by morgano » Feb 27th, '21, 00:43
You did not tell if you are installing Mageia 7 or 8.
Some devices and protocols have been added to Mageia 8 since Mageia 7.
I suppose you tried the nonfree netinstall ISO?
Yes the other option is the installer ISOs. Unfortunately we have no CD size anymore, but DVD size.
Classic installer do not use nonfree drivers during install/upgrade.
If you need to boot most compatible, it is the Live ISOs. From them you can also do install, optionally update the Live before.
Mandriva since 2006, Mageia 2011 at home & work. Thinkpad T40, T43, T400, T510, Dell M4400, M6300, Acer Aspire 7. Workstation using LVM, LUKS, VirtualBox, BOINC