12.10 - any bootloader problem?

[Alan Kerns]

Well, if it's that simple, you would do me (and a lot of other plodders) 
a great service by pointing us to a recipe that explains how to  set up 
distros using grub and lilo where one can simply point and click to boot 
a particular distro.
You may find it amazing but there are many who find the problem of 
incompatible distros insurmountable. Up to now, I've had to resort to 
deleting the incompatible distro and installing a known compatible 
distro in order to regain access to my current preferred distro. Note: 
it's not just grub versus lilo; many distros using grub are also 
mutually exclusive.
References please.
Thanks
Alan Kerns

On 11/01/13 04:35, Jackson Doak wrote:
> i believe there are many bootloaders, take your pick
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Alan Kerns <alan0kerns at gmail.com 
> <mailto:alan0kerns at gmail.com>> 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 bootmanager 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 <agora at justemail.net
>>     <mailto: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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