So, I tried a suggestion from the Ubuntu forums (sorry guys, can’t remember the link atm) The trick was to install Ubuntu 8.10 on the laptop first then load the latest version of Opensuse on the laptop. For some reason the Opensuse version of GRUB was able to recognise the kernel of the UBUNTU 8.10 [...]

Dangit!! this is SOOOO Frustrating.
For those of you who have tried to install Ubuntu on the newest 8.9inch monster from Kohjinsha you would know how much of a headache it is.
The first problem is getting UBUNTU Hardy Heron to recognize and read the hard drives…
When the liveCD is running on your compy then pull up [...]