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

[Goh Lip]

bqz69 wrote:
> On Thursday 22 October 2009 07:27:06 pm Goh Lip wrote:
>> bqz69 wrote:
>>> 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.
>> You can boot into 9.10 using 8.04 grub-legacy by chainloading (manually)
>> Then at 9.10, update grub2 to set to sda and include newer 8.04 (if you
>> want to use 9.10 grub at sda).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sorry, that is too technical for me to do, if I have 4 different OS to get 
> working, right after installation of 9.10.
> 
> I am speaking on behalf of other ubuntu people on my knowledge level which 
> might install 9.10 also, end of this month.
> 
> The bootloader is a very important part of linux, and quite complicated to 
> understand.
> 
> If you have a problem with a program when working inside ubuntu, you are 
> inside, but if you cannot get into an OS, you are sort of standing outside, 
> and cannot even google for help.
> 
> I predict a kind of storm from people asking for help, when they have 
> installed 9.10 - sort of when kde 4.2 suddenly was introduced  to people used 
> to kde 3.5, and they could not even install 3.5 instead - hopefully I am 
> wrong.
> 
> I have read, that you can edit grub.cfg, and that it can work side by side 
> with menu.lst, but grub.cfg is too complicated to edit for me - it needs some 
> sort of a programmer, I find.
> 


Yes, I see your point. But then, 'most' people who thinks their 
knowledge level is not 'there' would probably not install 4 OS on their 
computers and they won't have any problem installing a single 9.10 
system either if they can install a single windows OS.

If you need further clarifications, please get back to us.

Take care.

Regards,
Goh Lip