Ubuntu dual boot and grub error 18

Ubuntu dual boot and grub error 18 I've attempted to install 9.04 on an older toshiba laptop with a new 300GB drive and am getting the dreaded Grub error 18 that indicates that grub is looking beyond the bios readable area of the HD and failing.
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"I would keep Windows' mbr in the mbr and try a partition layout like this:

Drive layout
/dev/sda1 -ntfs 128GB -boot
/dev/sda2 -ext3 3GB
/dev/sda3 -extended 167GB -lba
/dev/sda5 -ntfs 166.8GB
/dev/sda6 -linux-swap .2GB

and when installing, install Grub on /dev/sda2.

Boot into windows and use Diskpart to set /dev/sda2 as active."