On 02/23/2012 10:58 PM, andre999 wrote:
TJ a écrit :
I have to wonder though how I'll get the firmware I'll need to make an
Internet connection when I install Mageia 2 from the DVD if it's not
on there and I'm not within reach of an Ethernet cable.
TJ
If you do a release upgrade, you will have all your existing software
available during the upgrade. It is only if you do a fresh install that
the lack of wireless firmware will be problematic.
(Which is why I think that at least those packages should be on the dvd.)
Yeah, that's the thing - I've always done a clean install (usually
retaining /home) rather than an upgrade. I was advised to do that way
back when I went from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.0, and the practice has served
me well. While I hear it less often now than in the past, I have heard
of people having troubles from an upgrade that disappeared with a clean
install.
Once I finally achieved enough extra hard drive space, I started doing a
clean install on a separate partition for personal testing purposes
before committing to the new release for my production install. That
practice has also served me well, so far.
TJ
