[Bug 1049919] [NEW] "install alongside" fails with uefi laptop

[Nick Moffitt]

Public bug reported:

I'm not sure if this is ubiquity's bailiwick or parted or grub or
whatever other sub-tool holds the logic, but I recently tried to do a
dual boot install on a coworker's Lenovo e320 from a 12.04 (and later
12.04.1) USB installer drive.  The install proceeded fine, but it failed
to do whatever EFI/UEFI magic was needed to let Ubuntu boot.  No matter
how many times I went through the install, it would reboot immediately
into the Windows partition afterward.

I went into the BIOS and enabled "legacy" boot, and called on the
Canonical Support team's assistance.  They went through the install and
deleted the EFI partition during a remote-managed install, and then the
system booted happily into grub.

UEFI is in the wild now, and precise at least was unprepared for this.

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  "install alongside" fails with uefi laptop

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm not sure if this is ubiquity's bailiwick or parted or grub or
  whatever other sub-tool holds the logic, but I recently tried to do a
  dual boot install on a coworker's Lenovo e320 from a 12.04 (and later
  12.04.1) USB installer drive.  The install proceeded fine, but it
  failed to do whatever EFI/UEFI magic was needed to let Ubuntu boot.
  No matter how many times I went through the install, it would reboot
  immediately into the Windows partition afterward.

  I went into the BIOS and enabled "legacy" boot, and called on the
  Canonical Support team's assistance.  They went through the install
  and deleted the EFI partition during a remote-managed install, and
  then the system booted happily into grub.

  UEFI is in the wild now, and precise at least was unprepared for this.

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