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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> |