[wplug] Grub location for dual boot

[Mackenzie Morgan]

The last step (the "confirmation" step) of Ubuntu's installer has an
advanced button (lower right, somewhere just above the "next" or "finish" or
whatever it is).  If you click on it, you can set which partition GRUB
should install on.

On 9/27/07, Arnaud Loos <arnaud at arnaudloos.com> wrote:
>
>  I originally went through the process of setting up my machine to dual
> boot ubuntu and vista (with bitlocker). Vista's bootloader is installed to
> the MBR and configured with an entry which points to the right partition for
> ubuntu. I now find myself needing to reinstall ubuntu, and if I remember
> correctly it will try and install grub to the MBR by default. What I need
> to know is if there is a switch or someplace during setup that I can tell
> the ubuntu setup process to install grub at the beginning of its partition
> and not the MBR. Then presumably I won't need to change anything in Vista's
> bootloader.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Arnaud-
>
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Mackenzie Morgan
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