[Mageia-discuss] wireless success story

Sat Feb 25 01:38:50 CET 2012

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
+
+