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

So, we suggest I have installed ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala stable using grub 2, 
and now I can boot into this (and only this according to my experience).

Then I want to update my  system, so my 4 OS, all using grub legacy, and this 
new OS using grub 2 will come up with a combined grub boot loader menu (5 
choices of OS), so I can choose whatever OS I want to use.

This is a imagined situation I will meet, when I have new installed 9.10.

Later I want to install 8.04 from the live cd with grub legacy.

What will I have to do in this situation, as I only can log into 8.04 just 
after new installation.

I would use SGD according to my former experience, but it works not on grub 2.

Hope you understand my questions :-)

Thanks