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Simple Ubuntu 10.04x LTS installation that allows multiboot

Hi,

Have you ever heard of multibooting many distros from the same partition?

Do you need to find a way to install the new Ubuntu 10.04x LTS into an existing partition as another option to multiboot?

Simple, you don't need to download or install any scripts or executables. read on @

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ultiboot-3118/

OK
I took a quick look, and think you maybe need to do some editing.
First code box "Preparation":

Code:

# Prepare source

mounts -o loop iso/ubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso /mnt/iso1/

# Prepare destination, HD/USB

mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/usbpen/

mount doesn't have an "s"
The path iso/ubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso is wrong.

You don't specify filesystem type to mount, which may be necessary if the intended reader isn't running ubuntu 10.04 already (which is likely).

You haven't suggested that the mountpoints need to be created before the mount command is issued

I gave up here :(

Good try though :)

You don't really need this "HOWTO" because ubuntu 10.04's installation program will automatically include other OSs on other partitions, and offer multiboot "out of the box". No "tweaking" required :)

> mount doesn't have an "s"

Thanks for point out. It was my alias for 'sudo mount'. fixed.

> The path iso/ubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso is wrong.

Why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by tredegar (Post 4077459)

You don't specify filesystem type to mount, which may be necessary if the intended reader isn't running ubuntu 10.04 already (which is likely).

You haven't suggested that the mountpoints need to be created before the mount command is issued

I gave up here :(

Good point, my blog is not for general newbies to command line. As posted, you should be familiar with command line before go on, or at least know how to create mountpoints before the mount command is issued, and substitutive my path with yours.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tredegar (Post 4077459)

You don't really need this "HOWTO" because ubuntu 10.04's installation program will automatically include other OSs on other partitions, and offer multiboot "out of the box". No "tweaking" required :)

Have you ever heard of multibooting many distros from the same partition?

cheers

Here's something that may be of interest to you:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Li...ionFromScratch

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenny_Strawn (Post 4077711)

Here's something that may be of interest to you:

Thanks a lot! -- you really read my mine, was just about to ask.

Skimming through it, I found that Live Ubuntu CD Customization From Scratch is way behind Debian.

Under Debian, you just need

a single command, grml-live,
and a list of your desired packages to install.