12.10 - any bootloader problem?

Jackson Doak doak.jackson at gmail.com
Thu Jan 10 03:30:05 UTC 2013


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 <agora at justemail.net> 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
>
>
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