I am a bit annoyed with Ubuntu. I had hoped that going to Ubuntu 13
32bit EFI support would be provided but ... Why it such a big deal
to provide a 32bit EFI iso?
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The main problem is that there are EFI only 32 bit systems, so bailing
out and advising to install the 64 bit version is not a solution for
those. Either the 32 bit iso should support EFI or there should be a
separate 32 bit efi iso.
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I also don't understand the reluctance to release 32 efi compatible
media. The 64 bit media are well tested, support traditional bios
hardware, efi only and efi legacy. Why would this be different for 32
bit. Leaving it with the (often non-expert) users to install it
themselves with several hooks
PS . btw. ubuntu runs perfectly fine (though a bit slow) through the
emulator under windows 8 on my ACER W510. So I think there is no problem
with Ubuntu itself and these machines. It's indeed only the installation
support which is not up to par.
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** Description changed:
64bits EFI computer (with GPT disk) with pre-installed 64bits Windows7.
+ AND 32bits EFI computer without legacy boot support
1) Installing Ubuntu 12.04 64bit creates a valid /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
entry. At reboot, the GRUB menu appears and allows to boot
A main and serious problem is that there are pc's/notebooks with recent
CPUs which are 32 bit which cannot be run in legacy mode, so they only
support EFI. An example of that is the ACER W510 mentioned before. I
cannot believe that is the only one and more will likely appear in the
(near) future.
Tried making a 12.10 live usb for the ACER W510, which uses UEFI and has
no legacy boot, but without success, I find this quite embarrassing for
ubuntu that after half a year the importance is still listed as
Undecided and no one is assigned to it. There must be many more people
affected who are
