On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 06:37:45AM -0000, Arthur P. Meiners wrote: > 1) This seems to be a BIOS bug in a small number of Samsung notebooks. > Has it been brought to the attention of Samsung with a clear message > that they should bring out an updated corrected BIOS immediately?
We have been in communication with Samsung BIOS engineers about this issue, but have no ETA for a BIOS update at this time. > 2) In Val's post 116 I read " To install 12.04, get one of the latest > daily builds from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/precise/daily-live/current/ > (dated January 18th, 2013 or later) and install from it in a usual way. > ". Does this mean that I can download a latest daily build and install > it without having to turn UEFI, secureboot or fastboot options off > without risking trashing the BIOS, can just burn this latest build to a > DVD or install it on a USB stick, reboot from that and install?? We can't say with certainty that there is no risk of trashing the firmware - however, we have confirmed that the samsung-laptop module in the latest 12.04 daily images (as well as in the latest raring daily images) has been rendered inert when booting under UEFI instead of under CSM, so there should not be any bricked machines as a result of issues in *that* code. It is *likely* that this was the root issue causing problems for all users but once again, it's impossible to say with absolute certainty because we aren't in possession of the machines in question. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040557 Title: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C,np700z5c laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
