[Bug 1260316] [NEW] Install on UEFI/SecureBoot Blows out Windows 8 (Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop)

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ASUS Q500A laptop with UEFI and Secure Boot enabled. Windows 8 (x64) was
installed and working great. There were four partitions for the Windows
installation using GPT. They included Boot, Recovery and two others.

I used Gparted to layout the disk. The Windows isntallation was shrunk;
four Ext2 partitions were added; and one Linux swap partiton was added.
I planned on using /dev/sda6 for Ubuntu, /dev/sda7 for Debian, /dev/sda8
for Fedora, and retain /dev/sda9 as a spare. Windows 8 was still
installed and working great.

I attempted to install Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS on /dev/sda6. The only way it
would install was to disable Secure Boot and enable CSM (legacy) mode.
After install, there was no way to boot to Ubuntu 12.04. Windows 8 was
still installed and working great.

I attempted to install 13.10 over top of 12.04 with Secure Boot and
without CSM mode. At the menu item of 5 choices (sorry, I did not snap a
picture of it), I clearly selected to install over the existing
installation. I did *not* select "use entire disk" or other choices.

After installation, everything was blown away and only Ubuntu 13.10
remained. The UEFI boot screen no longer offers the Windows loader, and
GRUB2 has no entries for Windows:

    /boot$ sudo update-grub2 
    Generating grub.cfg ...
    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic
    Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-14-generic
    Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
    done

In the attached, nearly the entire disk (743 GB).

I agree with folks that Windows 8 sucks. Its a lot like Ubuntu and
Fedora - its adds a stupid ass tablet manager to a desktop (a desktop
with a tablet manager is as useless as a boar with tits). However, I
needed that Windows 8 installation for Windows Phone 8 development and
testing. The laptop was purchased specifically for that purpose - it was
something that could run Windows 8 Professional (x64), Visual Studio
2012, the Windows Phone SDKs, and the simulators. Its going to take 2
days to reload the operating system, install the software and patch the
machine. And it will probably blow out Ubuntu.

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


** Tags: bot-comment destructive hw-specific install uefi
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Install on UEFI/SecureBoot Blows out Windows 8 (Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260316
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