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[Bug 1434136] Re: HP Pavilion 13-b208tu fails to boot with F.26 bios, PSOD

 

** Tags added: wily

** Description changed:

- While trying to fix Bug #1432659, I updated the HP Pavilion 13-b208tu
- bios to the latest available on the HP website (F.26). After the update,
- the laptop no longer boots Ubuntu 14.10 or Ubuntu 15.04 (Ubuntu 15.04
- from the hard drive, Ubuntu 14.10 using a LiveCD). The grub menu is
- available and works, the kernel loads, the initrd step works, and then
- it hangs hard and requires power cycling.
+ While trying to fix Bug #1432659, I updated the HP Pavilion 13-b208tu bios to the latest available on the HP website (F.26):
+ http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-13-b200-Notebook-PC-series/7527795/model/7597682
+ 
+ After the update, the laptop no longer boots Ubuntu 14.10 or Ubuntu
+ 15.04 (Ubuntu 15.04 from the hard drive, Ubuntu 14.10 using a LiveCD).
+ The grub menu is available and works, the kernel loads, the initrd step
+ works, and then it hangs hard and requires power cycling.
  
  The required information for a kernel bug report can be found in Bug
  #1432659, from the original shipped F.23 bios. I obviously can't  attach
  information with the F.26 bios loaded.
  
  I can confirm that the bios update worked, and I have repeated it twice.
  HP diagnostics give the system a green light, and I can boot to FreeDOS
  as normal. I'll leave the system unbootable with the F.26 bios for a
  while in case someone can help me diagnose further from grub.

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Title:
  HP Pavilion 13-b208tu fails to boot with F.26 bios, PSOD

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While trying to fix Bug #1432659, I updated the HP Pavilion 13-b208tu bios to the latest available on the HP website (F.26):
  http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-13-b200-Notebook-PC-series/7527795/model/7597682

  After the update, the laptop no longer boots Ubuntu 14.10 or Ubuntu
  15.04 (Ubuntu 15.04 from the hard drive, Ubuntu 14.10 using a LiveCD).
  The grub menu is available and works, the kernel loads, the initrd
  step works, and then it hangs hard and requires power cycling.

  The required information for a kernel bug report can be found in Bug
  #1432659, from the original shipped F.23 bios. I obviously can't
  attach information with the F.26 bios loaded.

  I can confirm that the bios update worked, and I have repeated it
  twice. HP diagnostics give the system a green light, and I can boot to
  FreeDOS as normal. I'll leave the system unbootable with the F.26 bios
  for a while in case someone can help me diagnose further from grub.

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