It may be one way to get around the issues that I have with Mageia 6 but is there a risk of lost data?
The problems I have with 6 are that it will not copy data to external memory or write to a cd disk.
dennis
kajosim wrote:Concidering your problems I would personally go for a fresh clean install of Mageia7 (assuming you have enough RAM)
Re backup of your data :
- try another USB HD storage. Preferable a USB2 type.
- if you have a seperate /home partition then you could take the risk : do a clean install mount /home but DO-NOT format /home. Then your files should be like before.
- mount another HD inside the computer. Mount it (and format - using MCC) and copy all your files to the new HD.
- if your computer is connected to a router then get/borrow another (Linux) computer/laptop (maybe a LiveDVD Linux) and connect to the same router. You will need to set the firewalls to "No firewall" (in MCC). Knowihng the IP of both PCs you should be able to use a file manager to copy files.
- take the exiting HD out of the computer and use a USB-to-HD cable set (works like an external USB storage) to connect it to another Linux computer where you will be able to mount your old HD.
Re writing to CD disk. On many Linuxes it is not obvious that every user should have access to writing CD disks. You may need to add yourself to a group for burning (in MCC). If you use K3b for burning it will tell which group it is (If I recall).
DENNIS1940 wrote: Can I repair my version of Mageia by installing on top of it the undamaged version Mageia from my dvd? I'd guess that this is not a good idea.
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