by morgano » Sep 28th, '21, 22:38
If you are going the upgrade route it is recommended to have reliable internet connection and update repos added and active during install, else there more probably surface problems, and you should also perform full system update on each Mageia release before upgrading to the next...
Upgrading all Mageias from 1 to 8 will take *a lot* of patience and probably some fixing. There are some serious changes in some steps like Plasma, and folders for system binaries to name a couple along the way... Top that of with the desktop system and som programs do not cleanly transform settings between some upgrades.
You really must make a backup of your files in any case.
A good idea is to start making a Mageia Live USB you can boot on and easier fix things in case it fail to boot properly.
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