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authorBarry Jackson <barjac@mageia.org>2012-05-21 22:46:35 +0000
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+ <a accesskey="n" href="selectLanguage.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="headerlogo"><img src="http://docteam.mageia.nl/t-mageia-2011.png favicon=http://docteam.mageia.nl/favicon.png" alt="Company Logo"/></div><h1 id="pagetitle">1. DrakX, the Mageia Installer<br/> </h1></div><div id="content"><!----><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="1. DrakX, the Mageia Installer"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="installer"><!----></a>1. DrakX, the Mageia Installer</h2></div></div></div><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.</p><p>The initial menu screen has various options, however the default one
+ will start the installer, which will normally be all that you will
+ need.</p><div class="figure"><a id="dx-welcome"><!----></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 1. Installation Welcome Screen</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx-welcome.png" align="middle"/></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"/><p>If there are problems during install, then it may be necessary to use
+ special installation options, see <a class="xref" href="installer.html#installationOptions" title="1.2. Installation options">Section 1.2, “Installation options”</a>.</p><div class="section" title="1.1. The installation steps"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="installationSteps"><!----></a>1.1. The installation steps</h3></div></div></div><p>The install process is divided into a number of steps, which can be
+ followed on the side panel of the screen.</p><p>Each step has one or more screens which may also have
+ <span class="guibutton">Advanced</span> buttons with extra, less commonly
+ required, options.</p><p>Most screens have <span class="guibutton">Help</span> buttons which give
+ further explanations about the current step.</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="40"><img alt="[Note]" src="./note.png"/></td><th align="left"/></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="admon-content"><p>If somewhere during install you decide to stop 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. If in spite of this
+ you are very sure rebooting is what you want, go to a text terminal by
+ pressing the three keys <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl F2</span> at the same
+ time. After that, press <span class="guibutton">Alt Ctrl Delete</span>
+ simultaneously to reboot.</p></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="section" title="1.2. Installation options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="installationOptions"><!----></a>1.2. Installation options</h3></div></div></div><p>If the installation fails then it may be necessary to try again by
+ using one of the extra options available by hitting the <span class="guibutton">F1
+ (Help)</span> key see <a class="xref" href="installer.html#dx-welcome" title="Figure 1. Installation Welcome Screen">Figure 1, “Installation Welcome Screen”</a></p><p>This will open the following text based help.</p><div class="figure"><a id="dx-help"><!----></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2. Installation Help
+ Screen</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx-help.png" align="middle"/></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"/><div class="section" title="1.2.1. Installation Problems and Possible Solutions"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="installationProblems"><!----></a>1.2.1. Installation Problems and
+ Possible Solutions</h4></div></div></div><div class="section" title="1.2.1.1. No Graphical Interface"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="noX"><!----></a>1.2.1.1. No Graphical Interface</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><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.<span class="emphasis"><em/></span></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="1.2.1.2. The Install Freezes"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="installFreezes"><!----></a>1.2.1.2. The Install Freezes</h5></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
+ 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><div class="section" title="1.2.1.3. Kernel Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="kernelOptions"><!----></a>1.2.1.3. Kernel Options</h5></div></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></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript" src="./main.js"><!----></script><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="selectLanguage.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr></table></div></div><div><div id="leftnavigation"><div id="tabs"><ul><li><a href="#treeDiv"><em>Contents</em></a></li><li><a href="#searchDiv"><em>Search</em></a></li></ul><div id="treeDiv"><img src="../common/images/loading.gif" alt="loading table of contents..." id="tocLoading" style="display:block;"/><div id="ulTreeDiv" style="display:none"><ul id="tree" class="filetree"><li id="webhelp-currentid"><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html">DrakX, the Mageia Installer</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#installationSteps">The installation steps</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#installationOptions">Installation options</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#installationProblems">Installation Problems and
+ Possible Solutions</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#noX">No Graphical Interface</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#installFreezes">The Install Freezes</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="installer.html#kernelOptions">Kernel Options</a></span></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="selectLanguage.html">Please choose a language to use</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="acceptLicense.html">License and Release Notes</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="acceptLicense.html#license">License Agreement</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="acceptLicense.html#releaseNotes">Release Notes</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupSCSI.html">Setup SCSI</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="selectInstallClass.html">Install or Upgrade</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="selectKeyboard.html">Keyboard</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="doPartitionDisks.html">Partitioning</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="resizeFATChoose.html">Resize
+ Windows® partition</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="takeOverHdChoose.html">Choose hard disk to erase for
+ Mageia</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="takeOverHdConfirm.html">Confirm hard disk to be
+ formatted</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="ask_mntpoint_s.html">Choose the mount points</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="diskdrake.html">Custom disk partitioning with
+ DiskDrake</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="formatPartitions.html">Formatting</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="choosePackages.html">Choosing Packages to be
+ Installed</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="choosePackages.html#choose-graphical-env">Desktop Selection</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="choosePackages.html#choosePackagesGroups">Package Group Selection</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="choosePackages.html#minimal-install">Minimal Install</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="choosePackages.html#choosePackagesTree">Choose Individual
+ Packages</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="choosePackages.html#choosePackagesLinks">Choose Packages - Links</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="addUser.html">User and Superuser Management</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="addUser.html#root-password">Set Administrator (root)
+ Password:</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="addUser.html#enterUser">Enter a user</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="addUser.html#addUserAdvanced">Advanced User Management</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupX.html">Set up X, graphic card and monitor
+ configuration</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html">Bootloader main
+ options</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html#usingMageiaBootloader">Using the Mageia
+ bootloader</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html#usingExistingBootloader">Using an
+ existing bootloader</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html#advancedOptionBootloader">Bootloader
+ advanced option</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupBootloaderExpert.html">Bootloader expert use</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="setupBootloaderExpert.html#addingGRUB2system">Adding a GRUB2 based system
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+ existing GRUB2 bootloader</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html">Summary of miscellaneous
+ parameters</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html#misc-params-system">System parameters</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html#misc-params-hardware">Hardware parameters</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html#misc-params-network">Network and Internet
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+ Region</a></span><ul><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html#inputMethod">Input method</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html#drakxid-configureServices">Configure your
+ Services</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html#draxid-miscellaneous">Security Level</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="misc-params.html#misc-paramsLinks">Summary - Links</a></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="selectMouse.html">Select mouse</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="installUpdates.html">Updates</a></span></li><li><span class="file section"><a href="exitInstall.html">Congratulations</a></span></li></ul></div></div><div id="searchDiv"><div id="search"><form onsubmit="Verifie(ditaSearch_Form);return false" name="ditaSearch_Form" class="searchForm"><fieldset class="searchFieldSet"><legend>Search</legend><center><input id="textToSearch" name="textToSearch" type="text" class="searchText"/> &nbsp; <input onclick="Verifie(ditaSearch_Form)" type="button" class="searchButton" value="Go" id="doSearch"/></center></fieldset></form></div><div id="searchResults"><center/></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>
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