> It happened again right now, on another G40-30 Lenovo laptop, running > Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04, both in legacy mode. As soon as we inserted > an Ubuntu 17.10 live USB, the boot setup had the USB listed twice. One > in legacy and another as EFI (I repeat, the OSs on that laptop are > installed in legacy mode). By selecting to boot the live USB which was > listed as EFI, it booted fine. We did not install the new OS, but after > shutting down the laptop, the BIOS refused to save any changes and also > refused to read that same USB flash drive in boot options. There has to > be something very seriously wrong here.
Given the evidence of this to date, I would not suggest that anyone do further investigation on this problem with their own hardware that would require expensive professional recovery. A probable fix is in progress for the kernel package. -- 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 ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
