I am digging for a solution, but I've had to work around a few problems I forgot about when it comes to running a Virtual Machine... so I can "install" Ubuntu and see what the trouble might be.
(no spare HDD laying around to do an actual install.)
I'm also digging for some info on the net about Ubuntu install related GRUB issues.
Work has been busy, so I'm running behind on everything, but I am looking.
Barracuda