[Bug 1174500] Re: Installation DVD/Stick of 13.04 32bit fails to boot on Acer Aspire One 756

[StefanF]

I installed grub from an older 12.04 release and then used grub to boot
the 13.04 USB stick. The DVD can also be booted properly using grub. So
the problem is related to the BIOS of this computer.

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Title:
  Installation DVD/Stick of 13.04 32bit fails to boot on Acer Aspire One
  756

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Installation DVD and also the USB Stick of Ubuntu 13.04 32bit
  fails to boot on my Acer Aspire One 756. I get a blank black screen
  with a blinking cursor. Holding the shift key down does not make any
  difference. I don't see anything on screen between the BIOS summary
  screen and the black screen. No error message, no ISOLINUX, nothing
  from grub.

  I created the DVD by burning the ISO image onto the disc with cdrecord at the command-line.
  I created the USB Stick (2GB) with the "Startup DIsk Creator" of Ubuntu 12.04.

  The older version 12.04 boots without problems from both DVD and USB
  Stick.

  I found a way to boot the 13.04 installation medium using grub2 of
  myolder installed Linux:

  set root='(hd1)'
  chainloader +1

  Something must be wrong with the ISO image - or my BIOS has a bug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.331
  Date: Mon Apr 29 19:23:12 2013
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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