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Vegard Bakke (vegard-bakke) wrote :

I've been running pre-installed Windows 7 on a Fujitsu AH532 since 2012.

Two weeks back, I installed a Live-USB with Ubuntu 14.04. All working well, but I struggled getting it persistent, so I decided to do a full Ubuntu installation to another USB-drive. Leaving my Windows hard drive untouched.

What I did:
1) I entered my "BIOS" to change boot order, and booting from my Ubuntu Live-USB.

2) I tried following the installation guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/UEFI-and-BIOS, but sizes were changed to:
 - 1MB BIOS Boot (pretty sure I left this unformatted,but it now reports as Ext4)
 - 666MB EFI System, FAT32
 - 30GB Linux Filesystem, Ext4
 - 999MB Linux Swap, Swap

3) I installed Ubuntu on a second USB-drive. Leaving my Windows hard-drive "intact" (?)

The result:
Now, I can only boot my machine by inserting my second full-installation-USB-drive.
I cannot boot Windows, and I cannot boot from my LiveUSB.

If I boot without inserting my full-installation-USB-drive, I get the boot screen telling me I can press F2 or F12. However, none of these have any effect, apart from making the beep. Then the computer enters the "Boot menu" (as well as the second menu "Application menu").

This bug feels very related to:
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1082418
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1273060
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1451387

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.16.0-41-generic 3.16.0-41.55~14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-41.55~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt11
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Jul 4 08:05:03 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-18 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
SourcePackage: linux-lts-utopic
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)