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diff --git a/intro.html b/intro.html deleted file mode 100644 index 1cf272e..0000000 --- a/intro.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,220 +0,0 @@ -<html> - <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> - - <title>The Mageia Installer</title> - <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> - <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> - <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> - <link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Installation with DrakX"> - <link rel="next" href="selectLanguage.html" title="Choosing your Language"><style xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" type="text/css"> - <!-- - body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } - table { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px } - --></style></head> - <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> - <div lang="" class="section" title="The Mageia Installer"> - <div class="titlepage"> - <div> - <div> - <h2 class="title"><a name="drakx-intro"></a>The Mageia Installer - </h2> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - - <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakx-intro-it1"></a> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa1"></a>With the <span class="application">DrakX</span> - installation program, it doesn't matter whether you're a newbie or - a <span class="application">GNU/Linux</span> guru. The job of <span class="application">DrakX</span> is to provide you with a - smooth installation and an easy transition to <span class="application">Mageia</span>'s - latest version. - </p> - - - - - <div class="tip" title="Tip" 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="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td> - <th align="left">Tip</th> - </tr> - <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top"> - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa2"></a><span class="application">DrakX</span> will work - best if all of your hardware is connected to your computer and - powered on during the installation. Printers, modems, scanners and - joysticks are just a few examples of peripherals which <span class="application">DrakX</span> - can automatically detect and configure as <span class="application">Mageia</span> is being - installed. - </p> - - </td> - </tr> - </table> - </div> - - - - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa3"></a>The first screen you see - offers to run the installation with special options if the standard - mode was not suited for your hardware. So to begin with, let the - installation start automatically with no options. If something goes - wrong, see <a class="xref" href="intro.html#drakx-options" title="Installation Options">the section called “Installation Options”</a>. - </p> - - - <div class="section" title="The Installation Process"> - <div class="titlepage"> - <div> - <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="d5e29"></a>The Installation Process - </h3> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa8"></a>When the installer - starts, you will see a nice graphical interface (see <a class="xref" href="selectLanguage.html#selectLanguage-fig" title="Figure 3. Choosing the Default Language">Figure 3, “Choosing the Default - Language”</a>). On the left will be the various - installation steps. The installation will occur in two phases: - installation, then configuration. The list on the left displays - all the steps. The current step is marked by a highlighted - bullet. - </p> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa9"></a>Each step may present - various screens. Surfing between those screens is made possible - through the <span class="guibutton">Next</span> and - <span class="guibutton">Previous</span> buttons. Additionally an - <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> button may be available to show more - advanced configuration options. Note that most of the latter should - only be used by <span class="emphasis"><em>expert</em></span> users. But there's no - harm in looking at them! - </p> - - - <div class="tip" title="Tip" 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="[Tip]" src="tip.png"></td> - <th align="left">Tip</th> - </tr> - <tr> - <td align="left" valign="top"> - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa10"></a>The - <span class="guibutton">Help</span> button will display explanations - concerning the current installation step. - </p> - - </td> - </tr> - </table> - </div> - - </div> - - - <div class="section" title="Installation Options"> - <div class="titlepage"> - <div> - <div> - <h3 class="title"><a name="drakx-options"></a>Installation Options - </h3> - </div> - </div> - </div> - - - - <p><a name="drakx-pa3a"></a>If something goes wrong during - the first installation attempt, pressing <span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span> at the - welcome screen (see <a class="xref" href="intro.html#dx-welcome" title="Figure 1. Very First Installation Welcome Screen">Figure 1, “Very First Installation Welcome - Screen”</a>) will open a help - window (see <a class="xref" href="intro.html#dx-help" title="Figure 2. Available Installation Options">Figure 2, “Available Installation Options”</a>). Here are some useful options - to choose from: - </p> - - - - - <div class="itemizedlist"><a name="dx-help-options"></a><ul class="itemizedlist"> - <li class="listitem"> - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa4"></a><code class="literal">vgalo</code>: <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakx-intro-it2"></a>if you tried a default - installation and didn't see the graphical interface (see <a class="xref" href="selectLanguage.html#selectLanguage-fig" title="Figure 3. Choosing the Default Language">Figure 3, “Choosing the Default - Language”</a>), you can try to run the - installation in low resolution mode. This happens with certain - types of video cards. With <span class="application">Mageia</span> you are given a number - of options to work around problems related to older hardware. To - try the installation in low resolution mode, type - <strong class="userinput"><code>vgalo</code></strong> at the prompt. - </p> - - </li> - <li class="listitem"> - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa5"></a><code class="literal">text</code>: <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakx-intro-it3"></a>if your video card is very - old and the graphical installation doesn't work at all, you can - always choose to install in text mode. Since all video cards can - display text, this is the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">last resort</span>”</span> kind of - installation. However don't worry: it's unlikely that you will - need this option. - </p> - - </li> - <li class="listitem"> - - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa6"></a><code class="literal">noauto</code>: <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakx-intro-it4"></a>in some rare cases, your - <span class="hardware">PC</span> may appear to freeze or lock up during the hardware - detection phase. If that happens, adding the word - <code class="literal">noauto</code> as a parameter will tell the - installation program to bypass hardware detection. With that - option <span class="application">DrakX</span> won't scan for hardware. Therefore you will - need to manually specify hardware parameters later in the - installation process. The <code class="literal">noauto</code> parameter can - be added to the previous modes, so depending on your hardware you - may have to specify <strong class="userinput"><code>vgalo noauto</code></strong> to - perform a low-resolution graphical installation without - <span class="application">DrakX</span> performing a hardware scan. - </p> - - </li> - <li class="listitem"> - - - - <p><a name="BId-drakx-intro-pa7"></a><code class="literal">kernel - options</code>: <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakx-intro-it6"></a>most machines don't - require specific kernel options. Due to bugs in the design - or in the <span class="application">BIOS</span>, there have been a few cases of - motherboards incorrectly reporting the amount of memory - installed. If you need to manually specify the amount of - <acronym class="acronym">RAM</acronym> - installed in your <span class="hardware">PC</span>, use the - <span class="command"><strong>mem=xxxM</strong></span> parameter. For example, to - start the installation in normal mode with a computer - containing 256 <acronym class="acronym">MB</acronym> of memory, your command line - would look like <strong class="userinput"><code>linux - mem=256M</code></strong></p> - - </li> - </ul> - </div> - - </div> - - </div> - </body> -</html> |