grub2 on partition and not on MBR

[Goh Lip]

On 04/01/2010 11:08 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> does anybody tested Lucid beta 1 for what concern the GRUB installation not
>> in the MBR?
>> I see bug already opened by me.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/546466
>
> For some (I assume technical) reason, it is not advised to install
> grub2 except to the MBR. The last time that I tried (a few months ago)
> using grub-install, I got a warning/error message. You can do so with
> lower-level grub2 tools though (again, as of a few months ago; I have
> not tried recently).
>

I've not installed (OS) grub to mbr for quite some years now. And yes, 
there's this (severe) warning in grub2 whenever I don't do that or when 
there is an grub update. This warning serves to remind us that it is 
likely to render the system or at least the current installed OS 
unbootable. I agree the warning serves a purpose.

Anyway, if Stefano cannot set grub2 other than to mbr, and I would also 
protest if that is the case, it can be circumvented by doing a
"sudo grub-install --root-directory=<where you want grub set> /dev/sda"
unless he wants his original windows boot instead, but I think most of 
here wouldn't know much about this windows boot.

Ciao - Goh Lip