[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-07-21 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-22 Thread Konstantin Serebryany
Taking my words in #10 back -- legacy mode did help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302939 Title: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system To manage notific

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-22 Thread Konstantin Serebryany
I tried the steps from #9 with no luck. The grub-install step complains: grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS boot Partition; embedding won't be possible. grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. ... grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists --

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-22 Thread Konstantin Serebryany
I have a very similar situation with Lenovo B350, except that Legacy BIOS doesn't seem to help either. Did anyone find any other solution? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302939 Title

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-14 Thread Yu Ning
Would anyone like to have a try on below workaround? 1. boot with a live medium (the live mode of the installer is OK) 2. open a terminal or switch to a text console by pressing ctrl-alt-f1 3. execute below commands cd /tmp mkdir efi target # suppose /dev/sda1 is the EFI partition sudo mount /de

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-14 Thread Cowbell
"hmm.. I don't have the same bios options. I'm using a lenovo 520s so that might be the issue. My bios revision label is ECKT18A, boot block revision level EC18A, BIOS date 05/08/2012 under my start-up tab I can only a) change the 'primary boot sequence b) enable quick-boot [ disabled ] c) enable

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-05 Thread walker inman
hmm.. I don't have the same bios options. I'm using a lenovo 520s so that might be the issue. My bios revision label is ECKT18A, boot block revision level EC18A, BIOS date 05/08/2012 under my start-up tab I can only a) change the 'primary boot sequence b) enable quick-boot

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-02 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
We have firmware test suite https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Reference/fwts that should help excercising UEFI implementation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302939 Title: Installing Ub

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-05-02 Thread William
Unfortunately I'm not able to reformat this system again. As for the workaround: 1. Enter the BIOS with F1 2. Go to the Startup Tab 3. Disable SecureBoot 4. Enable CSM 5. Set boot priority to Legacy 6. Save, reboot and reinstall Ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-04-30 Thread walker inman
I have the same issue. How did you enable csm mode and legacy bios? I cant find those options in the bios. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302939 Title: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on L

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-04-10 Thread Phillip Susi
Hrm.. I noticed that the boot entry ( before the firmware botches it all up ) seems to be pointing to the wrong partition. While installing, can you make sure that it is in fact, /dev/sda2 that is mounted in /target/boot/efi, and not sda1? Also could you run sudo grub_probe --device-map= --target

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-04-09 Thread William
I've tested with three machine states and dumped the partitions and efibootmgr -v for each. 1. Windows 8.1 x64 installed (boots correctly) 2. Xubuntu 14.04 2014-04-08 daily build after installation but still in live usb 3. Xubuntu 14.04 2014-04-08 daily build after reboot # With Windows 8.1 x64 i

[Bug 1302939] Re: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Lenovo H520 leads to unbootable system

2014-04-05 Thread Phillip Susi
It sounds like you have already troubleshot the issue and identified it as a broken bios. As such, there isn't really anything we can do on this end. For the sake of completeness though, could you post the exact boot catalog before, and after rebooting? ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) S