Re: 12.10 - any bootloader problem?

2013-01-10 Thread Alan Kerns 
Well, if it's that simple, you would do me (and a lot of other plodders) 
a great service by pointing us to a recipe that explains how to  set up 
distros using grub and lilo where one can simply point and click to boot 
a particular distro.
You may find it amazing but there are many who find the problem of 
incompatible distros insurmountable. Up to now, I've had to resort to 
deleting the incompatible distro and installing a known compatible 
distro in order to regain access to my current preferred distro. Note: 
it's not just grub versus lilo; many distros using grub are also 
mutually exclusive.

References please.
Thanks
Alan Kerns

On 11/01/13 04:35, Jackson Doak wrote:

i believe there are many bootloaders, take your pick


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Alan Kerns > wrote:


As a perpetual non-expert supporter of open software who likes to
try out distros in separate partitions on a single HDD, I've got
to say the bootloader is a huge issue for very unadvanced multi
linux installs.
It is sad to experience competing linux distributions treating
each other like enemies, and MS OSs as best friends.
Is there any possibility - ever - of a bootmanager that can allow
hitherto incompatible distros to peacefully coexist on a single HDD?
Cheers
Alan Kerns

On 10/01/13 13:30, Jackson Doak wrote:

first, it's better to not use betas as your OS. second, the only
issue in the bootloader is for very advanced multi linus OS
installs (the installer always formats /boot)


On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:24 PM, David mailto:ag...@justemail.net>> wrote:

Hi,

I am interested in installing 12.10 [rather than 12.04] on
one drive of
a computer in which a second drive has Windows (for the rare
occasions
when I use Windows) on it.

I am a bit apprehensive after reading this review:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/review-ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-a-mix-of-promise-pain/
which says that there is a problem in installation of the
bootloader
(see section "Installer crazy") which requires a work-around.

Have any of you had this difficulty in installation of 12.10 ?

The copy I have is on a Linux magazine's DVD, called 'Ubuntu
12.10 beta
2'.

Thanks

Dave


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Re: 12.10 - any bootloader problem?

2013-01-10 Thread Jackson Doak 
i believe there are many bootloaders, take your pick


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Alan Kerns  wrote:

>  As a perpetual non-expert supporter of open software who likes to try
> out distros in separate partitions on a single HDD, I've got to say the
> bootloader is a huge issue for very unadvanced multi linux installs.
> It is sad to experience competing linux distributions treating each other
> like enemies, and MS OSs as best friends.
> Is there any possibility - ever - of a boot manager that can allow
> hitherto incompatible distros to peacefully coexist on a single HDD?
> Cheers
> Alan Kerns
>
>  On 10/01/13 13:30, Jackson Doak wrote:
>
> first, it's better to not use betas as your OS. second, the only issue in
> the bootloader is for very advanced multi linus OS installs (the installer
> always formats /boot)
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:24 PM, David  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am interested in installing 12.10 [rather than 12.04] on one drive of
>> a computer in which a second drive has Windows (for the rare occasions
>> when I use Windows) on it.
>>
>> I am a bit apprehensive after reading this review:
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/review-ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-a-mix-of-promise-pain/
>> which says that there is a problem in installation of the bootloader
>> (see section "Installer crazy") which requires a work-around.
>>
>> Have any of you had this difficulty in installation of 12.10 ?
>>
>> The copy I have is on a Linux magazine's DVD, called 'Ubuntu 12.10 beta
>> 2'.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
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Re: 12.10 - any bootloader problem?

2013-01-10 Thread Alan Kerns 
As a perpetual non-expert supporter of open software who likes to try 
out distros in separate partitions on a single HDD, I've got to say the 
bootloader is a huge issue for very unadvanced multi linux installs.
It is sad to experience competing linux distributions treating each 
other like enemies, and MS OSs as best friends.
Is there any possibility - ever - of a bootmanager that can allow 
hitherto incompatible distros to peacefully coexist on a single HDD?

Cheers
Alan Kerns

On 10/01/13 13:30, Jackson Doak wrote:
first, it's better to not use betas as your OS. second, the only issue 
in the bootloader is for very advanced multi linus OS installs (the 
installer always formats /boot)



On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:24 PM, David > wrote:


Hi,

I am interested in installing 12.10 [rather than 12.04] on one
drive of
a computer in which a second drive has Windows (for the rare occasions
when I use Windows) on it.

I am a bit apprehensive after reading this review:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/review-ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-a-mix-of-promise-pain/
which says that there is a problem in installation of the bootloader
(see section "Installer crazy") which requires a work-around.

Have any of you had this difficulty in installation of 12.10 ?

The copy I have is on a Linux magazine's DVD, called 'Ubuntu 12.10
beta
2'.

Thanks

Dave


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Re: 12.10 - any bootloader problem?

2013-01-09 Thread Jackson Doak 
first, it's better to not use betas as your OS. second, the only issue in
the bootloader is for very advanced multi linus OS installs (the installer
always formats /boot)


On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:24 PM, David  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am interested in installing 12.10 [rather than 12.04] on one drive of
> a computer in which a second drive has Windows (for the rare occasions
> when I use Windows) on it.
>
> I am a bit apprehensive after reading this review:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/review-ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-a-mix-of-promise-pain/
> which says that there is a problem in installation of the bootloader
> (see section "Installer crazy") which requires a work-around.
>
> Have any of you had this difficulty in installation of 12.10 ?
>
> The copy I have is on a Linux magazine's DVD, called 'Ubuntu 12.10 beta
> 2'.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
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