On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 09:59 +1200, Mike Gauland wrote: > My laptop is configured as dual-boot right now (Windows XP and Ubuntu). > Unfortunately, Ubuntu frequently locks up on this machine. I don't want > to do a re-install only to find that hasn't helped the situation, but > I'd like to add a new install to a separate partition, and see if that > runs any better. Of course, I want to be sure GRUB continues to > recognise the existing operating systems as well as the new one. Is > there any trick to doing this? I'm planning to install Debian > stable---any advice particular to that distribution? > > --Mike > Debian is more intended as a server system, and so may miss some of the latest whizzbang offerings. That said, you've chosen the perfect time to try it, as lenny was promoted to stable only a few months ago. As such it's a lot less frustrating to use than CentOS ( especially 4! ).
As always, be paranoid when selecting the partition to install on, but you should have no problems. You may want to print off the end of /boot/grub/menu.lst, and/or copy it to a home directory so you can manually reinstate parts if necessary. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <st...@greengecko.co.nz> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0
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