Siramau
January 16th, 2011, 11:16 PM
This is a slightly odd (and probably n00bish) question, hopefully I can explain adequately.
Is it possible to have two Ubuntu installs on the same hard drive?
When I booted up my computer this morning it hung at "Checking battery state..." (See my other thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1668616) and I have not been able to fix it. I really, really don't want to reinstall Ubuntu, because I was stupid and didn't back up my hard drive, so I would lose many important files. (I'm also not thrilled at the prospect of having to reinstall all my programs and re-fix all the little issues I've resolved)
So, could I install off the LiveCD into a new partition, with the other partition containing the borked install and all of my data so that I could continue to use my computer (just without any of my files an installed programs) until I figure out how to fix my problem, at which time I could delete the partition I had been using? If so, how would I do this?
I'm kind of a n00b, so this may very well be a stupid question, but any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Is it possible to have two Ubuntu installs on the same hard drive?
When I booted up my computer this morning it hung at "Checking battery state..." (See my other thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1668616) and I have not been able to fix it. I really, really don't want to reinstall Ubuntu, because I was stupid and didn't back up my hard drive, so I would lose many important files. (I'm also not thrilled at the prospect of having to reinstall all my programs and re-fix all the little issues I've resolved)
So, could I install off the LiveCD into a new partition, with the other partition containing the borked install and all of my data so that I could continue to use my computer (just without any of my files an installed programs) until I figure out how to fix my problem, at which time I could delete the partition I had been using? If so, how would I do this?
I'm kind of a n00b, so this may very well be a stupid question, but any help is appreciated. Thanks!