[Mageia-discuss] Install Mageia from Windows

[Morgan Leijström]

Den 2010-10-11 11:55:19 skrev Juergen Harms:
> Reading this thread, I have the impression that - at least - part of the
> question might be a problem of documentation (availability / visibility).
>
> Documentation addressed at Windows users who are interested on having a
> go at Linux should be easy to find and high quality. Maybe that is an
> issue which the documentation group should pick up. Is there also a
> technical issue where Mageia - with a reasonable effort - could add to
> its attractivity?

Yes

Some appealing nice well thought through guidance wold be very good.

Visibly linked from Mageia main page "how to try" leading to a wiki page with 
short intros of  LiveCD/USB, and installation methods for VM, whole disk, 
dual boot or, as suggested, some method to install into a loopmounted file 
like wubi.  Or methods to use a USB stick or drive, like  
http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=130007


...With links going further to one page per method.

Also the installation instructions should also be *in pdf* so the user can 
print them out and read then while he is installing...!
-Including how to connect to internet after install!

Not to forget, i think a nice section about how to choose method is very 
important, like how to tell if his system can boot on CD or USB and remedy 
that (BIOS setting), and pros and cons (i.e speed, compatibility...)

BTW, googling Wubi, it looks very good, but i would still prefer running from 
CD or USB stick (for persistence) if i was a careful person trying Linux 
first time.