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    STEVE how would you DO this...UEFI

    Lesson: if you have a UEFI machine, and you like to run the latest kernels, remember to keep a 3.7 kernel around. You'll need this whenever you want to modify your UEFI NVRAM variables.

    OK I am just out of the loop, being way too old...

    but

    a) Say I get a really pretty tower...
    b) it is empty or has junk in it...
    c) HOW.....would I go to a "computer NOT BEST BUY place" and ask for a motherboard to put in the box..."

    in terms of...

    what words would I say at Best Buy or New EGG to get a mobo that I could "just install Kubuntu on"...

    please forgive my lack of politeness to my infinitives.

    woodsmoke
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    Looking online, Best Buy carries plenty of motherboards. You could ask for a Gigabyte AMD board. many of the AM3 ansd AM3+-based MB's still have traditional BIOSes with UEFI "enhancements" like support for 3+ TB disks. I've been looking into upgrading my machine to an AMD-based for a little while so I have an ldea of whats' there.
    The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers. -- Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires (now Pope Francis)
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      #3
      Actually, I wouldn't worry about this anymore. Instead, I'd simply add the new kernel boot parameter efi_no_storage_paranoia when booting the installer ISO, and then add it again to /etc/default/grub after the installation finishes.

      See post #6 in http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?62470
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        #4
        The fix has landed in raring-proposed.

        https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1173423

        I just tested it for Joseph and I can add additional NVRAM variables now without error. The update will move out of -proposed and into raring-updates soon.
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          #5
          Originally posted by SteveRiley View Post
          Actually, I wouldn't worry about this anymore. Instead, I'd simply add the new kernel boot parameter efi_no_storage_paranoia when booting the installer ISO, and then add it again to /etc/default/grub after the installation finishes.

          See post #6 in http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?62470
          I tried the efi_no_storage_paranoia boot and it didn't work for me. I had to install kubuntu thru legacy bios (w/ 200MB fat32 partition at the front), update the kernel to the patched "js" 3.8.0-27, then boot into my "boot-repair-disk-64bit" usb key and change grub over to grub-efi.
          I do not personally use Kubuntu, but I'm the tech support for my daughter who does.
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            #6
            Hm, interesting. I wonder if the code for that new parameter didn't make it into the various Ubuntu kernels, or at least into the kernels included in the .ISO images.
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              My iso was downloaded 7/24/13, so almost 2mos after you posted the code. Go figure... I got it working and reused my /home disk, but ended up re-installing Kubuntu. It works, that's all that matters to me. That, and remembering what I did.
              I do not personally use Kubuntu, but I'm the tech support for my daughter who does.
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