I have read somewhere that grub 2 which will be shipped with Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) does not have the option to install to / (only to mbr). Then again I have also seen somewhere that it does indeed have this option. Which version is correct ? Assuming that there is the option to install to the root partition, would it be OK to use the 'legacy' grub installed in mbr to chainload Karmic ? I am currently chainloading Jaunty (64 bit) from my Hardy (32 bit) and when Karmic K. is released might want to replace Jaunty with it. I am sure many here will already have tried Karmic K. alphas - does it live up to expectations ? Regards
It's all changed - - means re-learning grub Here some links:- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#Dual-booting http://grub.enbug.org/CommandList .. and one from Arch (but /boot/grub/grub.cfg is not meant to be edited). http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2 How to boot Grub 2 from Grub legacy (my main concern) Seems one needs the --force command to get grub2 installed to the boot sector. Maybe this will be ironed out in the Karmic final release. sudo grub-setup --force /dev/sdb2 Also numbering has changed : (hd1,1) is for second hard drive, second partition in Grub legacy in Jaunty for your chainloader command. (hd1,2) for second hard drive, second partition in Grub2 in Karmic.