Install mandriva 2011 from usb

Elizabeth Howell. Mandriva installation from Mandriva Live 1. It has an option to install Mandriva on hard disk drive HDD. Reboot and user management are not covered. Installation DVD default boot option 6 4. Comparing Live and install Systems 7 5. How to launch Mandriva Live installer - Live Install 8 6. Mandriva Live warning: backup data first 9 7. Default partitioning suggestion 10 8. Select custom partition 11 9. Backup warning 12 Default Microsoft Windows partition window 13 Window partition clicked 14 Resizing Windows partition error 15 Default Window partition resizing window 16 Shrinking Windows partition 17 Empty partition created 18 Swap created 21 Creating file partition 22 File partition created 23 Choosing the mount point 24 Mandriva simple partitioning 25 Final warning 26 Mandriva installation process 27 Mandriva Desktop: European origin 28 Mandriva Desktop: everything you need 29 Mandriva Desktop: Relax 30 Mandriva Desktop: Innovate 31 Mandriva Desktop : Rocket Bar 32 Mandriva Desktop : Simple Welcome 33 Mandriva Desktop: TimeFrame 34 Mandriva Desktop: MandrivaSync 35 Mandriva Desktop: Sphere 36 Bootloader default 37 Back to Mandriva Live 40 Mandriva Live Power botton 41 Mandriva Live kdm Power botton 42 VGA display with resolution x If system requirements don't match you may get warning or complete installation freeze.

See slide 11 for an example. Installation DVD default boot option. You check out how Mandriva covers your hardware and your needs. You may install it after all. You don't need any testing to be performed. You want to install Mandriva immediately. You have to exit installation and backup you data. Default option is to continue. It doesn't meet system requirement see slide five and installation will be aborted. Select custom partitioning Backup warning There may be a variety of differences on real hardware computers.

Windows partition clicked Turn off the power. Run installation one more time. Default Windows partition resizing window It gives us about 10 G MB. It is just empty. We need to create a new partitions. Default Create new partition Mandriva installer may complain about swap absence but installation is possible. Printers, modems, scanners and joysticks are just a few examples of peripherals which Mandriva installer can automatically detect and configure as Mandriva Linux is being installed.

Mandriva Linux can handle a large number of hardware devices, and the list is far too long to be quoted exhaustively. You may consult an up-to-date list of supported hardware on the Mandriva Linux Hardware Database web site. You can install Mandriva Linux alongside other operating systems, such as Windows, or other versions of Linux.

Have the documentation for those OSes handy and make sure you:. Once Mandriva Linux is installed, and the system is restarted, a menu appears from which you can select the operating system to start: use the arrow keys to highlight the one you want, then press Enter to boot it.

If you upgrade from Spring, Mandriva Linux versions, do not forget to backup your system. Upgrading from earlier versions prior to Spring is not supported. In that case, you need to do a fresh installation and not an update. The "root" account will give you unrestricted access to your Linux system.

Do not use it except to configure or administer Linux. For every day use, use a normal user account which you can configure with the "userdrake" tool, or with the commands "adduser" and "passwd".