When installing ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala will grub2 work together with grub legacy

[bqz69]

On Wednesday 21 October 2009 03:52:23 pm Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> 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.

I have tried to upgrade a couple of ubuntus, but it has never worked out well 
for me, så I intend to doing newinstalls, until further.

> And if you install grub2 when grub-legacy already exists, then it will
> chainload so you can always fall back to grub-legacy.

I have never really been able to find good documentation for grub/grub2, too 
techincal for me, and I do not really understand this chainload thing, even as 
I have got windows to double boot with linux (a long time ago).

I am working on a newbie level, even as I have quite some experience with 
ubuntu - I try to make simple supplementary documentation for newbies.

So, what if I intermix with grub legacy, and get problems, how do I fix it - 
still because grub is complicated to work with for newbies.

That's why I am using SGD, because it fix problems fairly easy.

SGD does not work together with grub2?

I never found out how to edit menu.lst when trying grub 2 out

To me grub must work automatic during newinstallation, and one must be able to 
fix problems, using some kind of GUI.

I am follow up on this, because the bootloader is a VERY important part.