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diff --git a/sl/installer.html b/sl/installer.html index c384265..e1b85db 100644 --- a/sl/installer.html +++ b/sl/installer.html @@ -287,125 +287,120 @@ </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> |