Ubuntu
efibootmgr package

  1. Bug #1082418
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 1082418

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Satish (satishp) wrote : Re: Ubuntu UEFI install locks out UEFI firmware (~bios) access

I concur. This issue is pretty serious.

Unlike viking777, I used 'Something Else' option during partitioning to create different partitions, keeping one for installing Mint later. Little did I know that my Ubuntu install will lock me out of BIOS. Now I can't get my laptop to boot from the Mint DVD.

My Boot-Repair output is here - http://paste.ubuntu.com/5670796/

I tried the 'shorting' trick to get back the option to let me boot from CD/DVD, but it didn't work for me. Maybe I missed something.

I do not have anything important in the laptop yet so I am very open to deleting everything and starting again but I am not sure how to achieve that since I cannot boot from LiveCD or any other OS. Can I use GParted to delete the EFI partition? Would I get back to BIOS then?

I hope I do not end up with a dead system - can't reinstall, can't remove, can't add distros.

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Satish
Fujitsu Lifebook LH532