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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. +

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    Each DVD contains any available desktop environments and + languages. +

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    Some languages only (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, fr, it, mk, pl, + pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED! +

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    Can be used to preview the distribution without first + installing it on a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on your + HDD. +

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    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. +

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    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. +

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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 +

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md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check your 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 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: +

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Checking the downloaded media integrity +

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and compare the obtained number on your computer (you may have to + wait for a while) with the number given by Mageia. Example: +

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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. +

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Use whatever burner you want but ensure the burning device is set + correctly to burn an image, burn data or files is not correct. + More information in the Mageia wiki. +

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All Mageia ISOs are hybrid, which means you can 'dump' them on a + USB stick and use it to boot and install the system. +

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"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. +

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    Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for + example /dev/sdb in the screenshot above, it is a 8Go USB + stick. +

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