[HLUG] How to replace grub boot on newer distro after installing another linux os.

[Dave Winterton]

Hi 
Many thanks Julian I'm sure you are a mind reader as this was basically
what I was stuck on
In my case I want to duel boot Bodhi and Chakra but my 2nd distro
(bodhi) had 'control' of grub (1.99) 
and I wanted back Chakra's stylist interface (and grub2)
But being linux there are usually more than 1 way of doing things and
this also works (at least for me)
and is all GUI on KDE desktop
go to system settings -- system administration-- startup and shut
down--- GRUB2 bootloader -- advanced -- install/recover bootloader --
-- and use the radio buttons to select the partition you want to load
from. 
you will need to know the partition of course and type in your master
password four times in total
all the best David 


<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Julian Robbins [joolsr1 at gmail.com]
>Sent: 1/23/2014 12:05:13 PM
>To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [HLUG] How to replace grub boot on newer distro after
installing 
>another linux os.
>
>Hi
>
>I'm sure you've been in the situation (I have many times), where you
>install an os, use it for a while then move on to something better
>installing it to a new partition on the hard disk. After a while of
trying
>it out you decide you wish to move to the new linux distro completely.
But
>you still have the old grub boot set up, which will boot by default
into
>the original distro. This is easily changed, but even then, its much
better
>to have your main distro controlling grub allowing it to update when
new
>kernel updates are made or if you upgrade your distro version.
>
>This is a really easy guide for how to do it that takes you through it
nice
>and gently http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/245
>
>Julian
>
>PS perhaps I will add thsi to our new website too ... ;_0
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