Re: Ubuntu+1 inside a sandboxed partition

2012-08-21 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
I'll toss my 2 cents in here as well. Part of testing is to test out the installer. However, if your afraid of losing data (and you should have a plan!), one trick I like to use is to simply crack open my case and disconnect the hard drive(s) containing my crucial data. Boom, problem solved. No

Re: Ubuntu+1 inside a sandboxed partition

2012-08-21 Thread Andrea Corbellini
On 19/08/12 20:36, Dražen wrote: Hi all, is there a way to run the development Ubuntu version dual boot, but by using the OS installer (and other related stuff) from the stable version so that there is little or no chance of it damaging other partitions with the stable production installation?

Re: Ubuntu+1 inside a sandboxed partition

2012-08-21 Thread Dražen
OK, thanks everybody for your quick suggestions! I think what Bryce and Andrea are suggesting would be what I had in mind (using lxc containers would still prevent me from testing the latest drivers). I'll try it out and add it to the mentioned wiki page as another method if it works. Dražen On

Re: Ubuntu+1 inside a sandboxed partition

2012-08-21 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 19/08/12 19:36, Dražen wrote: > Hi all, > > is there a way to run the development Ubuntu version dual boot, but by > using the OS installer (and other related stuff) from the stable version > so that there is little or no chance of it damaging other partitions > with the stable production insta

Re: Ubuntu+1 inside a sandboxed partition

2012-08-21 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 08:36:44PM +0200, Dražen wrote: > Hi all, > > is there a way to run the development Ubuntu version dual boot, but by > using the OS installer (and other related stuff) from the stable version so > that there is little or no chance of it damaging other partitions with the >

Ubuntu+1 inside a sandboxed partition

2012-08-21 Thread Dražen
Hi all, is there a way to run the development Ubuntu version dual boot, but by using the OS installer (and other related stuff) from the stable version so that there is little or no chance of it damaging other partitions with the stable production installation? I'd like to run an Ubuntu+1 version