ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l 

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2acb2acb

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1958    15727603+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1959        3263    10482412+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3            3264        9729    51938145    7  HPFS/NTFS
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ 

rub> find /boot/grub/stage1
 (hd0,1)

grub> root (hd0,1)

grub> setup (hd0,1)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
 Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,1)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,1)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,1) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu
.lst "... succeeded
Done.