Workaround for reference to install Windows with the broken BIOS. If you try to install through PXE Windows you'll see that it errors when trying to bcdedit the entry to BIOS and the process fails.
A nasty workaround that works is: - Create a raw Virtual Disk that points to the physical drive - Install Windows until the first restart through VirtualBox (it extracts only the wim files and creates the EFI BCD). - Finish the installation on the Lenovo Also I recommend you to leave rEFInd as default EFI entry (EFI/BOOT) so that you can launch bootable USBs using the novo button when PXE fails and defaults to rEFInd. I hope either Lenovo or Ubuntu releases a proper fix but at least now I've found a way to Install Linuxes, Windows and Boot USBs with the corrupted BIOS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
