** Description changed: HP G6 laptop with Windows 8 installed, and looking to have a dual-boot with Ubuntu 12.10 With SecureBoot enabled: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1421098 And with SecureBoot disabled: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1421155 grub-efi fails writing on the original ESP: mkdir: cannot create directory `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu': Input/output error grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --target=x86_64-efi --uefi-secure-boot : exit code of grub-install :1 + Remark: this is similar but not duplicate of Bug #1091477 + **************** WORKAROUND: 1) via Gparted create another EFI partition (FAT32, 200MB, located in the first 100GB of the disk), move the 'boot' flag on it 2) make Ubuntu use this new ESP (eg via Boot-Repair). Example: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1442264 *************** Computers that come with a locked ESP: - HP G6 laptop: see original bug description - Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C-A07US: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1442902
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