Public bug reported: Initial situation: HP Touchsmart 520, 64bit 4GB, pre-installed Windows7 (on sda1 and sda2), non-GPT disk, 356Go unpartitionned space after Windows.
Installed Ubuntu 11.10 via automatic installer. Ubiquity gave no errors nor warnings during install. After install: - after reboot, no access to Ubuntu. PC boots directly to Windows. - see attached files: /var/log/installer/syslog , /var/log/installer/partman and debug files, - see BootInfo summary created via Boot-Repair: http://paste.ubuntu.com/890361 (apparently boot is in EFI mode) - Ubuntu contains /boot/grub/grub.cfg , but no core.img and no grub.efi - MBR has not be modified (it contains no GRUB) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959446 Title: Ubiquity failed to install GRUB on a EFI & non-GPT system with pre- installed Windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/959446/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs