[Bug 1195172] [NEW] grub efi failed to install, need to boot ubuntu alongside win 8 on uefi system

[Ankit Murdia]

Public bug reported:

Need to install ubuntu along side the preinstalled windows 8 on Lenovo
Y500. When trying to do so, the grub efi failed to install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Thu Jun 27 18:23:21 2013
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise ubiquity-2.10.16

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Title:
  grub efi failed to install, need to boot ubuntu alongside win 8 on
  uefi system

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Need to install ubuntu along side the preinstalled windows 8 on Lenovo
  Y500. When trying to do so, the grub efi failed to install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Thu Jun 27 18:23:21 2013
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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