Dualbooting 7.04 with 7.10

[cj]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> cj wrote:
>   
>> ive never dualbooted linux before, so i dont know how to do it. Is it
>> like dualbooting windows or is it much different? and how do i do it? I
>> plan on dualbooting my kubuntu 7.04 with kubuntu 7.10
>>     
>
> Yes, it is like dualbooting linux + windows. I haven't used it for 7.04 + 
> 7.10 myself, only for 6.06 + 7.04. My advice: Use a separate partition 
> for 7.10, the swap partition can be used for both installations. During 
> the installation of 7.10 the swap partition will be reformatted. 
> Therefore you should uodate your 7.04 fstab if it has UUIDs in use. 
> Furthermore, I think it is better not to use a common /home partition. 
> The format of some configuration files might change -- then you might 
> have trouble when using 7.04 again.
>
>
> Nils
>
>   
in previous versions of ubuntu, you could insert the install CD for the 
new release and ubuntu would detect a newer release and upgrade, this is 
going to sound like a  extremely dumb question, but does ubuntu still do 
that?

--cj