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# Boot Mageia as Live system

### Booting the medium

You can boot directly from a Live DVD or USB. Usually, you just need to plug the USB device in or place the DVD in the drive and restart the computer.

If the computer does not automatically boot from the USB or DVD you may need to reconfigure your BIOS Boot Disk priority. Alternatively, you might try accessing the boot device menu to select a device from which the computer will boot.

### Tip

To access the BIOS or boot menu when the computer is starting, you can try pressing either F2, Del or Esc for the BIOS, or Esc, F8, F10 or F11 for the boot device menu. These (fairly common) keys are just a selection of possible options though.

### Note

The actual screen that you will first see when booting from the Live media will depend on whether your computer motherboard is of the Legacy (BIOS) or UEFI type.

### In BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode

First screen while booting in BIOS mode

Menu

- Boot Mageia

  This option will boot the Mageia Live system from the connected DVD/USB media (expect a very slow system compared to an installed OS).

  Once the boot is done, you can proceed to the installation.

  - + use non-free video drivers (slower to boot)

    Boot the Mageia Live system using non-free video drivers

- Install Mageia

  This option will install Mageia to a hard disk.

  - + use non-free video drivers (slower to boot)

    Install Mageia using non-free video drivers

- Memory Test

  Test the installed RAM by performing multiple read and write operations. Reboot to end the test.

- F2 Language

  Press F2 to have the installer use a specific language during the installation. Use the arrow keys to select the language then press Enter.

### In UEFI mode

First screen while booting in UEFI mode

Menu

- Boot Mageia

  This option will boot the Mageia Live system from the connected DVD/USB media (expect a very slow system compared to an installed OS). Once the boot is done, you can proceed to the installation

- Install Mageia

  This option will install Mageia to a hard disk.

- F2 Language

  Press F2 to have the installer use a specific language during the installation. Use the arrow keys to select the language then press Enter.

### Note

If you booted from a USB stick, you will see the above menu options duplicated, and in this case, you should choose from the menu pair that will be suffixed with "USB".

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- Select and use ISOs
  - Introduction
  - Media
    - Definition
    - Classical installation media
      - Common features
    - Live media
      - Common features
      - Live DVD Plasma
      - Live DVD GNOME
      - Live DVD Xfce
    - Net install media
      - Common features
      - netinstall.iso
      - netinstall-nonfree.iso
  - Downloading and Checking Media
    - Downloading
    - Checking the integrity of the downloaded media
  - Burn or dump the ISO
    - Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD
    - Dump the ISO to a USB stick
      - Using a graphical tool within Mageia
      - Using a graphical tool within Windows
      - Using the Command line within a GNU/Linux system
- Boot Mageia as Live system
  - Booting the medium
  - In BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode
  - In UEFI mode
- Please choose a language to use
- License and Release Notes
  - License Agreement
  - Release Notes
- Configure your Timezone
- Clock Settings
- Select Keyboard
- Testing Mageia as Live system
  - Live mode
    - Testing hardware
    - Launch installation
- Partitioning
  - Suggested Partitioning
  - Choose the mount points
  - Confirm hard disk to be formatted
  - Custom Disk Partitioning with DiskDrake
  - Formatting
- Keep or delete unused material
- Bootloader
  - Available Bootloaders
    - Grub2
    - rEFInd
  - Bootloader Setup
    - Bootloader main options
    - Bootloader Configuration
  - Other Options
    - Using an existing bootloader
    - Installing Without a Bootloader
    - Add or Modify a Boot Menu Entry
- Updates
- Reboot
- User Management
  - Set Administrator (root) Password:
  - Enter a user
- Login Screen
- Uninstalling Mageia

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