Thread: Installing Grub for Dual Boot

hello everybody. i'm new here , linux. i've installed ubuntu on winxp machine, following instructions @ http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/multiple_os_installation, installing ubuntu 9.04 recommended. went fine except when got installing grub, instructions told me expect this:

-> finish partitioning , write changes disk -> "installing base system" -> ... ->
->"install grub boot loader master boot record?": yes -> continue

• in step, grub must installed both on mbr (master boot record) locally on partition being installed (in example /dev/sda6). local version chainloaded mbr version. therefore, install grub second time:

-> go -> install grub boot loader on hard disk -> "install grub boot loader master boot record?": no -> device boot loader installation: /dev/sda6 -> continue

but installer never asked me if wanted install grub master boot record--i think did it. , didn't give me chance go , install grub again in local partition.

so, computer starts fine, , can choose os ok. need put grub in local partition? if so, how do it?

tried using grub-install:

user@host:~$ grub-install /dev/sda6

but returned following error:

rm: cannot remove '/boot/grub/stage1' : permission denied

i looked file permissions, after learning how use gparted , messing day, couldn't head around complexities of linux permissions.

can tell me what, if anything, need do, boot-up/chainloader/whatever organized properly?

thanks!

regards,

jim crutchfield
long island city, ny

my understanding need grub on master boot record, may not understanding particular installation, if can boot both os's grub installed.

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