Hello,
I have a grub question regarding the install of Kubuntu. I had some partition space for one more distro so I installed Kubuntu. The install turned out okay but not what I intended. I don't know if I missed something but the Kubuntu installer wrote (its) grub to the MBR which screwed up my previous grub which was wrote to the MBR but from my Debian Lenny install. My issue is that I couldn't find any option for dictating where grub would be installed during the Kubuntu install.
Is this an issue with Kubuntu or did I just miss it somehow? I don't like how it appeared that the default would be to write to the MBR. That is too Windowsy, deciding what to do. Unless of course, I made an error in my install. I knew my partition and already had a swap so all that is fine. I was careful with which partition to choose etc. etc. But, how come it was not more intuitive regarding where grub is installed?
I am just learning grub and multi-booting so now I have tons of reading to do. I guess it doesn't matter much as it's not a big deal but if I really wanted my other distro to handle the main booting (that is, for grub from its install to write to MBR), I wouldn't be too pleased. Actually, the entire Kubuntu install was an experiment in which I was going to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst in my Debian partition to chain load Kubuntu. However, now, it's the other way around, possibly but not my intention.
Anyway, I hope there is a logical explanation and I hope it's not the default install with no options for changing where grub installs.
Thanks for reading.
P.S. I had Kubuntu last installed when it was Gutsy. Not that it matters....
I have a grub question regarding the install of Kubuntu. I had some partition space for one more distro so I installed Kubuntu. The install turned out okay but not what I intended. I don't know if I missed something but the Kubuntu installer wrote (its) grub to the MBR which screwed up my previous grub which was wrote to the MBR but from my Debian Lenny install. My issue is that I couldn't find any option for dictating where grub would be installed during the Kubuntu install.
Is this an issue with Kubuntu or did I just miss it somehow? I don't like how it appeared that the default would be to write to the MBR. That is too Windowsy, deciding what to do. Unless of course, I made an error in my install. I knew my partition and already had a swap so all that is fine. I was careful with which partition to choose etc. etc. But, how come it was not more intuitive regarding where grub is installed?
I am just learning grub and multi-booting so now I have tons of reading to do. I guess it doesn't matter much as it's not a big deal but if I really wanted my other distro to handle the main booting (that is, for grub from its install to write to MBR), I wouldn't be too pleased. Actually, the entire Kubuntu install was an experiment in which I was going to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst in my Debian partition to chain load Kubuntu. However, now, it's the other way around, possibly but not my intention.
Anyway, I hope there is a logical explanation and I hope it's not the default install with no options for changing where grub installs.
Thanks for reading.
P.S. I had Kubuntu last installed when it was Gutsy. Not that it matters....
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