div> </div> @@ -422,7 +472,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e111"></a>Common features + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e121"></a>Common features </h5> </div> </div> @@ -472,7 +522,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e122"></a>boot.iso + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>boot.iso </h5> </div> </div> @@ -499,7 +549,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e127"></a>boot-nonfree.iso + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e137"></a>boot-nonfree.iso </h5> </div> </div> @@ -530,7 +580,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>Downloading and Checking Media + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e142"></a>Downloading and Checking Media </h3> </div> </div> @@ -542,7 +592,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e134"></a>Downloading + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e144"></a>Downloading </h4> </div> </div> @@ -561,12 +611,8 @@ <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 - 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: + one of them. Keep one of them <a class="link" href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#integrity">for further + usage</a>. Then this window appears: </p> @@ -581,7 +627,8 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e145"></a>Checking the downloaded media integrity + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e156"></a>Checking the downloaded media + integrity </h4> </div> </div> @@ -589,6 +636,15 @@ + <p>Both checksums are hexadecimal numbers 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 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. + </p> + + <p>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</p> @@ -620,7 +676,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e157"></a>Burn or dump the ISO + <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e169"></a>Burn or dump the ISO </h3> </div> </div> @@ -638,7 +694,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e160"></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e172"></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD </h4> </div> </div> @@ -659,7 +715,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e165"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick + <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e177"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick </h4> </div> </div> @@ -692,16 +748,16 @@ </div> - <p>To recover the original capacity, you must re-format the USB - stick. + <p>To recover the original capacity, you must redo partitioning and + re-format the USB stick. </p> - <div class="section" title="Using Mageia"> + <div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Mageia"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e171"></a>Using Mageia + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e183"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia </h5> </div> </div> @@ -710,6 +766,65 @@ <p>You can use a graphical tool like <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/IsoDumper_Writing_ISO_images_on_USB_sticks" target="_top">IsoDumper</a></p> + + </div> + + + <div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Windows"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e187"></a>Using a graphical tool within Windows + </h5> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + + + <p>You could try:</p> + + + <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a> using the + "ISO image" option; + </p> + + + <p>- <a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk + Imager</a></p> + + </div> + + + <div class="section" title="Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e194"></a>Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system + </h5> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + + + <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"></th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td align="left" valign="top"> + + <p>It is potentially *dangerous* to do this by hand. You risk to + overwrite a disc partition if you get the device-ID wrong. + </p> + + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> <p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p> @@ -744,13 +859,38 @@ <p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p> - - </li> + + + <p>Alternatively, you can get the device name with the command + <code class="code">dmesg</code>: at end, you see the device name starting with + <span class="emphasis"><em>sd</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>sdd</em></span> in this + case: + </p> + + <pre class="screen">[72594.604531] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 27 using xhci_hcd +[72594.770528] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8564, idProduct=1000 +[72594.770533] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 +[72594.770536] usb 1-1: Product: Mass Storage Device +[72594.770537] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: JetFlash +[72594.770539] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 18MJTWLMPUCC3SSB +[72594.770713] usb 1-1: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 128 microframes, ep desc says 255 microframes +[72594.770719] usb 1-1: ep 0x2 - rounding interval to 128 microframes, ep desc says 255 microframes +[72594.771122] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected +[72594.772447] scsi host8: usb-storage 1-1:1.0 +[72595.963238] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access JetFlash Transcend 2GB 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 +[72595.963626] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 4194304 512-byte logical blocks: (2.14 GB/2.00 GiB) +[72595.964104] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off +[72595.964108] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 +[72595.965025] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found +[72595.965031] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through +[72595.967251] <span class="emphasis"><em>sdd</em></span>: sdd1 +[72595.969446] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk</pre> + </li> <li class="listitem"> <p>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for - example /dev/sdb in the screenshot above, it is a 8Go USB - stick. + example <code class="code">/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, it is a 8GB + USB stick. </p> </li> @@ -782,62 +922,11 @@ </div> </div> - - - <div class="section" title="Using Windows"> - <div class="titlepage"> - <div> - <div> - <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e206"></a>Using Windows - </h5> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - - - <p>You could try:</p> - - - <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></p> - - </div> </div> </div> - - <div class="section" title="Mageia Installation"> - <div class="titlepage"> - <div> - <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e214"></a>Mageia Installation - </h3> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - - - <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> - - </div> - </div> </body> </html> |