[Mageia-discuss] Can't Dual Boot With Ubuntu

[Marja van Waes]

On 23/06/2012 03:10, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:03:22 +1000
> Doug Laidlaw<laidlaws at hotkey.net.au>  wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:41:22 +0200
>> Linux User<bootinglinux at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/22/2012 10:59 PM, Claire Robinson wrote:
>>>> On 22/06/12 19:35, Linux User wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying Mageia 2 with Ubuntu. Everything is fine but when I
>>>>> installed Ubuntu 12.04 I can't boot into Mageia 2? It throws
>>>>> kernel panic error. It seems like the old bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/779213
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestion?
>>>>>
>>>>> ~ BL
>>>>
>>>> There was something about this in the errata.
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata#Installing_Mageia_next_to_a_GRUB2_based_distribution
>>>>
>>> Thanks. I will test that and report back.
>>>
>>> BL
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ubuntu uses Grub 2.  There was a statement somewhere that Mageia using
>> Grub 1 can't dual boot with any distro using Grub 2.
>>
>> Doug.
>>
>> !DSPAM:4fe516b5208959799860622!
>>
>
> Just waking up.  It should be possible to boot from the Ubuntu
> bootloader screen.  Make that the main bootloader.
>
> HTH,
>
> Doug.


The other way around is possible too, although not officially supported 
  by Mageia.

Read 
http://doc.mageia.org/content/setupBootloaderBeginner.html#usingMageiaBootloader 
and the section it links to for adding a GRUB2 based system to your 
Mageia GRUB bootloader