[Bug 1277865] Re: Cannot install Ubuntu 14.04 on EFI hardware

[jorritlinnert]

Both the Ubuntu installer and grub-install react as if the installer is running in Legacy mode and not in (U)EFI mode.
I think the focus should be concentrated there in order to squash this bug.
Even when apt-get installing grub-x86_64-efi --reinstall from a chrooted system, including the necessary kernel option force.libata=noncq by hand, grub still won't boot.
Hardware Used: Sony SVP132A1CM (a.k.a Vaio Pro 13), using manual partitioning.
I have read 
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=1531751&p=1  (French)
on installing Ubuntu 13.10 on a machine which is only marginally different from mine which wipes the Windows 8 installation along with the support partitions.
I want to install it alongside Windows so I could not follow all the instructions there.

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Title:
  Cannot install Ubuntu 14.04 on EFI hardware

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-auto” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “grub-installer” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in “partman-auto” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I've tried installing Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 8 64bit in EFI
  mode and grub-installer keeps crashing.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.17.5 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.27-generic 3.13.2
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.337
  Date: Sat Feb  8 08:18:05 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140208)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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