Re: [xubuntu-users] 17.10 Download and installation - Bug on some Lenovo machines

[CryptKiddie]

Hello List, 
It was said that 17.10 "corrupting BIOS", am I secure with an uefi-based 
device? 

Am 21. Dezember 2017 18:41:28 MEZ schrieb flocculant :
>Due to a bug in some Lenovo machines, installing in some circumstances 
>is discouraged.
>
>Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models > 
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147
>
>Please check the above report if you are thinking of installing 17.10
>on 
>a Lenovo laptop.
>
>This has been noted on the Xubuntu.org download page and the release 
>note for 17.10.
>
>When we are sure that the bug is fixed we will remove the warnings from
>
>those 2 places.
>
>Cheers
>
>Kev
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Trying to install 16.04.3 LTS, reached a place with no way out but the power button :(

[CryptKiddie]

Have you tried Ubuntu minimal installer? 

Alternatively, you could install Xubuntu without a bootloader and then try ti 
install grub from a live Linux. 

Lukas 


Am 29. November 2017 09:39:57 MEZ schrieb Brian <b_li...@patandbrian.org>:
>On 11/29/2017 01:25 AM, CryptKiddie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Did you keep your Debian? Then you could simply skip the bootloader
>> installation and use debians grub to boot your Ubuntu
>
>No, I wiped out Debian, but it's an idea...
>
>Brian.
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Trying to install 16.04.3 LTS, reached a place with no way out but the power button :(

[CryptKiddie]

Hi,
Did you keep your Debian? Then you could simply skip the bootloader 
installation and use debians grub to boot your Ubuntu
Lukas

Am 29. November 2017 03:13:33 MEZ schrieb Brian :
>Hi all,
>
>If anybody has any ideas on this one, I would be grateful...
>
>I'm currently using 64-bit Debian Stretch, but was recommended to give
>Ubuntu a try. Since I use XFCE on Debian, I downloaded 64-bit Xubuntu
>16.04.3 LTS via the torrent, verified a correct checksum, burned it to
>a DVD, and attempted an installation.
>
>All appeared to go just fine until I got an error message "Sorry an
>error occurred and it was not possible to install the bootloader in
>the specified location". This was setting the disk configuration
>manually (so as to keep existing data) and I'd selected my first (of
>four) hard drives for the bootloader.
>
>I was left with a screen giving me three options
>
>Choose a different device to install the bootloader on
>
>Continue without a bootloader
>
>Cancel the installation
>
>
>Now, I could select any of my four drives in option 1, or select
>options 2 or 3, but either clicking the OK button (or hitting ALT-O)
>with ANY of the above permutations had no effect. It *appeared* that
>the button was being pressed, i.e. it gave that appearance when
>clicked or ALT-O, but absolutely nothing happened, I just stayed stuck
>at that screen. The only way out that I could find was to hit the
>power button (I tried all four drives and all three options). I
>retried the installation once more with the same results, not
>surprisingly.
>
>So, I went back to my Debian Stretch media, and Debian installed again
>without any problem whatsoever, bootloader on the first hard drive. It
>seems to work just fine, that's what I'm running now.
>
>This is on an AMD Phenom II 6-core with 8 GB of memory, plenty of free
>disk space, etc.
>
>It seems very puzzling that the installation procedure does NOT seem
>to have hung, I can change between the three options, or select any of
>the four drives, but I just can't get the installation to run without
>that error, and can find no way out when the error occurs.
>
>Anybody have any ideas, please?
>
>
>Brian.
>
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