12.04 LTS 32 bit: should i insatll GRUB on a VM (ubuntu server as VM on win XP)

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Rajeev Prasad (rp.neuli at yahoo.com):
> pl. advice.
> 
> i got confused when, while installing ubuntu server as a VM in VMPlayer. the installation asked me a question to install GRUB on MBR of the disk??? i did not want take chances with my XP host OS, so selected NO - now that VM image is not booting up.
> 
> pl help/advice.

answer: yes  :)

it was offering to install grub on mbr of the virtual disk, so was
safe (and necessary) to say yes.  You can either boot into rescue
mode from cd and run grub-install, or (easier) just re-do the install
and answer yes.

-serge