Where Is Grub Located in Ubuntu?
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The GRUB 2 files will normally be located in the /boot/grub and /etc/grub. d folders and the /etc/default/grub file in the partition containing the Ubuntu installation. If another Ubuntu/Linux distribution controlled the boot process, it will be replaced by the GRUB 2 settings in the new installation.

How do I know where grub is installed?

GRUB (some of it) is installed in the MBR. The MBR are the first 512 bytes on a disk. The MBR is also used by the partition table of the disk, therefore GRUB itself has somewhat less space than the 512 bytes.

Where bootloader is located?

A boot loader is started by BIOS every time after the system power ons or restarts. It is located in either the ROM(Read Only Memory) or the EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory).

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