Grub loader failed on a Windows 8 system - Install could not load bootloader

[Manny Fernandez]

Grub could not install a bootloader during Install of amd64 version of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64bit. Did not attempt it on other partitions (am not sure that I could). Install ended. Was issued a warning that my system may not boot. Am a novice with respect to Linux/Ubuntu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315.1
Date: Fri Jul 19 16:17:34 2013
InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)