ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

[Cynthia Coleman]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I have tried to install the release version of the 32 bit ubuntu 8.10 on my multiboot system. I have burned two separate cds from two separate downloads of the iso file and ran the checker on the second. I have tried specifying the boot installer root before installing as well as letting it do the default install. Everytime I have tried to install ibex I get this crash in ubiquity at the end of the install program. I have not been able to find a way to boot to the partition after the crash. Instead my old boot menu is still in place.
Here is the version info for ubiquity
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy ubiquity
ubiquity:
  Installed: 1.10.10
  Candidate: 1.10.10
  Version table:
 *** 1.10.10 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: ubiquity 1.10.10
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/12023/environ'
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
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