DUAL BOOT -- 6.10/7.04 Herd 4?

[Anthony Yarusso]

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Myles Braithwaite wrote:
> It is totally possible to dual boot anything. You should look into grub
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto>.  All you had to do is
> boot into 7.04 and edit the grub configure file to show that there is
> another bootable partition. If you need some more help I will be on
> #ubuntu-ca.
>
> Is there a GUI for editing grub?
>
>
> Maurice Murphy wrote:
>> Recently, I tried to set up a dual boot arrangement with my very stable
>> 6.10 and the then new 7.04 Herd 2.  The installation of 7.04 appeared to
>> go OK, allowing me to divide the available disk space, as in a normal
>> dual boot with XP.  Unfortunately, when it came time to reboot, I found
>> that grub only gave me the option of booting 7.04.  I could no longer
>> access my wonderfully stable 6.10. - not a very happy situation, which
>> required me to do a complete re-install of 6.10!  Fortunately, I had
>> backed up almost all my data.
>>
>> Does anyone know, _for sure_, whether it is possible to set up a dual
>> boot 6.10/7.04 Herd 4?
>>
>> I really don't want to have to do another re-install 6.10 all over again!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Maurice
>>
>>  
>
>
Very much possible - I have one now.  J-F's warnings do stand, but I'd
also be happy to help in #ubuntu-ca if you'd like to try again.  Myles
- - there is a grub GUI, but I'm not sure if it's quite ready.  There
are some specs in LP about getting one in by default sometime.
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