As my first ever Linux install would not work under the default patitions that the installer was trying, i made one partition for my whole ML7.1 install, i.e. hdb5 = "/" (hdb1 = "swap", i couldn't get them to go the other way round). I have done a lot of learning on this first install and i am comfortable that i want to move up. I now want to dual boot 7.1 with 8.2. I have 8GB of FAT32 (D: drive in Windows) on hda5 that i intend to make 8.2 happily at home in once repartitioned. I don't want to break what i have working well, till i have 8.2 working better.
Apparently they should share a common /boot partition. My question therefore: Do i need to reinstall my 7.1 to create a separate /boot first or can i tack 8.2 on to what i already have to give me the dual boot i want (triple boot with windows)? Man i have learned so much in the last year or so... but i am still so green at this. TIA Michael -- "The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases. "For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch?'" -- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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