Grub not installing when Xubuntu installs

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:52:20 +0000
Ryan Gauger <rtgkid at gmail.com> wrote:

> The boot loader should be installed on the same HD as the OS.

Absolute tripe.  Where /do/ you come up with these bits of
ridiculous disinformation?  You aren't doing your meager reputation here
any good at all by passing on these things about which you know nothing.

Here, some /real/ information from
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB>:

"A key feature of GRUB is that it can be installed without being
attached to an operating system. However, it needs a copy of a Linux
image for such an installation. Working as a stand alone system it is
virtually a mini system in its own right and able to boot all the
installed major operating systems by chain loading, as described above.

Unlike Linux Loader (LILO), there is no need to reinstall GRUB to the
MBR or a partition after changes to the configuration file.

In Linux, the "grub-install" command is used to install stage1 to
either the MBR or a partition. GRUB's configuration file, stage2
(usually), and other files must be in a usable partition. If these
files or the partition become unavailable, stage1 will drop the user to
the command line interface.

The name and disk location of the GRUB configuration file varies from
system to system. For example, in openSUSE and (for GRUB legacy) in
Debian GNU/Linux the file is stored in /boot/grub/menu.lst while
Fedora, Gentoo Linux, and (for GRUB 2) Debian use /boot/grub/grub.conf
or ../grub.cfg. Fedora also provides a symbolic link
from /etc/grub.conf to /boot/grub/grub.conf for FHS compatibility
reasons.

GRUB can be installed on removable media, such as an optical drive
(BIOS access, and El Torito), floppy disk or USB flash drive, in order
to bring up a system that may not have or cannot boot from a hard disk."

Cybe R. Wizard
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