Where to put GRUB

[Alberto1]

Hello! I'd like to know where to put the bootloader GRUB when I install Debian Linux SARGE on my PC. In fact it has 2 hard drives. On the first one (13 GB) there is Windows 98 SE and on the second one I'd like to install Debian Linux and use it for data (filesystem FAT32).
Best Regards.

[Hayl]

on the mbr of the drive you boot the computer from.

[knute]

grubs go on the fishing hook, and GRUB goes on /dev/hda1 or (hd0,0).

[saikee]

Just to confuse but it is true.

Grub in MBR boots everthing.

Grub in its own root partition can be chainlodered by aother bootloader.

Grub in NT version of Windows (not Win9x) bootable C drive can also be booted by NTLDR, hence any GNU/Linux.

Grub in a floppy can also boot manually any system up as long as it got a bootloader in its root partition, same for every version of DOS and Windows. Grub doesn't have to know what it is booting because it can boot the bootloader of that system.

Grub can be put in a tiny empty unformatted partition to work just like a floppy as it only occupies the boot sector and a little bit beyond.