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diff --git a/ca/Select-and-use-ISOs.html b/ca/Select-and-use-ISOs.html index e330050..d7a7eed 100644 --- a/ca/Select-and-use-ISOs.html +++ b/ca/Select-and-use-ISOs.html @@ -50,8 +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> @@ -89,7 +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"> @@ -131,14 +132,12 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Each DVD contains any available desktop environments and languages.</p> + <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> + <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non free software.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -163,20 +162,20 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Both architectures are present on the same media, the choice is made + <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, 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> @@ -221,19 +220,20 @@ <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 GNOME).</p> + <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"> @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>They contains non free software.</p> + <p>They contain non free software.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>32 bits only.</p> + <p>32 bit only.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ </li> <li class="listitem"> - <p>32 bits only.</p> + <p>32 bit only.</p> </li> </ul> @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ </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> @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ </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> @@ -396,11 +396,11 @@ </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> @@ -425,23 +425,24 @@ <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 Internet. + 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"> @@ -471,7 +472,9 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Contains only free software, for people who refuse non free software.</p> + <p>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to use non-free + software. + </p> </li> </ul> @@ -496,7 +499,7 @@ <ul class="itemizedlist"> <li class="listitem"> - <p>Contains non free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need + <p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need it. </p> @@ -511,11 +514,11 @@ </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> @@ -535,21 +538,22 @@ - <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 like + <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 one of + <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 + 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: + 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: </p> @@ -611,17 +615,17 @@ - <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> @@ -629,20 +633,20 @@ - <p>Use whatever burner you want but ensure the burning device is set correctly + <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. More information in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images" target="_top">the Mageia + 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> @@ -650,8 +654,8 @@ - <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> @@ -664,9 +668,9 @@ <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 capacity will be reduced to - the image size. + <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> </td> @@ -675,7 +679,7 @@ </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"> @@ -706,7 +710,7 @@ <li class="listitem"> <p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong> (don't forget the - final -) + final '-' ) </p> @@ -714,8 +718,8 @@ </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> @@ -739,9 +743,10 @@ 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"> @@ -764,7 +769,7 @@ <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> @@ -772,7 +777,7 @@ - <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> @@ -795,7 +800,7 @@ <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> @@ -808,7 +813,7 @@ </p> - <p>More information, is available in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation" target="_top">the Mageia + <p>More information is available in <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Documentation" target="_top">the Mageia wiki</a>. </p> |