| JND314 | hey, I've some install pbs. | 19:33 |
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| JND314 | I've tried to install ubuntu 12.10 remix amd64 both via usb and dvd. | 19:34 |
| JND314 | I have a new lenovo C30 workstation, literally fresh out of the box. It had windows but I blew that away with my first install attempt. | 19:35 |
| JND314 | The fundamental pb is that once remix is installed I cannot boot. | 19:35 |
| JND314 | With the usb install, which I tried first, I ran all the boot-fix utils, but to no avail. | 19:36 |
| JND314 | As I read in places that the ubuntu OS may have been installed right on my usb stick, I changed coarse and installed w/ a dvd. | 19:38 |
| JND314 | both with usb and dvd the install proceeded fine, but all appearances. | 19:38 |
| JND314 | currently 'drive 1' is on the top of the primary source grub list | 19:38 |
| JND314 | clearly grub is falling through, past the dvd (which I removed) and hitting the network boot, which doesn't exist. | 19:39 |
| JND314 | I've exhausted the possibilities that I know of, and/or have found via google. | 19:42 |
| jbicha | JND314: I'd recommend you try the regular Ubuntu DVD; then if you still have problems you can try support channels like #ubuntu or askubuntu.com | 20:07 |
| JND314 | yeah, ok, working on that already. This hasn't been a regular pb then, is it. | 20:08 |
| JND314 | one thing that I was baffled by: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2023086 | 20:14 |
| JND314 | it says, "Please do not forget to make your EFI-BIOS boot on sda1/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi file!" | 20:15 |
| JND314 | well, that link is the complaint about the directions that say to do this. Does anyone in this chat know how to get grub to point to this file? | 20:15 |
| darkxst | JND314, does your machine have secure boot enabled? | 20:33 |
| JND314 | I haven't enabled or disabled it explicitly. I can have a look, but I haven't touched this part. | 20:34 |
| JND314 | I may be disconnected but I'll brb | 20:35 |
| JND3141 | one point is that I've been electing to install with LVM. Perhaps I should not select this. | 20:39 |
| JND314 | lvm isn't the pb | 21:04 |
| JND314 | just reinstalled remix again, didn't select lvm. good install, removed disk when asked, rebooted -> grub did not find /dev/sda1 | 21:05 |
| JND314 | installing ubuntu 12.10 (unity -- ugh!) now | 21:05 |
| JND314 | ok -- confirmed. ubuntu 12.10 + lvm is a go. | 21:22 |
| JND314 | rebooted the first time. | 21:22 |
| JND314 | its the remix install that's horked for my lenovo c30. | 21:23 |
| darkxst | JND314, did you check if your system is using secure boot? | 21:23 |
| JND314 | I've tried both the usb install (first) and then dvd. | 21:23 |
| JND314 | well, hmmm... | 21:24 |
| JND314 | like I said, I didn't check anything, like encryption. | 21:24 |
| JND314 | if you let me know what to report when I'm in the bios config I'll let you know | 21:24 |
| JND314 | (but I have unity on in now. at this point I can reinstall again to see) | 21:25 |
| darkxst | JND314, looks for an option 'secure boot' or similar | 21:25 |
| darkxst | (in bios) | 21:26 |
| JND314 | ok, where? in the bios config ? | 21:26 |
| JND314 | haha | 21:26 |
| JND314 | crossed msgs. | 21:26 |
| darkxst | our image should work with secure boot enabled, however I don't think it was ever tested | 21:27 |
| JND314 | bias version a1kt40aus, fyi | 21:28 |
| darkxst | JND314, anyway you can get to a mostly ubuntu gnome system via 'upgrade' instructions in release notes | 21:28 |
| JND314 | ok -- in the bios security | 21:31 |
| JND314 | hardware passwd enabled, current setting enabled. admin passwd no installed, power-on passwd not installed. | 21:32 |
| JND314 | I haven't set the admin or power-on passwds | 21:32 |
| JND314 | report pOP on restart -- no | 21:32 |
| darkxst | no thats not it | 21:32 |
| darkxst | nothing to do with passwords | 21:32 |
| JND314 | ok. | 21:33 |
| JND314 | I'm in 'security' in the bios config | 21:33 |
| darkxst | it probably in 'boot' section | 21:33 |
| JND314 | fyi in 'startup' UEFI boot mode is auto | 21:33 |
| JND314 | yeah, I just don't have an entry 'secure boot [enabled]' in my boot config pages. | 21:35 |
| darkxst | ok, maybe thats not the issue then | 21:36 |
| JND314 | Just to report: brand id: ThinkStation C30, BIOS A1KT40AUS, firmware ver 2012/03/23.00, | 21:37 |
| JND314 | thanks for helping. re the 'upgrade' instructions, they are in the ubuntu-gnome pages, or mainline ubuntu ? | 21:39 |
| JND314 | I'm really dreading unity, been working on gnome 6 years. | 21:40 |
| JND314 | would prefer to use this group's version. | 21:40 |
| darkxst | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10 | 21:42 |
| jbicha | maybe that UEFI boot mode option | 21:45 |
| JND314 | I was reading that samsung laptops got bricked w/ ubuntu 12.04. uefi pb. | 21:45 |
| darkxst | jbicha, but install should work fine with efi, especially if normal ubuntu works | 21:46 |
| darkxst | but sounds like the grub installer is not inserting the boot entry for some reason | 21:48 |
| JND314 | thanks for the link, fyi | 21:52 |
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