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grub2 package

dual boot Ubuntu+PClinuxOS

Asked by jahmbahwahnn

My laptop has windows xp and subsequently I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and then 10.04. The grub was installed by ubuntu 10.04. Now I want to install PClinuxOS also, is it possible to install pclinuxos ?
Is there a frugal way of installing pclinuxos like i have installed puppy linux versions just by adding entries in the 40custom file?
Solution please

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

I have not done this, but I presume you have only to provide right disk identities. Configuration in custom is mainly about location of kernel image, initramdisk and root file system. All distribution uses similar Linux kernel. Post again if you need more help.

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Phillip Susi (psusi) said : 		#2

If you install another linux distro to another partition, it will likely take over the boot loader. If you can ask it not to install a boot loader, then when you boot back into Ubuntu, run sudo update-grub, and it should detect the other distro and add it to your grub menu.

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