Mandriva Linux Installation Guide

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Camille Bégnis, Christian Roy, Fabián Mandelbaum, Roberto Rosselli del Turco, Marco De Vitis, Alice Lafox, John Rye, Wolfgang Bornath, Funda Wang, Patricia Pichardo Bégnis, Debora Rejnharc Mandelbaum, Mickael Scherer, Jean-Michel Dault, Lunas Moon, Céline Harrand, Fred Lepied, Pascal Rigaux, Thierry Vignaud, Giuseppe Ghibò, Stew Benedict, Francine Suzon, Indrek Madedog Triipus, Nicolas Berdugo, Fabrice Facorat, Xiao Ming, Snature , Guylhem Aznar, Pavel Maryanov, Annie Tétrault, Aurelio Marinho Jargas, Felipe Arruda, Marcia Gawlak Hoshi, Roberto Patriarca, Sean Wheller, Laura Sebrie.

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2007-03-20


Choosing your Language
License Terms of the Distribution
Installation Class
Configuring your Keyboard
Security Level
Where to Install Mandriva on your Hard Disk
Choosing Mount Points
Manual Choice
Partitions Naming
Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake
The Interface
DiskDrake's action buttons
Package Selection
Choosing the Installation Media
Supplementary Installation Media
Choosing Package Groups to Install
Minimal Installation
Choosing Individual Packages to Install
Root Password
Enter a Password
Optional: Choose a Centralized Authentication Scheme
Adding a User
Installing a Bootloader
Graphical Interface Configuration
Checking Miscellaneous Parameters
Summary
Time Zone Options
Configuring X, the Graphical Server
Selecting Available Services at Boot Time
Installing Updates from the Internet
It's Done!