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# Testing Mageia as Live system

### Live mode

This is the screen you will see if you selected the Boot Mageia option from the Live media menu.

#### Testing hardware

One of the aims of using the Live mode is to test that your hardware is correctly managed by Mageia. You can check if all devices have a driver in the Hardware section of the Mageia Control Center:

- network interface: configure it with net_applet

- graphics card: if you see the previous screen, it's already OK.

- sound: a jingle has already been played

- printer: configure your printer/s and print a test page

- scanner: scan a document from ...

If everything is satisfactory, you can proceed with the installation. If not, you can use the Quit button to exit.

### Note

The configuration settings you apply here are carried over if you decide to proceed with the installation.

#### Launch installation

To launch the installation of the Live DVD to a hard disk or SSD drive, simply click the Install on Hard Disk icon on the Live desktop. You will then see this screen, followed by the Partitioning step.

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  - Introduction
  - Media
    - Definition
    - Classical installation media
      - Common features
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      - Common features
      - Live DVD Plasma
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    - Net install media
      - Common features
      - netinstall.iso
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  - Downloading and Checking Media
    - Downloading
    - Checking the integrity of the downloaded media
  - Burn or dump the ISO
    - Burning the ISO to a CD/DVD
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      - Using a graphical tool within Mageia
      - Using a graphical tool within Windows
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- 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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