Click on 'Device' (in the menu bar) - Create Partition Table.select the correct device in the drop down list in the upper right of the gparted screen.run dmesg to see whether it's sdb, sdc, sdd etc.insert the USB key you want to write the iso to.If you run a Mageia5 cauldron: for many using isodumper to do the formatting will be easier, see the instructions here: UEFI how-to#Installing from_USB) # parted -s /dev/sdf mklabel msdos mkpart primary fat32 0% 100% Prepare a USB stick big enough for the ISO, labelled MGALIVE and formatted FAT32.įor example, in command line, if your USB device is /dev/sdf (replace 'f' in /dev/sdf with the real letter): (for dual booters with efi system this is already the case).you need a fat32 formatted 100M+ partition type ef (efi boot).the harddisk needs to already have a gpt partition table, otherwise partitioning fails.for classic installs the label does not matter, but for live medias you must label it MGALIVE so draklive module will pick it up when you use the menu options that are marked (usb boot).if you need/want to boot from USB, copy the contents of the isos to a FAT32 formatted stick (UEFI spec does not require iso9660 boot detection).the x86_64 classical boot(-nonfree).iso and Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD and the x86_64 liveDVDs are capable of booting in UEFI mode directly if burned to CD or DVD.The most important one to remember: UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) support in mga4 is experimental and will get proper integration only for mga5 so there are some known facts / restrictions and issues: copy the contents of the DVD to the stick for live installer you must label the stick MGALIVEģ. for classical installer we do not care about label anymoreĢb. Enter the label and select FAT 32 (Windows)Ģa.Device to work on: choose your USB stick to format.you can use the isodumper package to do that easily, it is in the Mageia repositories:.If you want to install from USB stick there is only this:

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