1. Mandriva 2011 installation: abstract Mandriva 2011 installation DVD has two options: * Launch System (live-DVD) launches Mandriva Live. It has an option to install Mandriva on hard disk drive (HDD). * Install System (install-DVD) starts Mandriva installer immediately. This presentation shows how to install Mandriva 2011 on HDD from Mandriva Live.Reboot and user management are not covered.

2. Contents

Mandriva 2011: system requirenment 5

3. Installation DVD default boot option 6 4. Comparing Live and install Systems 7 5. How to launch Mandriva Live installer - Live Install8 6. Mandriva Live warning: backup data first 9 7. Default partitioning suggestion 10 8. Select custom partition 11 9. Backup warning 12 10. Default Microsoft Windows partition window 13 11. Window partition clicked 14 12. Resizing Windows partition error 15 13. Default Window partition resizing window 16 14. Shrinking Windows partition 17 15. Empty partition created 18 16. Default Createn ew partition19 17.

Creating swap space 20

18. Swap created 21 19. Creating file partition 22 20. File partition created 23 21. Choosing the mount point 24 22. Mandriva 2011: simple partitioning 25 23. Final warning 26 24. Mandriva 2011: installation process 27 25. Mandriva Desktop: European origin28 26. Mandriva Desktop: everything you need 29 27. Mandriva Desktop: Relax 30 28. Mandriva Desktop: Innovate 31 29. Mandriva Desktop : Rocket Bar 32 30. Mandriva Desktop : Simple Welcome 33 31. Mandriva Desktop: TimeFrame 34 32. Mandriva Desktop: MandrivaSync 35 33. Mandriva Desktop: Sphere 36 34. Bootloader default 37 35. Mandriva 2011: bootloader suggested menu 38 36.

Mandriva Live installer Finish 39

37. Back to Mandriva Live40 38. Mandriva Live Power botton 41 39. Mandriva Live kdm Power botton 42 40. Mandriva Live l ogging out options43 41. Mandriva 2011: system requirements

640 MB RAM (recommends 1Gb)

42. 8 GB free HDD space 43. VGA display with resolution 1024x768 44. DVD/flash for installation 45. If system requirements don't match you may get warning or complete installation freeze. 46. See slide 11for an example. 47. Installation DVD default boot option. 48. Comparing Live and Install Systems

Live System

You run Mandriva 2011 without installation.

49. You check out how Mandriva 2011 covers your hardware and your needs. 50. You may install it after all.

Install System

You know for sure what you are doing.

51. You don't need anytesting to be performed. 52. You want to install Mandriva immediately. 53. How to launch Mandriva Live installer Live Install

There is a presentation video on you tube Mandriva_2011_DVD: starting Live Install; look at stlouismug channel http://www.youtube.com/user/stlouismug

54. Copy of presentation - Mandriva 2011 DVD: starting Live Install - is on slideshare; look athttp://www.slideshare.net/stlouismug 55. Mandriva Live warning: backup data first

Mandriva Live installer suggest to backup data.

56. You have to exit installation and backup you data. 57. Default option is to continue. 58. Default partitioning suggestion

An example on right suggests creating 6G partition for Mandriva 2011 installation. It doesn't meet system requirement (see slide five) and installation will be aborted.

59. Select custom partitioning 60. Backup warning 61. Default Microsoft Windows partition window

This presentation uses 60G HDD in Virtual Box.

62. There may be a variety of differences on real hardware (computers). 63. Windows partition clicked 64. Resizing Windows partitionerorr

You have to abort installation if you have this error message

65. After resizing partition [...], all data on this partition will be lost . 66. Turn off the power. 67. Run installation one more time. 68. Default Windows partition resizing window 69. Shrinking Windows partition

We need 10 G space for Mandriva 2011 installation.

70. 61428 MB is partition size. 71. We are going to shrink/resize it to 50897 MB. 72. It gives us about 10 G(10531 MB). 73. Empty partition created

10 G empty partition is here.

74. It is just empty. We need to create a new partitions. 75. Default Create new partition 76. Creating swap space Create 1 G swap if computer RAM is less than 1 G.

You don't have to create swap space if memory is bigger than 1 G.

77. Mandriva installer may complain about swapabsence but installation is possible. 78. Swap created 79. Creating file partition 80. File partition created 81. Choosing the mount point

You have to choose mount point.

82. Mount point/ is the simplest possible option. 83. Mandriva 2011 : simple partitioning 84. Final warning 85. Mandriva 2011 : installation process

It may take a while to install Mandriva 2011.

86. While installing, there are several images changing on a screen. 87. They are shown next on several slides (28-36). 88. Mandriva Desktop: European origin 89. Mandriva Desktop: everything you need 90. Mandriva Desktop: Relax 91. Mandriva Desktop: Innovate 92. Mandriva Desktop: RocketBar 93. Mandriva Desktop: SimpleWelcome 94. Mandriva Desktop: TimeFrame 95. Mandriva Desktop: MandrivaSync 96. Mandriva Desktop: Sphere 97. Bootloader default 98. Mandriva 2011: bootloader suggested menu

The installer creates booting menu here.

99. The very first item linux will boot in 5 (five) second. 100. To boot Windowsyou need to scroll down towindowsline at boot time. 101. Mandriva Live installer Finish

Clicking Finish just finishes Mandrive installer.

102. You are returning back to Mandriva Live 103. Back to Mandriva Live 104. Mandriva Live Power botton 105. Mandriva Live: kdm Power botton 106. Mandriva Live logging out options