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

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 alan0ke...@gmail.com 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

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

12.10 - any bootloader problem?

2013-01-09 Thread David
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:

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 ag...@justemail.net wrote: Hi, I am interested in installing 12.10 [rather than