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This page will help you to + choose which image match your needs.</p><p>There is two families of media:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Classical installer: After booting the media, it will follow a + process allowing to choose what to install and how to configure your + target system. This give you the maximal flexibility for a customized + installation, in particular to choose which Desktop Environment you + will install.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>LIVE media: you can boot the media in a real Mageia system + without installing it, to see what you will get after installation. + The installation process is simpler, but you get lesser + choices.</p></li></ul></div><p>Details are given in the next sections.</p></div><div class="section" title="Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e28"><!----></a>Media</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Definition"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e30"><!----></a>Definition</h4></div></div></div><p>Here, a medium (plural: media) is an ISO image file that allows you to install and/or update Mageia and by extension any physical - support the ISO file is copied to.</p><p>You can find them <a class="link" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.</p></div><div class="section" title="Classical installation media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e25"><!----></a>Classical installation media</h4></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Common features"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e27"><!----></a>Common features</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called + support the ISO file is copied to.</p><p>You can find them <a class="link" href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" target="_top">here</a>.</p></div><div class="section" title="Classical installation media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e35"><!----></a>Classical installation media</h4></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Common features"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e37"><!----></a>Common features</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>These ISOs use the traditional installer called drakx.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>They are able to make a clean install or an update from - previous releases.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="DVD"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e34"><!----></a>DVD</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Some tools are available in the Welcome screen: Rescue + previous releases.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="DVD"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e44"><!----></a>DVD</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for architecture 32 or 64 bits.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Some tools are available in the Welcome screen: Rescue System, Memory Test, Hardware Detection Tool.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Each DVD contains many available desktop environments and languages.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>You'll be given the choice during the installation to add - non free software.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="DVD dual arch"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e45"><!----></a>DVD dual arch</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the + non free software.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="DVD dual arch"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e55"><!----></a>DVD dual arch</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Both architectures are present on the same medium, the choice is made automatically according to the detected CPU.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Uses Xfce desktop only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Not all languages are available. (be, bg, ca, de, en, es, - fr, it, mk, pl, pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED!</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>It contains non free software.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Live media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e56"><!----></a>Live media</h4></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Common features"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e58"><!----></a>Common features</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing + fr, it, mk, pl, pt, ru, sv, uk) TO BE CHECKED!</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>It contains non free software.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Live media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e66"><!----></a>Live media</h4></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Common features"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e68"><!----></a>Common features</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Can be used to preview the distribution without installing it on a HDD, and optionally install Mageia on to your HDD.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Each ISO contains only one desktop environment (KDE or GNOME).</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="bold"><strong>Live ISOs can only be used to create clean installations, they cannot be used to upgrade from previous - releases.</strong></span></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>They contain non free software.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live CD KDE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e72"><!----></a>Live CD KDE</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>KDE desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>English language only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>32 bit only.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live CD GNOME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e81"><!----></a>Live CD GNOME</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>English language only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>32 bit only.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live DVD KDE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e90"><!----></a>Live DVD KDE</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>KDE desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>All languages are present.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live DVD GNOME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e99"><!----></a>Live DVD GNOME</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>All languages are present.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Boot-only CD media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e108"><!----></a>Boot-only CD media</h4></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Common features"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e110"><!----></a>Common features</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Each one is a small image that contains no more than that + releases.</strong></span></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>They contain non free software.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live CD KDE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e82"><!----></a>Live CD KDE</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>KDE desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>English language only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>32 bit only.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live CD GNOME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e91"><!----></a>Live CD GNOME</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>English language only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>32 bit only.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live DVD KDE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e100"><!----></a>Live DVD KDE</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>KDE desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>All languages are present.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Live DVD GNOME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e109"><!----></a>Live DVD GNOME</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>GNOME desktop environment only.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>All languages are present.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Boot-only CD media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e118"><!----></a>Boot-only CD media</h4></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Common features"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e120"><!----></a>Common features</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Each one is a small image that contains no more than that which is needed to start the drakx installer and find drakx-installer-stage2 and other packages that are needed to continue and complete the install. These packages may be on the PC @@ -52,56 +60,77 @@ Internet.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>These media are very light (less than 100 MB) and are convenient when bandwidth is too low to download a full DVD, a PC without a DVD drive or a PC that can't boot from a USB - stick.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>English language only.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="boot.iso"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e121"><!----></a>boot.iso</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to - use non-free software.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="boot-nonfree.iso"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e126"><!----></a>boot-nonfree.iso</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for - people who need it.</p></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Downloading and Checking Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e131"><!----></a>Downloading and Checking Media</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Downloading"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e133"><!----></a>Downloading</h4></div></div></div><p>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it using + stick.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Different media for 32 or 64 bit architectures.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>English language only.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="boot.iso"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e131"><!----></a>boot.iso</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Contains only free software, for those people who refuse to + use non-free software.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="boot-nonfree.iso"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e136"><!----></a>boot-nonfree.iso</h5></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>Contains non-free software (mostly drivers, codecs...) for + people who need it.</p></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Downloading and Checking Media"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e141"><!----></a>Downloading and Checking Media</h3></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Downloading"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e143"><!----></a>Downloading</h4></div></div></div><p>Once you have chosen your ISO file, you can download it using either http or BitTorrent. In both cases, a window gives you some information, such as the mirror in use and the possibility to change if the bandwidth is to low. If http is chosen, you may also see something like</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Checking.png"/></div><p>md5sum and sha1sum are tools to check the ISO integrity. Use only - one of them. Both hexadecimal numbers have been calculated by an - algorithm from the file to be downloaded. When you ask these algorithms - to recalculate this number from your downloaded file, either you have - the same number and your downloaded file is correct, or the number is + one of them. Keep one of them <a class="link" href="Select-and-use-ISOs.html#integrity">for further + usage</a>. Then this window appears:</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Download.png"/></div><p>Check the radio button Save File.</p></div><div class="section" title="Checking the downloaded media integrity"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e155"><!----></a>Checking the downloaded media + integrity</h4></div></div></div><p>Both checksums are hexadecimal numbers calculated by an algorithm + from the file to be downloaded. When you ask these algorithms to + recalculate 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 have a failure. A failure infers that you should retry - the download.Then this window appears:</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Download.png"/></div><p>Check the radio button Save File.</p></div><div class="section" title="Checking the downloaded media integrity"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e144"><!----></a>Checking the downloaded media integrity</h4></div></div></div><p>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</p><p>- To use md5sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>md5sum + the download.</p><p>Open a console, no need to be root, and:</p><p>- To use md5sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>md5sum path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.</p><p>- To use sha1sum, type: [sam@localhost]$ <strong class="userinput"><code>sha1sum path/to/the/image/file.iso</code></strong>.</p><p>and compare the obtained number on your computer (you may have to - wait for a while) with the number given by Mageia. Example:</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Md5sum.png"/></div><p/></div></div><div class="section" title="Burn or dump the ISO"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e156"><!----></a>Burn or dump the ISO</h3></div></div></div><p>The checked ISO can now be burned to a CD or DVD or dumped to a USB + wait for a while) with the number given by Mageia. Example:</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Md5sum.png"/></div><p/></div></div><div class="section" title="Burn or dump the ISO"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="d4e168"><!----></a>Burn or dump the ISO</h3></div></div></div><p>The checked ISO can now be burned to a CD or DVD or dumped to a USB stick. These operations are not a simple copy and aim to make a boot-able - medium.</p><div class="section" title="Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e159"><!----></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD</h4></div></div></div><p>Use whatever burner you wish but ensure the burning device is set + medium.</p><div class="section" title="Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e171"><!----></a>Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD</h4></div></div></div><p>Use whatever burner you wish but ensure the burning device is set correctly to <span class="bold"><strong>burn an image</strong></span>, burn data or files is not correct. There is more information in <a class="link" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Writing_CD_and_DVD_images" target="_top">the - Mageia wiki</a>.</p></div><div class="section" title="Dump the ISO to a USB stick"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e164"><!----></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick</h4></div></div></div><p>All Mageia ISOs are hybrids, which means you can 'dump' them to a + Mageia wiki</a>.</p></div><div class="section" title="Dump the ISO to a USB stick"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="d4e176"><!----></a>Dump the ISO to a USB stick</h4></div></div></div><p>All Mageia ISOs are hybrids, which means you can 'dump' them to a USB stick and then use it to boot and install the system.</p><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>"dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any previous file-system on the device; any other data will be lost and the - partition capacity will be reduced to the image size.</p></div><p>To recover the original capacity, you must re-format the USB - stick.</p><div class="section" title="Using Mageia"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e170"><!----></a>Using Mageia</h5></div></div></div><p>You can use a graphical tool like <a class="link" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/IsoDumper_Writing_ISO_images_on_USB_sticks" target="_top">IsoDumper</a></p><p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>Open a console</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong> + partition capacity will be reduced to the image size.</p></div><p>To recover the original capacity, you must redo partitioning and + re-format the USB stick.</p><div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Mageia"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e182"><!----></a>Using a graphical tool within Mageia</h5></div></div></div><p>You can use a graphical tool like <a class="link" href="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/IsoDumper_Writing_ISO_images_on_USB_sticks" target="_top">IsoDumper</a></p></div><div class="section" title="Using a graphical tool within Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e186"><!----></a>Using a graphical tool within Windows</h5></div></div></div><p>You could try:</p><p>- <a class="link" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a> using the + "ISO image" option;</p><p>- <a class="link" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk + Imager</a></p></div><div class="section" title="Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e193"><!----></a>Using Command line within a GNU/Linux system</h5></div></div></div><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>It is potentially *dangerous* to do this by hand. You risk to + overwrite a disc partition if you get the device-ID wrong.</p></div><p>You can also use the dd tool in a console:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>Open a console</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Become root with the command <strong class="userinput"><code>su -</code></strong> (don't forget the final '-' )</p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Root.png"/></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>Plug your USB stick (do not mount it, this also means do not open any application or file manager that could access or read - it)</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Fdisk.png"/></div></li><li class="listitem"><p>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.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file + it)</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Enter the command <strong class="userinput"><code>fdisk -l</code></strong></p><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/Fdisk.png"/></div><p>Alternatively, you can get the device name with the command + <code class="code">dmesg</code>: at end, you see the device name starting with + <span class="emphasis"><em>sd</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>sdd</em></span> in this + case:</p><pre class="screen">[72594.604531] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 27 using xhci_hcd +[72594.770528] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8564, idProduct=1000 +[72594.770533] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 +[72594.770536] usb 1-1: Product: Mass Storage Device +[72594.770537] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: JetFlash +[72594.770539] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 18MJTWLMPUCC3SSB +[72594.770713] usb 1-1: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 128 microframes, ep desc says 255 microframes +[72594.770719] usb 1-1: ep 0x2 - rounding interval to 128 microframes, ep desc says 255 microframes +[72594.771122] usb-storage 1-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected +[72594.772447] scsi host8: usb-storage 1-1:1.0 +[72595.963238] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access JetFlash Transcend 2GB 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 +[72595.963626] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 4194304 512-byte logical blocks: (2.14 GB/2.00 GiB) +[72595.964104] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off +[72595.964108] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 +[72595.965025] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] No Caching mode page found +[72595.965031] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through +[72595.967251] <span class="emphasis"><em>sdd</em></span>: sdd1 +[72595.969446] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk</pre></li><li class="listitem"><p>Find the device name for your USB stick (by its size), for + example <code class="code">/dev/sdb</code> in the screenshot above, it is a 8GB + USB stick.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=path/to/the/ISO/file of=/dev/sdX bs=1M</code></strong></p><p>Where X=your device name eg: /dev/sdc</p><p>Example: # <strong class="userinput"><code>dd if=/home/user/Downloads/Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb - bs=1M</code></strong></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Enter the command: # <strong class="userinput"><code>sync</code></strong></p></li><li class="listitem"><p>Unplug your USB stick, it is done</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="section" title="Using Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="d4e205"><!----></a>Using Windows</h5></div></div></div><p>You could try:</p><p>- <a class="link" href="http://rufus.akeo.ie/?locale=en_US" target="_top">Rufus</a></p><p>- <a class="link" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager" target="_top">Win32 Disk - Imager</a></p><p/></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Mageia Installation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a 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