Comment 56 for bug 1396379

Thanks to all you guys for the description of the problem and the suggested fix by changing the boot flag of the preexisting efi partition. I spent quite some timee trying to fix this, since I thought i might have done something wrong.

If I understand the problem correctly, Ubuntu has a bug for mor than 6 years, which breaks the system when a user wants two efi partitions to use dual boot with Windows. This would be the only installation method that would not be hampered with interferences by windows updates. And it is a problem which does not occur with Debian, on which ubuntu is based on.

This raises the question for me if repairing the ubuntu installation is the right choice for me. I just want an easy to use system without too much digging. I really have to think about whether I want to apply this workaround.

It also makes me a little less furious that Microsoft decided to just revert any changes on *their* efi partition during updates, when they notice tempering from other OS, since *other* OS might be a little bit careless by risking harm not only for their own installation but also for Windows.