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Ubuntu dual-boot installation Grub error 18

Ubuntu dual-boot installation Grub error 18

I'm trying a dual-boot installation of Ubuntu 9.04 parallel to an exisiting Windows XP. On first Ubuntu boot I get a Grub error 18. As I already found out the reason therefore is a unfortunate combination of problems:

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"Creating a new small first primary Ext2 partition for /boot with GParted did the trick. Then ran the Ubuntu Desktop installation and chose manual partioning. There I set /boot as the mountpoint for the small partition and put the rest of the Ubuntu partitions at the end. Works fine and Grub is able to boot both Ubuntu and Windows.

Just wondering if Windows fixboot/fixmbr could cope with the moved first Windows partition?"