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:Alpha Release 15/Feb/2011
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*http://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/iso/cauldron/
*http://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/iso/cauldron/
====How to do an installation====
*:http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=qa_install#via_a_mageia_mirror
How to do an installation
'''Via a Mageia DVD'''
  1.download a file.iso from your favorite mirror
          1.check the download with $ md5sum /home/$USER/path-to-my-iso.iso
          2.burn it on a DVD or DVD-RW
          3.reboot your computer
          4.boot from the DVD (check in you bios)
The files.iso are located in Mageia/iso/cauldron/ on the mirror /!\
http://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/iso/cauldron/
Don't forget to plug the AC adapter if you are working on a laptop /!\
'''Via a Mageia mirror'''
  1.download a all.img from you favorite mirror
          1.dump it on a pendrive
              1.$ dmesg | grep removable to see the /dev/sbX
              2.# dd if=/home/$USER/path-to-the-image.img of=/dev/sd[a-z] bs=1M to dump the image on the pendrive
        2.boot from the pendrive (check in you bios)
        3.choose the mirror to use in the list or add an other one
  2.download a boot.iso from your favorite mirror
        1.burn it on a CD or CD-RW
        2.boot from the CD (check in you bios)
        3.choose the mirror to use in the list or add an other one
  The all.img and boot.iso are located in  
  The all.img and boot.iso are located in  
  http://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/i586/install/images/  
  http://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/i586/install/images/