where to install grub

[sud]

I am a newbie and i have a doubt which i hope u can clear
please tell where and how do we install the grub, in mbr or anywhere else
because i think that if we want to remove linux and grub is in mbr then windows might get corrupted if we directly format the linux parttition from windows
or if u have it in /boot then can grub boot windows at startup or not?
kindly help me out
please reply
sud

[Rog131]

Re: where to install grub

Hmm - Fixing mbr (removing linux/grub markings from mbr) with windows:

Fixing MBR with Windows (9X to XP): http://www.ntfs.com/mbr-damaged.htm

The simplest way to repair or re-create MBR is to run Microsoft's standard utility called FDISK with a parameter /MBR, like

A:\> FDISK.EXE /MBR

FDISK is a standard utility included in MS-DOS, Windows 95, 98, ME.

If you have Windows NT / 2000 / XP, you can boot from startup floppy disks or CD-ROM, choose repair option during setup, and run Recovery Console. When you are logged on, you can run FIXMBR command to fix MBR.

Fixing mbr with kubuntu/ubuntu (restoring linux markings in the mbr):

HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24113


Try Alternate install CD:
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Kubuntu. It provides for the following situations:

* setting up automated deployments;
* upgrading from older installations without network access;
* LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
* installing GRUB to a location other than the Master Boot Record;
* installs on systems with less than about 192MB of RAM.