** Description changed: HP G6 laptop with Windows 8 installed, and looking to have a dual-boot with Ubuntu 12.10 With SecureBoot enabled: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1421098 And with SecureBoot disabled: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1421155 grub-efi fails writing on the original ESP: # grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --target=x86_64-efi mkdir: cannot create directory `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu': Input/output error Remark: this is similar but not duplicate of Bug #1091477 **************** WORKAROUND: - 1) via Gparted create another EFI partition (FAT32, 200MB, located in the first 100GB of the disk), move the 'boot' flag on it - 2) make Ubuntu use this new ESP (eg via Boot-Repair). + 1) Backup the files in the ESP + 2) Format the ESP + 3) Restore the files + 4) Try to install again Example: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1442264 *************** Computers that come with a locked ESP: - HP G6 laptop: see original bug description - Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C-A07US: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1442902
** Description changed: HP G6 laptop with Windows 8 installed, and looking to have a dual-boot with Ubuntu 12.10 With SecureBoot enabled: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1421098 And with SecureBoot disabled: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1421155 grub-efi fails writing on the original ESP: # grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --target=x86_64-efi mkdir: cannot create directory `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu': Input/output error Remark: this is similar but not duplicate of Bug #1091477 **************** WORKAROUND: 1) Backup the files in the ESP 2) Format the ESP 3) Restore the files 4) Try to install again Example: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1442264 - - *************** Computers that come with a locked ESP: - - HP G6 laptop: see original bug description - - Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C-A07US: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1442902 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090829 Title: grub-efi fails to install with Input/output error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dosfstools/+bug/1090829/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
