Mageia 5: Where to start...

[sev7en]

Dear Community,
as far as I read on latest news from Distrowatch at 3th July should be available the first downloadable version of Mageia 5. As I am really interested to join in the community as tester, I would like know where to download it.


Kindly

[Ken-Bergen]

Well July 3rd is still a few weeks away.

Just kidding, planed release of the first alpha was June 3rd but it has been delayed.
So be patient and welcome to Mageia.

[sev7en]

Well July 3rd is still a few weeks away.

Just kidding, planed release of the first alpha was June 3rd but it has been delayed.
So be patient and welcome to Mageia.

It was a test about the release date! I'd like to work around that project as Ubuntu is getting as too much commercial distro, Mint is good but already "well-formed" and Mageia has all the potential (it's already 3th of the Distrowatch's list) to go over the top.

[jkerr82508]

New development releases are usually announced in the blog:
http://blog.mageia.org/en/
or in the Forum:
viewforum.php?f=15

When they are available, development iso's can be downloaded from the iso/cauldron directory on a Mageia mirror, such as:
ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pu ... /cauldron/

A list of Mageia mirrors is here:
http://mirrors.mageia.org/
and the current status of the mirrors is here:
http://mirrors.mageia.org/status

If the anticipated release date is changed, then the new release date is usually indicated in the planning summary:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_5_Development

Jim

[doktor5000]

Dear Jim,
thank you, as mirror I can support you since now... I have space and bandwidth to share looking forward to get as soon possible that Alpha.

[doktor5000]

Please next time do not use fullquotes, but only use the Reply function. Greatly improves clarity and reading flow

For information how to become a mirror, see https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mirrors_poli ... _mirror.3F

[sev7en]

Dear doktor5000,
I am following up your suggests.

[tarakbumba]

se7en, you can also start testing by using Cauldron

[sev7en]

se7en, you can also start testing by using Cauldron

Dear tarakbumba,
thank you, but I would like to do that from a clean-installation, not as update.

[doktor5000]

That is a bit trickier, as you need to enter the mirror and URL manually. Check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installation ... k_Installs for boot media for cauldron.

[sev7en]

Hi doktor5000,
did you mean it's available but still not packed as ISO? I checked the link you suggested above for it.


(Cheers)

[doktor5000]

There is no full installer media like with the normal release media. Check one of the available cauldron images and see for yourself.

[sev7en]

dok,
just to clarify, I am speaking about that (thanks)

When they are available, development iso's can be downloaded from the iso/cauldron directory on a Mageia mirror, such as:
ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pu ... /cauldron/

[doktor5000]

No clue from where you're quoting or what your actual question is. The link I've posted mentions:

You can perform network installs using either boot.iso or all.img, you can find them on the mirrors in <mirror url>/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/$ARCH/install/images/

So for example with distrib-coffee as mirror that would be ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pu ... ll/images/

[sev7en]

It's impressive the small size of that images... they look like the Puppy Linux

[jkerr82508]

The boot.iso doesn't need to be large. It only loads a kernel and establishes a network connection to the mirror. The installer itself is downloaded from the mirror.

Jim

[sev7en]

The boot.iso doesn't need to be large. It only loads a kernel and establishes a network connection to the mirror. The installer itself is downloaded from the mirror.

Jim

Dear Jim,
thanks the boot-nonfree ISO is the one with the 3th part for no-free packages also? It is the most complete image?

[sev7en]

I am using the MultiBoot USB 2.0 to burn the image but it doesn't work for both (free and not).

[Ken-Bergen]

Did you use the boot.iso or boot.img?
The iso works for me the img does not.

The -nonfree images have some propitiatory hardware drivers used to get the installer running, they have no affect on what is installed.

If you do a network install be prepared for failures.
The reason being that updates in Cauldron are pushed to the core repositories replacing older versions so if version 1.0 of a critical package was found and scheduled for install but is replaced by version 1.1 before 1.0 could be downloaded installation will fail.

BTW: I see that the release of alpha-1 has been rescheduled for July 8.

[sev7en]

Did you use the boot.iso or boot.img?
The iso works for me the img does not.

The -nonfree images have some propitiatory hardware drivers used to get the installer running, they have no affect on what is installed.

If you do a network install be prepared for failures.
The reason being that updates in Cauldron are pushed to the core repositories replacing older versions so if version 1.0 of a critical package was found and scheduled for install but is replaced by version 1.1 before 1.0 could be downloaded installation will fail.

BTW: I see that the release of alpha-1 has been rescheduled for July 8.

Dear Ken,
I am using the ISO image file but it is not recognized by the tool (when I click to create it, the image simply disappear). 8 July? It's really late...

[Ken-Bergen]

I just checked the wiki and the tool you're using is known not to work, try one of the ones known to work.

[sev7en]

I just checked the wiki and the tool you're using is known not to work, try one of the ones known to work.

Dear Ken,
it is one of the suggested:
A sourceforge project multibootusb, a tool for several Linux distros or Windows versions, uses the Grub4dOS bootloader (and Gambas3).

Why that distro it isn't compatible with the Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.3? It's just a curiosity of mine... what is the different from that distro and the others supported?

[Ken-Bergen]

If you read farther down under "Other LiveUSB Methods (currently not working)" you'll find
"A sourceforge project multibootusb, a tool for several Linux distros or Windows versions, uses the Grub4dOS bootloader (and Gambas3)."

[sev7en]

Thanks to all for the great feedbacks... what a community indeed! Did you can also suggest me a Windows tool to deploy the image into an USB 16Gb stick? The suggested one is not working with the online images.

[doktor5000]

"is not working" is not a clear problem description. What is not working? Which image did you use? What error message did you get from usbdumper?
What about the offered alternatives?