I'm sorry, but this is just flat out wrong on so many levels. Any distro
worth its salt offers the option to install grub in the bootsector of the
installed partition instead of the MBR. That way each installation gets its
own grub configuration/installation in its partition, and they don't step on
each other's configs with updates, etc.
Dual(or more)-boot is very common... exhibit A: factory recovery partitions.
All the major distros offer the option of where to install the bootloader,
and the option usually isn't all THAT hidden. And yes, that includes Ubuntu
(which was specifically mentioned). Somewhere near the end of the
installation there's an advanced options checkbox or something, which when
selected asks where you want to install grub (default is MBR), and something
about participating in their tracking system.
I don't mean to discourage you from trying VMs which are very handy things
(though maybe less so on a netbook)... but the premise that dual-boot
configs are uncommon and only going to lead trouble is false.
~ Daniel
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Matthew Rogers <matt@runithard.com> wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> In the user world multiple OS's is not common(/flame before it starts, if
> your on this this you are NOT common). I think you are going to find it's
> going to take a lot of work to keep it all straight. When an OS updates a
> kernel it's going to reinstall grub to use the new kernel. Expect Ubuntu to
> rewrite grub often (1 time a month? maybe less, Ubuntu is bleeding edge....)
>
> Good luck! Also, many OS's offer that Live option via USB etc. however,
> at the end of the day I think you'll find having a couple of files floating
> around and kicking off another OS in a VM will eliminate the hassles of all
> of this.
>
>
> --Cheers
>
> Matthew Rogers
>
>
> Chuck Hast wrote:
>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Mark Banschbach, SFO
>> <mrbear37@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hey Cheuck,
>>>
>>> 2 things..
>>>
>>> 1( I believe you should be able to edit the grub config file to point to
>>> the list of distros ..
>>>
>>> Second.. my wife wants ta know.. which hard drive you got for your Lenovo
>>> as she has one.. and how much RAM you have in your netbook ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Mark,
>> What is happening is each time I put a distro on the disk the stinking
>> thing
>> writes over my old grub files. I recall that they used to look and see
>> what was
>> on the disk and either re-do the whole thing and add the new OS to the
>> list,
>> or over write the old grub with a new one adding the new OS really ended
>> up
>> with the same thing.
>>
>> As to the HD, it got it some time back as a external HD, it is a 500 G WD,
>> as to the RAM, it had 1G, when I got it the guy at compusa, recommended
>> that I go ahead and upgrade to 2G, it was only I think $22 more, so I got
>> the
>> memory and upgraded it, was a great move.
>>
>>
>>
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