Keifer,
If you're installing into a VM (e.g., VMware Fusion),
the MBR within the virtual disk in the VM will be written
to--not the MBR from the host system. That's what's nice
about virtual machines--they don't hork the rest of the
system.
Eric

Glenn Lagasse wrote:
> Hi Keifer,
> 
> * Keifer Miller (keifer.miller at gmail.com) wrote:
>> I've just walked through the b78 SXCE installer in a vm, and I don't
>> recall seeing any option to specify where I would like grub to be
>> installed. This has given me pause, as installing it to the MBR would
>> result in my having to spend an afternoon resurrecting my mac from the
>> abyss.
>>
>> Would someone be so kind as to tell me how I can select where to
>> install grub with either the SXCE installer or (even better) the
>> Indiana Developer Preview livecd?
> 
> You can't.  The Installer will always install Grub into the MBR.  A good
> RFE might be to enhance this to allow installing it in other places.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Glenn
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