[Bug 1476852] [NEW] boot fails on dual boot UEFI System

[Gerald Krottendorfer]

Public bug reported:

I am having trouble with grub ever since. 
In an earlier version I could manage that my laptop is able to boot
(see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1187345 )
 
However, since an update to version Ubuntu 14.04 boot is crashing again. 
Since then I am living with the workaround to interrupt booting and switch into BIOS (by pressing F12) and select a boot option from there. 

After my latest update I restarted my Computer. 
No Boot possible.
black screen, a terrible beep occurs every 2 seconds.
No possibility to get into BIOS and its boot menu.

after several attempts of turning on / off the computer I got an:
"error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"  - error, 
 and I reached the grub-rescue shell.

I checked the www for help, nevertheless I failed to boot linux from
there.

Somehow I managed to boot the system by inserting a "super grub2 disk" which enabled me to get to the BIOS and boot from there.
 
************************************************

The system is now up and running, but I am aware, that grub is still not
working properly and I will encounter the same problems when rebooting.

Since I never switched to Windows 8 for more than a year, I would be OK
with getting rid of it, if it would help to get rid of my boot problems.

In https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1187345 it is recommended to run:
dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
to solve a similar problem. 
However, since I need to run grub-efi, this doesn't work for me.

Question:
    Is there a similar solution for grub-efi that should solve my issue?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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> sudo blkid -o list -w /dev/null
device             fs_type   label      mount point                         UUID
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1          ntfs                 (not mounted)                       8E0E275F0E274017
/dev/sda2          vfat      ESP        /boot/efi                             8A41-0068
/dev/sda3          vfat      DIAGS      (not mounted)                 B0A1-D5FA
/dev/sda4          vfat                 (not mounted)                        6031-844D
/dev/sda5          ntfs      WINRETOOLS (not mounted)         CC3835143834FF50
/dev/sda6          ntfs      OS         (not mounted)                     826EEB9A6EEB84EF
/dev/sda7          swap                 <swap>                                   682361fb-1f18-488c-8523-5bb19e91b857
/dev/sda8          ext4                 /                                               e01b9ef4-5bb9-42fc-a11e-826469dcacca

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** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  boot fails on dual boot UEFI System

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am having trouble with grub ever since. 
  In an earlier version I could manage that my laptop is able to boot
  (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1187345 )
   
  However, since an update to version Ubuntu 14.04 boot is crashing again. 
  Since then I am living with the workaround to interrupt booting and switch into BIOS (by pressing F12) and select a boot option from there. 

  After my latest update I restarted my Computer. 
  No Boot possible.
  black screen, a terrible beep occurs every 2 seconds.
  No possibility to get into BIOS and its boot menu.

  after several attempts of turning on / off the computer I got an:
  "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"  - error, 
   and I reached the grub-rescue shell.

  I checked the www for help, nevertheless I failed to boot linux from
  there.

  Somehow I managed to boot the system by inserting a "super grub2 disk" which enabled me to get to the BIOS and boot from there.
   
  ************************************************

  The system is now up and running, but I am aware, that grub is still
  not working properly and I will encounter the same problems when
  rebooting.

  Since I never switched to Windows 8 for more than a year, I would be
  OK with getting rid of it, if it would help to get rid of my boot
  problems.

  In https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1187345 it is recommended to run:
  dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
  to solve a similar problem. 
  However, since I need to run grub-efi, this doesn't work for me.

  Question:
      Is there a similar solution for grub-efi that should solve my issue?

  Thanks in advance for any help!

  ***********************************************

  > sudo blkid -o list -w /dev/null
  device             fs_type   label      mount point                         UUID
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /dev/sda1          ntfs                 (not mounted)                       8E0E275F0E274017
  /dev/sda2          vfat      ESP        /boot/efi                             8A41-0068
  /dev/sda3          vfat      DIAGS      (not mounted)                 B0A1-D5FA
  /dev/sda4          vfat                 (not mounted)                        6031-844D
  /dev/sda5          ntfs      WINRETOOLS (not mounted)         CC3835143834FF50
  /dev/sda6          ntfs      OS         (not mounted)                     826EEB9A6EEB84EF
  /dev/sda7          swap                 <swap>                                   682361fb-1f18-488c-8523-5bb19e91b857
  /dev/sda8          ext4                 /                                               e01b9ef4-5bb9-42fc-a11e-826469dcacca

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