ah ok. Well... I can't give a 100% answer. I assume you would still be able to boot into your other distro just as long as you don't remove your grub install. It would be pretty hard to mess up a debian install anyways... it is easy to install... whether it will automatically detect your other o.s or not I am not sure... you may have to manually configure it.... Another option is to do an advanced install of debian and don't install the bootloader then add debian to xubuntu grub
depends how big the partitions are I guess..... and I am confused as to your last question.... I don't know what you mean... how would nvidia affect your other installed distros? :s I guess the answer is "ofcoarse" you can
one thing I have always hated as a linux noob was grub2 on Ubuntu, was one of the reasons I happily switched to Fedora so early. It's just plain annoying to always comment out the boot partitions you don't want after every "grub-update", and I never understood how to cast "grub-update" from a live CD when editing the grub on my hard disk
True that I guess..... Or you could just remove the "os-prober" package so that Grub2 will not detect other partitions once you got it setup the way you like it ;)
Maybe i will do a video on the last part u mentioned.... (if i havn't already) have to see...
i had linux mint installed and then installed fedora 14 . After installing fedora grub would not detect linux mint despite it not being installed . any ideas how to fix it?
Its not hard and wont ruin your system if you do it correctly, ignore the ignorant comment. Just boot into a livecd with gparted and resize the partition, and then format it to whatever you want. Then manually migrate your files.
Mate if you split a partition which contains / There is a chance it could be susceptible to data loss. Then you would have to reinstall that partition anyways. I know this because it has happened to me before. My comment was not ignorant...
If you take 67576856666478964567's advice. Make sure you backup everything.... Resizing can often cause data loss, it has happened to me on several occasions. You may have to do a full reinstall in the end anyways if you are unlucky enough. Let me know how it goes anyways
@TheLinuxsensei
ah ok. Well... I can't give a 100% answer. I assume you would still be able to boot into your other distro just as long as you don't remove your grub install. It would be pretty hard to mess up a debian install anyways... it is easy to install... whether it will automatically detect your other o.s or not I am not sure... you may have to manually configure it.... Another option is to do an advanced install of debian and don't install the bootloader then add debian to xubuntu grub
Linux4UnMe 9 months ago
@TheLinuxsensei
depends how big the partitions are I guess..... and I am confused as to your last question.... I don't know what you mean... how would nvidia affect your other installed distros? :s I guess the answer is "ofcoarse" you can
Linux4UnMe 9 months ago
YouChoob?
Jewel boot? But I want to dual boot!
67576856666478964567 9 months ago
@67576856666478964567
hahahaha. smart ass :P
Linux4UnMe 9 months ago
@xXUbuntuTutorialXx
yep
Linux4UnMe 10 months ago
'dual boot linux with linux... or windows' - Brilliant!
DaSilentLprince 10 months ago
@DaSilentLprince
lol I sometimes forget people use... umm.... that other O.S :)
Linux4UnMe 10 months ago
@DaSilentLprince
There is nothing brilliant about Windows.
67576856666478964567 9 months ago
@67576856666478964567 Too true!
DaSilentLprince 9 months ago
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DaSilentLprince 9 months ago
@67576856666478964567
I think DaSolentLprince was referring to my hesitation in mentioning windows with enthusiasm :)
Linux4UnMe 9 months ago
one thing I have always hated as a linux noob was grub2 on Ubuntu, was one of the reasons I happily switched to Fedora so early. It's just plain annoying to always comment out the boot partitions you don't want after every "grub-update", and I never understood how to cast "grub-update" from a live CD when editing the grub on my hard disk
Nyocurio 10 months ago
@Nyocurio
True that I guess..... Or you could just remove the "os-prober" package so that Grub2 will not detect other partitions once you got it setup the way you like it ;)
Maybe i will do a video on the last part u mentioned.... (if i havn't already) have to see...
Linux4UnMe 10 months ago
@Linux4UnMe Well I gotta admit I never really investigated any further =) Nevertheless I am totally happy with grub-legacy
Nyocurio 10 months ago
i had linux mint installed and then installed fedora 14 . After installing fedora grub would not detect linux mint despite it not being installed . any ideas how to fix it?
brazzersadmin 10 months ago
@brazzersadmin * installed
brazzersadmin 10 months ago
@brazzersadmin
I am pretty sure Fedora 14 uses the Old Grub therefore you would
have to manually edit it like I show in this video
Linux4UnMe 10 months ago
kva kva kva kva kva xD
lakicar1989 10 months ago
Could you make a guide on how to split /home and file system into two partitions?
I have everything installed on the same partition now, and I don't want to reinstall the whole thing just so I can have separated partitions.
blackoutworm 10 months ago
@blackoutworm
That would be far more trouble than what it is worth and probably will break your system. It would be far quicker and easier to reinstall ;)
Linux4UnMe 10 months ago
@blackoutworm
Its not hard and wont ruin your system if you do it correctly, ignore the ignorant comment. Just boot into a livecd with gparted and resize the partition, and then format it to whatever you want. Then manually migrate your files.
67576856666478964567 9 months ago
@67576856666478964567
Mate if you split a partition which contains / There is a chance it could be susceptible to data loss. Then you would have to reinstall that partition anyways. I know this because it has happened to me before. My comment was not ignorant...
Linux4UnMe 9 months ago
@blackoutworm
If you take 67576856666478964567's advice. Make sure you backup everything.... Resizing can often cause data loss, it has happened to me on several occasions. You may have to do a full reinstall in the end anyways if you are unlucky enough. Let me know how it goes anyways
Linux4UnMe 9 months ago
@Linux4UnMe Thanks:) I didn't know it was that risky, so it's just not worth it.
blackoutworm 9 months ago