[Bug 1082218] Re: No EFI boot on Dell Inspiron One 2330

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  No EFI boot on Dell Inspiron One 2330

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  (Info taken from my forum post
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12368306 )

  64-bit Quantal Quetzal seems to run fine on this machine -- as long as
  I configure the machine for "Legacy Boot Mode" (thus not allowing me
  to access Dell's Windows 8 installation).

  Note that you actually have to be in full legacy mode (No EFI
  allowed); if you specify a legacy boot while in UEFI mode, you're told
  that there are no boot devices available. Manually specifying a UEFI
  boot when in Legacy mode fails the same as when in "pure" UEFI mode
  (described below).

  The behavior when attempting to boot via UEFI is the same whether
  booting from the DVD, USB, or hard drive (also same whether or not
  Secure Boot is enabled):

  GRUB comes up fine, but upon choosing any of the Linux options
  (Windows still loads fine), it goes to a blank screen with the same
  color as the menu background (black or purple, depending on whether
  you boot from removable or fixed drives), and hangs. When booting from
  a USB stick I can see about 3 seconds of additional activity (blinking
  R/W light) after the menu text disappears, but then no further sign of
  life. Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing. Pressing the power button immediately
  turns the machine off.

  Initially, I thought it was maybe only a problem when booting from
  removable media, so I used legacy mode to install to the hard drive,
  after shrinking the Windows partition to make room. I installed GRUB
  to the Linux root partition, then used Boot-Repair to help me convert
  it to an EFI install. I had to manually copy the EFI loader file to
  the appropriate directory/name (BOOT/BOOTx64.EFI) on the EFI
  partition, then the machine booted to GRUB fine. As I said above, I
  can load Windows via GRUB, but anything involving the Linux kernel is
  dead.

  Boot-Repair report: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1375656/

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