Ubuntu 9.10 with Grub 2 installed in partition unable to boot

[Tom H]

> Yes, if you don't install grub2 to sda, you will not be able to boot to
> ubuntu. Windows will not be able to do that with its boot.

> If you install grub2 to sda it will be able to boot into windows (all of
> them) as well. And yes, you will lose your windows mbr.

> Easy BCD may not work on grub2. Don't know, never tried, but would be
> surprised if it does. Maybe it did worked on your 9.04 which uses
> grub-legacy.

> The warning (about installing to other than sda) will always appear if
> you do not install grub2 to sda, even if you know what you're doing.

> Sorry, you've got to set grub2 to mbr to boot up ubuntu as well as
> windows. I really do not see any problem with it.

For some reason, grub2 is supposed be installed in the MBR and can
boot Windows, as Goh Lip has said.

However, grub-setup has an "-f" flag to force an installation and I
have seen reports in fora of its use to install grub2 to a VBR. I have
never used it so I cannot attest to its functionality and/or
reliability.