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@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@
</div>
</div>
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
<div class="section" title="Uvod">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -37,200 +41,180 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<p>Mageia is distributed via ISO images. This page will help you to choose
- which image match your needs.
+ which image best suits your needs.
</p>
-
- <p>There is two families of media:</p>
-
+ <p>There are three types of installation 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><span class="bold"><strong>Classical installer:</strong></span> Booting with this
+ media provides you with the maximum flexibility when choosing what to
+ install, and for configuring your system. In particular, you have a choice
+ of which Desktop environment to 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><span class="bold"><strong>LIVE media:</strong></span> This option allows you to try
+ out Mageia without having to actually install it, or make any changes to
+ your computer. However, the Live media also includes an Installer, which can
+ be started when booting the media, or after booting into the Live operating
+ system itself.
+ </p>
+
+ <div class="note" title="Bilje&#353;ka" 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="[Bilje&#353;ka]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>The Live Installer is simpler compared to the Classical Installer - but you
+ have fewer configuration options.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="important" title="Va&#382;no" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Important">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Va&#382;no]" src="important.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>Live ISOs can only be used to create <span class="quote">&#8222;<span class="quote">clean</span>&#8220;</span> installations,
+ they cannot be used to upgrade previously installed Mageia releases.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><span class="bold"><strong>Net Install</strong></span>: These are minimal ISO's
+ containing no more than that which is needed to start the DrakX installer
+ and find <code class="literal">DrakX-installer-stage2</code> 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>
+
+ <p>These media are very light (less than 100 MB) and are convenient if
+ bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, or if you have a PC without a
+ DVD drive or is unable to boot from a USB stick.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
-
- <p>Details are given in the next sections.</p>
+ <p>More details are given in the next sections.</p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e29"></a>Media
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e41"></a>Media
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Definition">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e31"></a>Definition
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e43"></a>Definition
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<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.
+ install and/or update Mageia and, by extension, any physical medium (DVD,
+ USB stick, ...) the ISO file is copied to.
</p>
-
- <p>You can find them <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.
+ <p>You can find Mageia ISO's <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.
</p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Classical installation media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e36"></a>Classical installation media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e48"></a>Classical installation media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Common features">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e38"></a>Common features
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>They are able to make a clean install or an update from previous releases.</p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="DVD">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e45"></a>DVD
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e50"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p>
+ <p>These ISOs use the Classical installer called DrakX</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Some tools are available in the Welcome screen: Rescue System, Memory Test,
- Hardware Detection Tool.
+ <p>They are used for performing clean installs or to upgrade a previously
+ installed version of Mageia
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and languages.</p>
+ <p>Different media for 32 and 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non free software.</p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="DVD dual arch">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e56"></a>DVD dual arch
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <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>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>Uses Xfce desktop only.</p>
+ <p>Some tools are available in the Installer <span class="quote">&#8222;<span class="quote">Welcome</span>&#8220;</span> screen:
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>Rescue System, Memory Test, </em></span>and <span class="emphasis"><em>Hardware
+ Detection Tool</em></span></p>
</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>
+ <p>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and languages</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>It contains non free software.</p>
+ <p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add non-free software</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -239,201 +223,155 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Live media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e67"></a>Live media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e68"></a>Live media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Common features">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e69"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e70"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<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 Mageia operating system without having to install
+ it
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or GNOME).</p>
+ <p>The Live media also includes an Installer.</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (Plasma, GNOME or Xfce)</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p><span class="bold"><strong>Live ISOs can only be used to create clean
- installations, they cannot be used to upgrade from previous
- releases.</strong></span></p>
+ <p>Different media for 32 and 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>They contain non free software.</p>
+ <p>They contain non-free software</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Live CD KDE">
+ <div class="section" title="Live DVD Plasma">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e83"></a>Live CD KDE
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e83"></a>Live DVD Plasma
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>KDE desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Plasma desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>English language only.</p>
+ <p>All available languages are present</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>32 bit only.</p>
+ <p>64-bit architecture only</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Live CD GNOME">
- <div class="titlepage">
- <div>
- <div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e92"></a>Live CD GNOME
- </h5>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <div class="itemizedlist">
- <ul class="itemizedlist">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>English language only.</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>32 bit only.</p>
-
- </li>
- </ul>
- </div>
-
- </div>
-
-
- <div class="section" title="Live DVD KDE">
+ <div class="section" title="Live DVD GNOME">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e101"></a>Live DVD KDE
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e92"></a>Live DVD GNOME
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>KDE desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>GNOME desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>All languages are present.</p>
+ <p>All available languages are present</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>64-bit architecture only</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Live DVD GNOME">
+ <div class="section" title="Live DVD Xfce">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e110"></a>Live DVD GNOME
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e101"></a>Live DVD Xfce
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p>
+ <p>Xfce desktop environment only</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>All languages are present.</p>
+ <p>All available languages are present</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
+ <p>32 or 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -442,86 +380,63 @@
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Boot-only CD media">
+ <div class="section" title="Net install media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>Boot-only CD media
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e110"></a>Net install media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Common features">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e121"></a>Common features
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e112"></a>Common features
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<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 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>
+ <p>Different media for 32 and 64-bit architectures</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <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 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p>English language only.</p>
+ <p>First steps are English language only</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="boot.iso">
+ <div class="section" title="netinstall.iso">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e132"></a>boot.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e119"></a>netinstall.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<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 who prefer to not use non-free
+ software
</p>
</li>
@@ -529,27 +444,23 @@
</div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="boot-nonfree.iso">
+ <div class="section" title="netinstall-nonfree.iso">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e137"></a>boot-nonfree.iso
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e124"></a>netinstall-nonfree.iso
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for people who need
- it.
- </p>
+ <p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for those who need it</p>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -560,118 +471,127 @@
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Downloading and Checking Media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e142"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e129"></a>Downloading and Checking Media
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Downloading">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e144"></a>Downloading
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e131"></a>Downloading
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<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
+ BitTorrent. In both cases, you are provided with some information, such as
+ the mirror in use and an option to switch to an alternative if the bandwidth
+ is too low.
</p>
-
+ <p>If http is chosen you will also see some information regarding checksums.</p>
- <p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only 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><code class="literal">md5sum</code>, <code class="literal">sha1sum</code> and
+ <code class="literal">sha512sum</code> (the most secure) are tools to check the ISO
+ integrity. Copy one of the checksums (string of alphanumeric characters) for
+ use in the next section.
</p>
-
- <p>Check the radio button Save File.</p>
+ <p>In the meantime, a window to download the actual ISO will open:</p>
+
+
+ <p>Click on <span class="emphasis"><em>Save File</em></span>, then click <span class="emphasis"><em>OK</em></span>.
+ </p>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Checking the downloaded media integrity">
+ <div class="section" title="Checking the integrity of the downloaded media">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e156"></a>Checking the downloaded media integrity
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e149"></a>Checking the integrity of the downloaded media
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
- <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>The checksums referred to earlier, are digital fingerprints generated by an
+ algorithm from the file to be downloaded. You may compare the checksum of
+ your downloaded ISO against that of the original source ISO. If the
+ checksums do not match, it means that the actual data on the ISO's do not
+ match, and if that is the case, then you should retry the download or
+ attempt a repair using BitTorrent.
</p>
-
- <p>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</p>
-
-
- <p>- To use md5sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>md5sum
- path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.
+ <p>To generate the checksum for your downloaded ISO, open a console, (no need
+ to be root), and:
</p>
-
- <p>- To use sha1sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>sha1sum
- path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.
- </p>
-
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>To use the md5sum, type: <span class="command"><strong>md5sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso</strong></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>To use the sha1sum, type: <span class="command"><strong>sha1sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso</strong></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p>To use the sha512sum, type: <span class="command"><strong>sha512sum
+ path/to/the/image/file.iso</strong></span></p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
- <p>and compare the obtained number on your computer (you may have to wait for a
- while) with the number given by Mageia. Example:
- </p>
-
+ <p>Example:</p>
- <p></p>
+ <p>then compare the result (you may have to wait for a while) with the ISO
+ checksum provided by Mageia.
+ </p>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Burn or dump the ISO">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e169"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
+ <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e168"></a>Burn or dump the ISO
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
- <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>The verified ISO can now be burned to a CD/DVD or <span class="quote">&#8222;<span class="quote">dumped</span>&#8220;</span> to a
+ USB stick. This is not a standard copy operation, as a bootable medium will
+ actually be created.
</p>
-
<div class="section" title="Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD">
<div class="titlepage">
@@ -683,33 +603,29 @@
</div>
</div>
-
- <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>Whichever software you use, ensure that the option to burn an<span class="emphasis"><em>
+ image</em></span> is used. Burn <span class="emphasis"><em>data</em></span> or
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>files</em></span> is NOT correct. See the <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images" target="_top">the Mageia
+ wiki</a> for more information.
</p>
</div>
-
<div class="section" title="Dump the ISO to a USB stick">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e177"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
+ <h4 class="title"><a name="d5e179"></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
- <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>All Mageia ISOs are hybrids, which means you can dump them to a USB stick
+ and then use that to boot and install the system.
</p>
-
<div class="warning" title="Upozorenje" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Warning">
@@ -720,76 +636,97 @@
<tr>
<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.
+ <p>Dumping an image onto a flash device destroys any previous file-system on
+ the device and all existing data will be lost.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
- <p>To recover the original capacity, you must redo partitioning and re-format
- the USB stick.
- </p>
-
+ <div class="note" title="Bilje&#353;ka" 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="[Bilje&#353;ka]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>Also, the only partition on the flash device will then just be the Mageia
+ ISO partition.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>So, if an ISO of about 4GB is written to an 8GB USB stick, the stick will
+ then only show up as 4GB. This is because the remaining 4GB is no longer
+ formatted - hence not currently available for use. To recover the original
+ capacity, you must reformat and repartition the USB stick.
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
<div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Mageia">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e183"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia
+ <h5 class="title"><a name="d5e187"></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<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 class="title"><a name="d5e191"></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 class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><a class="ulink" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a> using the
+ "ISO image" option
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><a class="ulink" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk
+ Imager</a></p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
</div>
-
- <div class="section" title="Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system">
+ <div class="section" title="Using the 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 class="title"><a name="d5e201"></a>Using the Command line within a GNU/Linux system
</h5>
</div>
</div>
</div>
-
<div class="warning" title="Upozorenje" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Warning">
@@ -800,18 +737,14 @@
<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>It is potentially *dangerous* to do this by hand. You risk overwriting
+ potentially valuable existing data if you specify the wrong target device.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
-
- <p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p>
-
<div class="orderedlist">
<ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
@@ -822,32 +755,37 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong> (don't forget the
- final '-' )
+ <p>Become a <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> (Administrator) user with the command
+ <span class="command"><strong>su -</strong></span> (don't forget the <span class="command"><strong>-</strong></span> )
</p>
-
</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 in your USB stick - but do not mount it (this also means do not open
+ any application or file manager that could access or read it)
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p>
-
+ <p>Enter the command <span class="command"><strong>fdisk -l</strong></span></p>
-
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
- <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>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for example
+ <code class="filename">/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, is an 8GB USB stick.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Alternatively, you can find the device name with the command
+ <span class="command"><strong>dmesg</strong></span>. Towards the end of the following example, you can
+ see the device name starting with <code class="filename">sd</code>, and in this case,
+ <code class="filename">sdd</code> is the actual device. You can also see that its
+ size is 2GB:
</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
@@ -869,32 +807,43 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for example
- <code class="code">/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, it is a 8GB USB stick.
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
+ <p>Enter the command: <span class="command"><strong>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file
+ of=/dev/sd<em class="replaceable"><code>X</code></em> bs=1M</strong></span></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 <em class="replaceable"><code>X</code></em>=your device name eg:
+ <code class="filename">/dev/sdd</code></p>
- <p>Where X=your device name eg: /dev/sdc</p>
-
+ <p>Example:<code class="literal"> dd if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-6-x86_64-DVD.iso
+ of=/dev/sdd bs=1M</code></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>
+ <div class="tip" title="Savjet" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Tip">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Savjet]" src="tip.png"></td>
+ <th align="left"></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p>It might be helpful to know that <span class="bold"><strong>if</strong></span> stands
+ for <span class="bold"><strong>i</strong></span>nput <span class="bold"><strong>f</strong></span>ile and <span class="bold"><strong>of</strong></span> stands
+ for <span class="bold"><strong>o</strong></span>utput <span class="bold"><strong>f</strong></span>ile
+ </p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>sync</code></strong></p>
+ <p>Enter the command: <span class="command"><strong>sync</strong></span></p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
- <p>Unplug your USB stick, it is done</p>
+ <p>This is the end of the process, and you may now unplug your USB stick.</p>
</li>
</ol>