[Bug 1899308] Re: failure to boot groovy daily (again)

[Jags Desai]

Ubuntu MATE Groovy Oct 14, 2020 daily does not boot on HP Pavilion Elite
HPE series Desktop PC.

ISO: groovy-desktop-amd64.iso

Downloaded from: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/daily-
live/current/

sha256sum: 
bdf86534a8ef8c353f45a0c82776aaf8b0cc57eac85cc05b9d80b302f9e7cade

I flashed/prepared the USB drive using from Ubuntu MATE Focal 20.04
using:

(1) Etcher 1.5.109 ( Balena Etcher https://github.com/balena-
io/etcher/releases ),

and

(2) MultiBootUSB 9.2.0 ( https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/releases
)

Upon reboot, and selecting the USB drive from BIOS's "One-time boot
menu" option,

cursor blinks once or twice in upper left corner of the screen,

and then system displays Ubuntu MATE Focal 20.04 Grub (Grub options are:
2 kernels of Ubuntu MATE Focal and Windows 10).

So far I have tried 2 different USB ports.

Also, using the same USB drive (prepared through either Etcher or
MultiBootUSB) I can boot Ubuntu MATE Focal 20.04 on the same HP desktop
just fine.

Please let me know, if you want me to run any tests or something.

Thanks.

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Title:
  failure to boot groovy daily  (again)

Status in Ubuntu CD Images:
  Fix Released
Status in cd-boot-images-amd64 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This is either a duplicate or return of
  - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1883040
  - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1886148

  Most probably "groovy daily won't boot anymore on some older BIOS
  boxes" or the 1883040 bug, as it's impacting only my older slow boxes
  (but it's also different).

  thumb-drive has been successfully used in QA live & install tests,
  however it won't boot on

  hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)
  hp dc7900 (c2d-e8400, 4gb, intel 4 series integrated i915)

  The last timing issue also impacted d755-5 (older dell optiplex 755)
  when dc7700 was impacted, but that booted successfully this ISO.

  I see thumb-drive flash as it tries to boot, eventually it stops
  flashing, but no boot. At least 6 attempts made to boot, thumb-drive
  being tested on another 2x d755 boxes..

  (ISO written by mkusb/dus & gnome-disks [#11] is identical)

  ** Expected result

  It boots & is usable

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