[Bug 908109] Re: Oneiric 64-bit installer Grub no HDD boot Lenovo B570

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Oneiric 64-bit installer Grub no HDD boot Lenovo B570

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  As per the forums, this is a 64-bit laptop, and the 64-bit Live CD
  "Try Ubunut" mode works perfectly on it, but when installed to disk
  the Grub boot loader doesn't work.

  I selected the option to resize the Windows partition and install
  Linux, and it did everything perfectly, but would not boot Linux
  afterwards. The system came up into the Windows 7 black "start in safe
  mode" option screen. If the Active Partition flag for the Windows boot
  partition (/dev/sda1) is turned off, then the system will not boot
  from hard drive at all, and falls through to the next boot option in
  the BIOS, which by default is PXE.

  Also as per the forums, the 32-bit Oneiric installer works fine ... I
  bought the laptop for my 74-year old father for Xmas and he is
  unlikely to care about using all 4GB of RAM, or running 64-bit VMWare
  setups, so I just did the workaround of using the 32-bit installer to
  reformat the Linux / partition (/dev/sda6) and install 32-bit Ubuntu.

  I have included a copy of the partition table, boot block and
  /boot/grub as laid down by the 64-bit installer.

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