[Bug 1020519] Re: installation crashed with boot loader not finding a location to be saved

[Jim]

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Title:
  installation crashed with boot loader not finding a location to be
  saved

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This might sound a bit confusing. I apologize beforehand. 
  I had an annoying Windows Starter as an OS to a new laptop so I installed Ubuntu 12.04. Then I found I could install a valid Windows XP Professional but when I did that the bootloader stopped working. I tried installing Ubuntu 12 again, this time on a different partition so as not to overwrite all my documents and saved data in the earlier installation, but the bootloader failed to be installed properly at the end of the process.
  I am a total novice at Ubuntu/Linux, but I really want to move away from Windows. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Tue Jul  3 13:35:36 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_ZA.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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