Comment 126 for bug 441941

But you should use this line instead (when installing BURG to the MBR of your system):

sudo burg-install --alt "(hd0)"

I wrote a simple guide in my blog which resembles the aforesaid how-to:
http://syndofyouths.blogspot.com/2010/04/off-topic-i-want-to-address-boot-loader.html