{{Note box|You are advised to only upgrade clean machines, e.g. without contribs or other modifications. If any contribs is installed you must remove them; you may re-install contribs after upgrade. All contribs settings are saved in /etc/e-smith/templates or /etc/e-smith/templates-custom so when you re-install any contrib settings will be retrieved.}}
{{Note box|You are advised to only upgrade clean machines, e.g. without contribs or other modifications. If any contribs is installed you must remove them; you may re-install contribs after upgrade. All contribs settings are saved in /etc/e-smith/templates or /etc/e-smith/templates-custom so when you re-install any contrib settings will be retrieved.}}
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See [[Bugzilla: 6732]] and [[Bugzilla: 7056]]
{{Note box|Before performing an upgrade to SME 8 from version 7.xx you need to fully update the installation of version 7.xx before attempting the upgrade.}}
{{Note box|Before performing an upgrade to SME 8 from version 7.xx you need to fully update the installation of version 7.xx before attempting the upgrade.}}