Have successfully installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a Windows 8 machine. For running some old OS software I also need Ubuntu 12.04. Had created the partitions, had started installation of 12.04 from the liveUSB by first trying without installing, then launching the installer. Followed all steps and was installing fine when got a message about the grub
not being able to be installed and a bug report being generated. It never got generated though, so I had not taken note of the problem. restarted computer, grub
does not see other Ubuntu (only 14.04 and Windows 8.x), but looking at the partition it has some system files on.
Repeating the installation as above, I get a warning that there's already a 12.04 and 14.04 on the machine. so:
1. do I trust the above warning and treat it as a boot issue OR
2. considering the installation aborted, wipe the partition clean and restart
3. other suggestions?
thanks
UPDATE: run a boot-repair and the 12.04 appeared amongst the options. When I open it though it still shows the installer icon on the menu bar. I have tried reinstalling without success. It seems to run. I am proceeding to install the Open Source software i need. I am still doubtful as to how it still shows the installer though....any idea? thanks