Grub not installing when Xubuntu installs

[chris]

On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 22:33 -0400, Bill Stanley wrote:
> On 06/12/2012 10:01 PM, chris wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 01:22 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> >> On 13 June 2012 01:08, chris<chevhq at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>> I suspect he may not have the technical know how Liam
> >>> cheers
> >>
> >> I know, which is why, before we started down that route, I would try
> >> to find out exactly what happened.
> >>
> >> If there are 2 HDs and GRUB is on disk 2 along with all the rest of
> >> Linux, then changing the BIOS is by /far/ the easiest way to switch
> >> between them, I reckon.
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> > I agree.
> > Providing he is capable of telling us that!
> 
> I am still here but was unable to reply sooner because of other pressing 
> matters.   I will try to see If I can change the default boot order in 
> the BIOS first.  If that fails, I'll try to boot into the Linux 
> partition and changing grub there.  Still, the installation program 
> should have chosen the correct place to put the grub boot loader.  In 
> the past, it did.
> 
> PS.  One should not make snap judgments on my competence I am just not 
> as experienced with Linux as I am in other areas of CS.  (Do you care to 
> ask me questions about program verification, software testing and 
> debugging?  Ask away!  I just need a sounding board from more 
> experienced Linux users before trying something that might be time 
> consuming.
> 
> Bill Stanley
> 

fair comment