Yes, grub2 has gotten much more intelligent about finding other installed OS's and booting them. <div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 4, 2012 6:48 PM, "Kevin O'Gorman" <<a href="mailto:kogorman@gmail.com">kogorman@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I installed xubuntu 12.04.1 along side my old ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It is able to boot both of them, so everything is going pretty well. However, I need advice or help with management of the /boot directory. Right now, I'm assuming the installed grub is using the /boot in the xubuntu partition. I'm a bit surprised that it's not only showing kernels from there, but also showing kernels from the separate /boot partition that I was using with ubuntu. I'm no longer sure why I was using a separate partition: it could have been an old BIOS restriction that applied to LILO (may it rest in peace), or possibly because I wanted to share it between installations. Heck, this new mobo doesn't even use a BIOS; I forget what this new thing is called, but I can use a mouse and everything. So I'm asking for verification: I'm pretty sure the location restrictions were retired a long time ago, and it appears grub has gotten smarter since I first started using it. Can I expect grub-update to find boot directories and boot partiitons and populate them correctly without the need for a separate partition, or for combined directories? This would be wonderful, and it seems to be the case, but fooling with the boot stuff is a good way to make my life miserable for days. I'd like to be sure. Thanks. -- Kevin O'Gorman programmer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software. -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>