[Bug 1260316] Re: Install on UEFI/SecureBoot Blows out Windows 8 (Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop)

[John Kim]

By "blow out," do you mean it "overwrites?"

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Title:
  Install on UEFI/SecureBoot Blows out Windows 8 (Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ASUS Q500A laptop with UEFI and Secure Boot enabled. Windows 8 (x64)
  was installed and working great. There were four partitions for the
  Windows installation using GPT. They included Boot, Recovery and two
  others.

  I used Gparted to layout the disk. The Windows isntallation was
  shrunk; four Ext2 partitions were added; and one Linux swap partiton
  was added. I planned on using /dev/sda6 for Ubuntu, /dev/sda7 for
  Debian, /dev/sda8 for Fedora, and retain /dev/sda9 as a spare. Windows
  8 was still installed and working great.

  I attempted to install Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS on /dev/sda6. The only way
  it would install was to disable Secure Boot and enable CSM (legacy)
  mode. After install, there was no way to boot to Ubuntu 12.04. Windows
  8 was still installed and working great.

  I attempted to install 13.10 over top of 12.04 with Secure Boot and
  without CSM mode. At the menu item of 5 choices (sorry, I did not snap
  a picture of it), I clearly selected to install over the existing
  installation. I did *not* select "use entire disk" or other choices.

  After installation, everything was blown away and only Ubuntu 13.10
  remained. The UEFI boot screen no longer offers the Windows loader,
  and GRUB2 has no entries for Windows:

      /boot$ sudo update-grub2 
      Generating grub.cfg ...
      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic
      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-14-generic
      Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
      done

  In the attached, nearly the entire disk (743 GB).

  I agree with folks that Windows 8 sucks. Its a lot like Ubuntu and
  Fedora - its adds a stupid ass tablet manager to a desktop (a desktop
  with a tablet manager is as useless as a boar with tits). However, I
  needed that Windows 8 installation for Windows Phone 8 development and
  testing. The laptop was purchased specifically for that purpose - it
  was something that could run Windows 8 Professional (x64), Visual
  Studio 2012, the Windows Phone SDKs, and the simulators. Its going to
  take 2 days to reload the operating system, install the software and
  patch the machine. And it will probably blow out Ubuntu.

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