Boot options

[Linda]

On 10/25/2012 08:23 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I let 12.04 resize the partition and install next to 10.04.  It said it
>> would let you choose which to boot, but it doesn't, it just boots to 12.04.
>> The partition with 10.04 does exist as I used it to copy and reference
>> files. What do I need to change to have boot options? Is this still done
>> with Grub?  If so how do I get the grub menu to appear rather than booting
>> straight into 12.04? I need to continue to boot to 10.04 with this machine
>> until I solve the mgetty problem.
>>                      Linda
> Did your previous /home partition reside in the same partition as / (root)?
>
> If not, perhaps you could check with GParted or Disk Utility if your
> previous root partition is still there or somehow was overwritten by
> the installer.
>
> If it still there, sudo update-grub should find it, so it shows in the
> next boot.
>
> L.
>
>

Thanks you put me on the right track.  I ran sudo 
update-grub and it showed both versions so I knew they were 
both still bootable but it still didn't give me a menu at 
boot. So now that I knew grub was still the boot loader I 
searched and found the solution.   I had to change 
/etc/default/grub by uncommenting out the low video display line
GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
             Thanks
             Linda