rEFInd is said 'beta quality' by its own dev http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
and itself rely on rEFIt which has its bugs list : https://sourceforge.net/p/refit/bugs/ but looks abandonned http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/todo.html To conclude: intel-microcode can't be blamed at first glance. But refind have trouble to work with the microcode script. Please check: 'journalctl | grep refind > refind.txt' (after intel-microcode removal then reinstall). Running refind over grub2 results having 2 EFI boot loaders at once !!! http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/index.html ... and that should be the main trouble source. So test booting only with refind (purging grub2) and report back; but that one is clearly 'invalid' regarding the links above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746200 Title: Regression in 2017-07-07 updates To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/intel-microcode/+bug/1746200/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs