The intel atom board in the dell Inspiron tablet does not let you install
in non-UEFI mode.

On Saturday, October 19, 2013, YannUbuntu wrote:

> Henry, this bug is not about grub-efi but about the 32bit ISO that cannot
> boot in UEFI mode.
> grub-efi supports 32bit, but it is not installed by default by the
> Ubuntu32bit installer.
>
> In your case, you can do like Rosinaldo (above):
> 1) install Ubuntu-32bit on your computer. (it will install in non-UEFI
> mode, so you cannot boot normally in it at this point)
> 2) run Boot-Repair from a live-disk (it will install grub-efi 32bit in
> your Ubuntu install)
> 3) now you should be able to boot normally into your installed Ubuntu (in
> UEFI mode)
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025555
>
> Title:
>   Ubuntu i386 images are not compatible with 32-bit UEFI computers
>
> Status in Ubuntu CD image build software:
>   Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
>   64bits EFI computer (with GPT disk) with pre-installed 64bits Windows7.
>   AND 32bits EFI computer without legacy boot support
>
>   1) Installing Ubuntu 12.04 64bit creates a valid
>   /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi entry. At reboot, the GRUB menu appears and
>   allows to boot Ubuntu.
>
>   2) Installing Ubuntu 12.04 32bits installs grub-pc, which creates no
>   EFI entry. Ubuntu can't be booted (except if it is possible to
>   deactivate EFI mode).
>
>   3) Installing grub-efi from an already installed Ubuntu32 creates
>   /efi/ubuntu/boot.efi , and /efi/ubuntu/grubia32.efi . Both EFI entries
>   fail.
>
>   4) Installing grub-efi in an already installed Ubuntu32 in chroot via
>   an Ubuntu64 live-CD ( so that grub-efi has access to EFI variables)
>   also creates two invalid EFI entries (/efi/ubuntu/boot.efi , and
>   /efi/ubuntu/grubia32.efi ).
>
>   CONCLUSION:
>   - grub-efi 32bits always creates invalid entries.
>   - Installing Ubuntu32 bits on an EFI system should be blocked by
> Ubiquity (the Ubuntu installer). In this case, Ubiquity should ask the user
> to install Ubuntu64 instead.
>   - the Download page should warn that the 32bits ISO is not compatible
> with recent (EFI) computers
>
>   === Workarounds ==
>
>   If you have UEFI-only machine, please use amd64 (64-bit) images. That
>   image will most likely work for you as your machine is highly likely a
>   64-bit one.
>
>   If you truly have 32-bit-only CPU and UEFI-only machines please post
>   exact Manufacturer, OEM, make, brand and model number as a comment on
>   this bug report.
>
>   Currently known machines that are affected are Intel Atom 32-bit
> System-on-a-chip based machines, such as phones & tablets as listed on:
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(system_on_chip)
>
>   Please note explicit Intel Atom (CPU) architecture has not been
>   supported in Ubuntu for a while know. The Atom system-on-chip is a new
>   & upcoming type of processors that are not supported by Ubuntu at the
>   moment and further work is required to bring up an Ubuntu port to such
>   machines. At the moment those machines have limited stock, high
>   pricetag and no Ubuntu ports known to be in progress.
>
>   (potential work-around disable secure boot, prepare usb-stick with
>   32bit grub-efi image installed, boot of that and perform manual  -
>   "debootstrap" based installation: manually partition, manually install
>   grub-efi, debootstrap packages, attempt to boot.)
>
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