Ron Gerhardt, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Quantal reached EOL on May 16, 2014. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
Is this an issue in a supported release? If so, could you please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 1218069 ** Package changed: ubuntu => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218069 Title: unable to boot in EFI Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: OS. Ubuntu 12.10 Tower. Self build Motherboard. Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Rev: 1.1 Processor. AMD FX8350 BIOS. Award Bios. Having installed distro with bios set for EFI and restarted I was left with the following screen after the bios had passed control to grub:- #Loading Operating System ... #Boot from CD/DVD: #_ (underscore is flashing cursor) The screen remains as such indefinitely. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1218069/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp