When installing ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala will grub2 work together with grub legacy
Amedee Van Gasse (ub)
amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be
Wed Oct 21 13:52:23 UTC 2009
On Wed, October 21, 2009 15:39, bqz69 wrote:
> I have 4 different ubuntu versions on my laptop.
>
> I am using grub legacy, and I can install new versions, using super grub
> disk
> SGD to set grub up after each new installation, and all works perfect.
>
> Then I tried a month ago to use grub 2 and I lost my installation because
> I
> could not fix it using SGD, I also did a lot of reading to fix the
> problem.
>
> I now see, to my horror, that grub 2 is default in 9.10 which is being
> released end of this month.
>
> As I see it, I cannot even think of installing with grub 2.
>
> Is there a choice, when installing 9.10 stable, so you can choose grub
> legacy
> during installation.
>
If you upgrade an existing 9.01 to 9.10 (no new installation), it will
keep grub-legacy. Grub2 is only for new installations.
And if you install grub2 when grub-legacy already exists, then it will
chainload so you can always fall back to grub-legacy.
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