[Installation/Uninstallation] Problems with two ubuntus

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Sat Dec 27 09:14:17 UTC 2008


Prasanna wrote:
> Could I just mount the old partition and delete the files and reuse
> the space?

Yes.

> Will that cause any problems with the bootloader 
> configuration?

I would suggest you delete the boot loader entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst of 
the _new_ installation. Otherwise it may still try to find the old 
installation which wouldn't work after deleting the files.


Nils




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