Where to put the Grub loader

Ansgar Burchardt ansgar at 2008.43-1.org
Sun Aug 17 22:11:43 UTC 2008


Hi,

Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> writes:
>     This sounds good at first flash but then a problem. Your BIOS 
> looking for something to load looks ONLY at the MBR of the first drive 
> period.
>
>     So it is not possible to install Grub elsewhere and expect it to 
> work. I have tried this and yes it is true. It doesn't work.

It is certainly possible, but you have to set up the BIOS accordingly.
I have grub installed on hdb and it works just fine.

Regards,
Ansgar

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