I second what you say;

Keep GRUB2 from one 'Distro of choice' as the first port of call, then chainload into GRUB Legacy menus or even GRUB2 menus.
(It's a little tricky to chainload from GRUB to...

Hello,
Seeing as the last post in this thread was made a while back, an answer may not be needed.
I came across this thread whilst learning myself, so I'll pop a bit here about what is working for...

Hello again,
Like I say; I'm a Linux Noob...
I'm using a White MacBook. (not sure of exact model/firmware etc...)
Results may differ depending on the hardware your using.
This is what I did/have...

Hi, I have been unable to startx from backtrack 4 rc2 on dvd.
When startx was entered at root@bt:~#, I was graced with a black screen, or maybe my screen switching off.

I've burnt at least 4 or 5...