Ubuntu 9.04

[Rob]

Are there any Ubuntu wizards in the Washington, DC area who can make a
house call?  I am at my wits end in trying to get 9.04 installed.  I
decided earlier today to drop back to 8.10 but now the install of that
(to an external HD) is giving the same results that 9.04 is/was, namely
Grub cannot find the device to which I installed Ubuntu.

I will pay.

Thanks,
Rob Fleetwood
Rockville, MD