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<div class="section" title="DrakX, the Mageia Installer">
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<h2 class="title"><a name="installer"></a>DrakX, the Mageia Installer
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<p>Whether you are new to GNU-Linux or an experienced user, the Mageia
Installer is designed to help make your installation or upgrade as easy as
possible.
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<div class="section" title="The installation steps">
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<h3 class="title"><a name="d5e261"></a>The installation steps
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<li class="listitem">
<p>The install process is divided into a number of steps - the
status of which is indicated in a panel to the left of the
screen.
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<li class="listitem">
<p>Each step has one or more screens, which may also have
<span class="emphasis"><em>Advanced</em></span> sections with extra, less commonly
required options.
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</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>Most screens have <span class="emphasis"><em>Help</em></span> buttons for further
details about the particular step.
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<p>If at some point during the install you decide to abort the
installation, it is possible to reboot, but please think twice before
you do this. Once a partition has been formatted or updates have started
to be installed, your computer is no longer in the same state and
rebooting it could very well leave you with an unusable system.
</p>
<p>If, in spite of this, you are very sure rebooting is what you
want, go to a text terminal by pressing the keys <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span> together. After that, press <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Delete</strong></span> together to reboot.
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<div class="section" title="Installation Welcome Screen">
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<h3 class="title"><a name="d5e283"></a>Installation Welcome Screen
</h3>
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<p>The particular screen that you will first see when booting from the
Installation media will depend on whether your computer motherboard is of
the Legacy (BIOS) or UEFI type.
</p>
<p>The welcome menu screen has various options, however the default
option will start the installer, and is normally all that you will
need.
</p>
<div class="section" title="Legacy (BIOS) Systems">
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<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e287"></a>Legacy (BIOS) Systems
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<div class="itemizedlist" title="Menu">
<p class="title"><b>Menu</b></p>
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>Install Mageia</strong></span></p>
<p>Install Mageia to a hard disk. This is the default option, and
will automatically start after a short while unless another option
is selected.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>Rescue System</strong></span></p>
<p>This option allows you to either re-install the bootloader for
an existing Mageia installation or you can use it to restore a
Windows bootloader.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>Memory Test</strong></span></p>
<p>Test the installed RAM by performing multiple read and write
operations. Reboot to end the test.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>F2: Language</strong></span></p>
<p>Press F2 for alternative languages.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e310"></a>UEFI Systems
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<p>From this screen, you can access options by pressing
<span class="keycap"><strong>e</strong></span> to enter the edit mode. To come back to this screen,
press <span class="keycap"><strong>Esc</strong></span> to quit without saving or press
<span class="keycap"><strong>F10</strong></span> to save and quit.
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist" title="Menu">
<p class="title"><b>Menu</b></p>
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>Install:</strong></span> Start the Install
process
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>Rescue:</strong></span> This option allows
you to either re-install the bootloader for an existing Mageia
installation or you can use it to restore a Windows
bootloader.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p><span class="bold"><strong>F2: Language:</strong></span> Press
<span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span> for alternative languages.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>If you booted from a USB stick, you will see the above options
duplicated, and in this case, you should use the set that will be
suffixed with "USB".
</p>
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<div class="section" title="Installation Problems and Possible Solutions">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="d5e332"></a>Installation Problems and Possible Solutions
</h3>
</div>
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<div class="section" title="No Graphical Interface">
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<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e334"></a>No Graphical Interface
</h4>
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</div>
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<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<p>After the initial screen you did not progress to the
<span class="emphasis"><em>Language Selection</em></span> screen. This can happen with
some graphic cards and older systems. Try using low resolution by
typing <span class="command"><strong>vgalo</strong></span> 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 press <span class="keycap"><strong>Esc</strong></span> at the
<span class="emphasis"><em>Welcome</em></span> screen and confirm with
<span class="keycap"><strong>ENTER</strong></span>. You will be presented with a black screen
with a <code class="prompt">boot:</code> prompt. Type <span class="command"><strong>text</strong></span>
and press <span class="keycap"><strong>ENTER</strong></span> to continue with the installation
in text mode.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" title="The Install Freezes">
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<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e349"></a>The Install Freezes
</h4>
</div>
</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
hardware detection may be bypassed and dealt with later. To try this,
type <span class="command"><strong>noauto</strong></span> at the prompt. This option may also be
combined with other parameters as necessary.
</p>
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<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e353"></a>RAM problem
</h4>
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<p>This 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="literal">mem=<em class="replaceable"><code>xxx</code></em>M</code>
parameter, where <em class="replaceable"><code>xxx</code></em> is the correct amount of
RAM. e.g. <code class="literal">mem=256M</code> would specify 256MB of RAM.
</p>
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<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e360"></a>Dynamic partitions
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>If you converted your hard disk from <code class="literal">Basic</code>
format to <code class="literal">Dynamic</code> format in Microsoft Windows, then
it is not possible to install Mageia on this disc. To revert to a
<code class="literal">Basic</code> 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>.
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