Dual-booting Ubuntu 13.04 with Windows 8 on a U410

Hi!
I have a U410 on which I would like to dual-boot Ubuntu 13.04.
I've run it up on a live flash drive, everything works OK.
When it comes to the actual install I'm a bit nervous as I've never had a machine like this before, it's only two months old, and I've never had a machine where I didn't have a Windows install disk!
The installer sees the 500 GB HDD, so I assume I can create a partition on that.
Where do I put the boot loader though? It's telling me it wants to put it on the SSD.
Is this where it should go?
Are there any detailed steps listed anywhere?
I'm assuming that because the installer sees all the partitions and disks, I don't need to turn off UEFI or RAID....
Thanks!

I've been using Ubuntu on this computer since 12.04 was released and since this thread wasn't closed I'll provide some closing documentation for other u410 users. Ubuntu is growing in popularity and this should help with new users.
Please note that I bought a u410 Ultra with Windows 7 (intentionally) and things may have changed since the new Windows release.
________Intro________________________
It is best to know how Intel Rapid Start Technology works before messing with your partition table. Windows is installed on the HDD (500/1tb depending on model) with a 2nd partition holding the drivers necessary for one-push recovery. Note that modifying Intel RST, any files on the 30gb SSD or removing the recovery partition with the windows drivers will break one-push recovery. Because of this you should learn how to reinstall windows 7/8 using a USB driver before you continue.
________ Prep_________________
Assuming you know how to install Windows, and you backed up the recovery partition onto your USB drive (or got drivers from the laptops support page on Lenovo.com it is now time to install Ubuntu.
Download the Ubuntu ISO from their website, and download univeral usb installer from here:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.3.6.exe
Usage of the USB installer is pretty straightforward, I can follow through with a how to if a reader needs it.
__________ Prerequisites____________
Now that you have a bootable USB drive, reboot into the computers BIOS and disable 'Intel Smart Response Technology'. This takes frequently used Windows files from the HDD and puts them on the SSD for quicker access. Removing the SSD or modifying it's contents only has the side effect of Windows booting and running a little slower.
Installation
Now you have three options:
-If you primarily use Windows, you can reinstall it onto the 30GB SSD
-Install Ubuntu on the SSD, and leave windows untouched
-Your last option is to put both Ubuntu and Windows on the HDD and not use your SSD at all.
I chose the 2nd option, I put ubuntu on the SSD. In addition to putting Ubuntu on the SSD for SSD speeds, I split my HDD in half. 500gb for Ubuntu and 500gb for Windows.
When I got to "Where to install Ubuntu" I chose custom. Here you will see two devices /dev/sdax (x being a number assigned to the drive, usually 1) and /dev/hdax. SD for SDD and HD for HDD.
The SSD should have two paritions, one is a fat32 partition with the name 'efi'. Dont touch this, it is used to store secure boot keys so the computer will boot Windows. Ubuntu is versatle and can reuse the Windows efi file.
The rest of the SSD is a ~30gb ntfs partition. Since you disabled Intel RST the SSD isn't going to be used at all. So you can install Windows or Ubuntu here for fast boots, it can't however fit both comfortably.
In this guide I will install Ubuntu here, creat an ext4 partition here, and for the mount point choose /
Switch to /dev/hda and shrink the Windows partition to half this size, do this by dividing the total disk space by 2 (the partitioning software counts in increments of 1024 so if you want a different size you can choose so with some simple math).
Most seasoned Linux users recommend making at the very least a 2nd partition for /home. In Linux this is where all your personal data is stored, you can reinstall any Linux distro and if you mount /home all your files will be right where they used to be. Its similiar to having a Data partition or a separate Harddrive for data if you're using Windows. In linux the transition from SSD is HDD seamless, it's all done in the background for you. I have done exactly this.
Now that your Windows partition on the HDD is shrunk down. Creat an ext4 partition in the newly freed space, for the mount point, click the drop down menu and choose /home.
Finish the installation.
________ Jumping through hoops______________
For me, 12.04.1 and 12.04.2 didn't install correctly because it didn't properly use grub-uefi. 12.10 installed and booted fine and when I used 13.04 on release day it didn't install properly (this could've been changed, if you check 'install updates while installing in present day it may go through.
Because of this issue, of not booting 13.04 (raring) I installed 12.10 and ran these commands in terminal:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install updates
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
When you reboot you will see an option for Ubuntu and an entry for Windows.
________ Conclusion / TL;Dr _______________-
My disk scheme looks like this:
SSD:
262mb efi partition
30gb ext4 partition mounted point: /
HDD:
500gb ext4 mount point /home
500gb NTFS partition 'Windows'
I recommend updating Ubuntu Raring and rebooting one more time, updates will push you to the newer 3.8 and 3.9 Linux kernels which a much more power efficient and run well on Sandy and Ivy Bridge Intel computers.
I hope this helps, if anyone has any questions feel free to ask. I hope this imformation is worth the nasty bump.

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