Nightmare trying to install Ubuntu on an HP Envy Touchsmart M7-J020dx

[C.F.Scheidecker Antunes]

Never mind all. Discovered the problem.

It was a BIOS state gone bad. All I had to do was to reset to factory
settings and all worked as normal. That clear all.

It is embarrassing.

Thanks,

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:41 PM, C.F.Scheidecker Antunes
<cf.antunes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I own a few HP notebooks that are Ubuntu only machine. Among which
> there is a 6c95dx, 2 HP 7243CL and one HP 7373CA.
>
> Installing Ubuntu on those systems was a no brainer.
>
> I have, for instance, on the 7243CL which is also an i7 the Legacy
> Support option on the BIOS as enabled, no secure boot and I have done
> the following as my partitions:
>
> UEFI scheme: FAT32 /boot/efi with boot flag, ext4 and swap.
>
> On the Envy Touchsmart M7-J020DX it has been a complete nightmare!
>
> I have tried to create and remove partitions with SystemRescue CD.
>
> I have tried the UEFI partition scheme, 200mb of /boot/efi FAT32, the
> ext4 and swap. The computer does not boot.
>
> Tried the legacy version which is 1mb for grub, ext4 and swap. No boot.
>
> Then I have tried to erase all partitions and create a new partition
> table with System Rescue CD. The install locks on both EFI and legacy
> modes.
>
> Then tried to create the partitions with System Rescue CD and again
> the Ubuntu install does not work.
>
> The system has 16GB of Ram, it is an i7, and has a 1TB drive.
>
> This has been an absolute nightmare. Have been installing and using
> Linux since 1993 and this should be another standard install but I
> cannot move anywhere with it.
>
> Yes, I am very familiar with the EFI Ubuntu install doc but I am not
> sure why this system is not cooperating.
>
> I would love that HP would be able to sell those systems Windows free already.
>
> Oh, and yes, I did clear all Secure Boot keys from it.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos.