i believe there are many bootloaders, take your pick
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Alan Kerns <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >> > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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