[BALUG-Talk] BIOS zapping bug: Ubuntu 17.10 / *buntu 17.10

[Tony Godshall]

Oh, wow.  Writing to BIOS is serious stuff.


On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Michael Paoli
<Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Generally not advised to install Ubuntu 17.10 presently, at least on certain
> hardware.  There's a nasty bug that causes serious problems with BIOS (as
> in prevents ability to boot from USB or alter BIOS settings).
>
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/21/ubuntu_lenovo_bios/
> https://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/12/20/1724244/ubuntu-1710-temporarily-pulled-due-to-a-bios-corrupting-problem
> etc.
>
> Canonical apparently plans to re-release 17.10 (hopefully with a
> distinguishing point version number?) after this issue is corrected.
>
>
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