jsvidyad
August 26th, 2010, 12:25 AM
Hi!!
I am currently running ubuntu 9.10(amd64). I am planning to do a fresh install of ubuntu 10.04(amd64). I have a dual boot sytem with windows xp in addition to ubuntu. I'd like to keep the windows os even though I only use it once in a while. I was looking at the website www.ubuntuguide.org . There, the following info is given: "DO NOT USE the Lucid Lynx Desktop edition LiveCD as an installer if you use a boot partition, use more than 2 operating systems, or chainload bootloaders. The Ubuntu installer will overwrite your Master Boot Record and you will later be forced to recreate it." Does this mean that if I use a separate partition for /boot, I shouldn't use the liveCD as installer? I like to keep a separate /boot partition and I don't want to have to deal with re-installing windows, re-installing grub etc. Can someone give me some input regarding this? I didn't face any issues when installing ubuntu 9.10 with a separate partition for /boot. I was able to boot into windows after installing ubuntu 9.10. Has anyone installed ubuntu 10.04 with this configuration?
Thanks in advance.
I am currently running ubuntu 9.10(amd64). I am planning to do a fresh install of ubuntu 10.04(amd64). I have a dual boot sytem with windows xp in addition to ubuntu. I'd like to keep the windows os even though I only use it once in a while. I was looking at the website www.ubuntuguide.org . There, the following info is given: "DO NOT USE the Lucid Lynx Desktop edition LiveCD as an installer if you use a boot partition, use more than 2 operating systems, or chainload bootloaders. The Ubuntu installer will overwrite your Master Boot Record and you will later be forced to recreate it." Does this mean that if I use a separate partition for /boot, I shouldn't use the liveCD as installer? I like to keep a separate /boot partition and I don't want to have to deal with re-installing windows, re-installing grub etc. Can someone give me some input regarding this? I didn't face any issues when installing ubuntu 9.10 with a separate partition for /boot. I was able to boot into windows after installing ubuntu 9.10. Has anyone installed ubuntu 10.04 with this configuration?
Thanks in advance.