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I am all out of idea, can someone help a newb?

I have successfully installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a Lenovo u410 with UEFI on, secure boot on and with optimus enabled but with several issues at hand.

1. I have deleted all existence of Windows in the HDD and now when I try to access the BIOS via the Novo button, the BIOS takes a long, long time to load..about 10mins. Is there a fix for this? I would like to enter the BIOS without waiting 10mins each time.




2. My SSD was not visible when I installed Ubuntu. The original intent of the SSD was to be used as a cache drive only, so I intended to use bcache if possible. Any ideas on how to re-enable my SSD and install bache? It does show up via the BIOS menu btw.




3. Even after a successful installation, Ubuntu boots up to busy-box, giving me a COMREST ERROR of some sort.

End goal:

1. Have my Linux OS boot really fast with all my BIOS options that I enabled.




2. Cache my ssd for performance with bcache.




3. Have my BIOS load instantly without hangups.

My hardware info:

  sudo lshw



    description: Notebook

    product: Lenovo U310 (System SKUNumber)

    vendor: LENOVO

    version: Lenovo U310

    serial: QB06072120OA3OK

    width: 64 bits

    capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32

    configuration: administrator_password=unknown boot=normal chassis=notebook family=IDEAPAD U410 frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=unknown sku=System SKUNumber uuid=48322EF6-BC6F-A212-C99C-089E01304283

  *-core

       description: Motherboard

       product: Lenovo

       vendor: LENOVO

       physical id: 0

       version: 31900003WIN8 STD MLT

       serial: QB06072120

       slot: Part Component

     *-firmware

          description: BIOS

          vendor: LENOVO

          physical id: 0

          version: 65CN99WW

          date: 07/08/2013

          size: 128KiB

          capacity: 6592KiB

          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video pc98 acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot uefi

     *-cpu

          description: CPU

          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHz

          vendor: Intel Corp.

          physical id: 4

          bus info: cpu@0

          version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHz

          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

          slot: CPU Socket - U3E1

          size: 1018MHz

          capacity: 1018MHz

          width: 64 bits

          clock: 100MHz

          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms cpufreq

          configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4

        *-cache:0

             description: L1 cache

             physical id: 6

             slot: L1-Cache

             size: 32KiB

             capacity: 32KiB

             capabilities: internal write-through instruction

        *-cache:1

             description: L2 cache

             physical id: 7

             slot: L2-Cache

             size: 256KiB

             capacity: 256KiB

             capabilities: internal write-through unified

        *-cache:2

             description: L3 cache

             physical id: 8

             slot: L3-Cache

             size: 3MiB

             capacity: 3MiB

             capabilities: internal write-back unified

     *-cache

          description: L1 cache

          physical id: 5

          slot: L1-Cache

          size: 32KiB

          capacity: 32KiB

          capabilities: internal write-through data

     *-memory

          description: System Memory

          physical id: 19

          slot: System board or motherboard

          size: 6GiB

        *-bank:0

             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)

             product: HMT351S6CFR8C-PB

             vendor: Hynix/Hyundai

             physical id: 0

             serial: 077F5ABD

             slot: ChannelA-DIMM0

             size: 4GiB

             width: 64 bits

             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)

        *-bank:1

             description: DIMM [empty]

             physical id: 1

             slot: ChannelA-DIMM1

        *-bank:2

             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)

             product: HMT325S6CFR8C-PB

             vendor: Hynix/Hyundai

             physical id: 2

             serial: 0A5EF2AC

             slot: ChannelB-DIMM0

             size: 2GiB

             width: 64 bits

             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)

        *-bank:3

             description: DIMM [empty]

             physical id: 3

             slot: ChannelB-DIMM1

     *-pci

          description: Host bridge

          product: 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller

          vendor: Intel Corporation

          physical id: 100

          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0

          version: 09

          width: 32 bits

          clock: 33MHz

          configuration: driver=ivb_uncore

          resources: irq:0

        *-pci:0

             description: PCI bridge

             product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1

             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0

             version: 09

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=pcieport

             resources: irq:40 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:ea000000-eaffffff ioport:e0000000(size=167772160)

           *-generic UNCLAIMED

                description: Unassigned class

                product: Illegal Vendor ID

                vendor: Illegal Vendor ID

                physical id: 0

                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0

                version: ff

                width: 32 bits

                clock: 66MHz

                capabilities: bus_master vga_palette cap_list

                configuration: latency=255 maxlatency=255 mingnt=255

                resources: memory:ea000000-eaffffff memory:e0000000-e7ffffff memory:e8000000-e9ffffff ioport:3000(size=128)

        *-display

             description: VGA compatible controller

             product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 2

             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0

             version: 09

             width: 64 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom

             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0

             resources: irq:44 memory:eb000000-eb3fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:4000(size=64)

        *-usb:0

             description: USB controller

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 14

             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0

             version: 04

             width: 64 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pm msi xhci cap_list

             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0

             resources: irq:41 memory:eb700000-eb70ffff

        *-communication

             description: Communication controller

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 16

             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0

             version: 04

             width: 64 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0

             resources: irq:46 memory:eb715000-eb71500f

        *-usb:1

             description: USB controller

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1a

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0

             version: 04

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pm debug ehci cap_list

             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0

             resources: irq:16 memory:eb719000-eb7193ff

        *-multimedia

             description: Audio device

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1b

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0

             version: 04

             width: 64 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0

             resources: irq:47 memory:eb710000-eb713fff

        *-pci:1

             description: PCI bridge

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1c

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0

             version: c4

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=pcieport

             resources: irq:16

        *-pci:2

             description: PCI bridge

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1c.1

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1

             version: c4

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=pcieport

             resources: irq:17 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:eb600000-eb6fffff ioport:eb400000(size=1048576)

           *-network

                description: Ethernet interface

                product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller

                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

                physical id: 0

                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0

                logical name: eth0

                version: 05

                serial: 08:9e:01:30:42:83

                size: 10Mbit/s

                capacity: 100Mbit/s

                width: 64 bits

                clock: 33MHz

                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation

                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s

                resources: irq:42 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:eb404000-eb404fff memory:eb400000-eb403fff

        *-pci:3

             description: PCI bridge

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1c.2

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2

             version: c4

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=pcieport

             resources: irq:18 memory:eb500000-eb5fffff

           *-network

                description: Wireless interface

                product: Centrino Wireless-N 2200

                vendor: Intel Corporation

                physical id: 0

                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0

                logical name: wlan0

                version: c4

                serial: 9c:4e:36:72:14:0c

                width: 64 bits

                clock: 33MHz

                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless

                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.16.0-34-generic firmware=18.168.6.1 ip=192.168.1.7 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn

                resources: irq:45 memory:eb500000-eb501fff

        *-usb:2

             description: USB controller

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1d

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0

             version: 04

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: pm debug ehci cap_list

             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0

             resources: irq:23 memory:eb718000-eb7183ff

        *-isa

             description: ISA bridge

             product: HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1f

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0

             version: 04

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0

             resources: irq:0

        *-storage

             description: RAID bus controller

             product: 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode]

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1f.2

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2

             version: 04

             width: 32 bits

             clock: 66MHz

             capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list

             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0

             resources: irq:43 ioport:4088(size=8) ioport:4094(size=4) ioport:4080(size=8) ioport:4090(size=4) ioport:4060(size=32) memory:eb717000-eb7177ff

        *-serial UNCLAIMED

             description: SMBus

             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller

             vendor: Intel Corporation

             physical id: 1f.3

             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3

             version: 04

             width: 64 bits

             clock: 33MHz

             configuration: latency=0

             resources: memory:eb714000-eb7140ff ioport:efa0(size=32)

     *-scsi

          physical id: 1

          logical name: scsi1

          capabilities: emulated

        *-disk

             description: ATA Disk

             product: ST750LM022 HN-M7

             vendor: Seagate

             physical id: 0.0.0

             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0

             logical name: /dev/sda

             version: 0001

             serial: S2USJ9DC805251

             size: 698GiB (750GB)

             capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt

             configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=91b93dde-7a10-4024-8172-586e1d8744a4 sectorsize=4096

           *-volume:0

                description: Windows FAT volume

                vendor: mkfs.fat

                physical id: 1

                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1

                logical name: /dev/sda1

                version: FAT32

                serial: 60c6-306c

                size: 510MiB

                capacity: 511MiB

                capabilities: boot fat initialized

                configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat

           *-volume:1

                description: EXT4 volume

                vendor: Linux

                physical id: 2

                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2

                logical name: /dev/sda2

                logical name: /

                version: 1.0

                serial: 7573eb0a-29bf-49c6-949d-6497e05d67a5

                size: 692GiB

                capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized

                configuration: created=2015-04-12 17:39:24 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2015-04-17 08:03:05 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,commit=600,data=ordered mounted=2015-04-17 08:03:05 state=mounted

           *-volume:2

                description: Linux swap volume

                vendor: Linux

                physical id: 3

                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3

                logical name: /dev/sda3

                version: 1

                serial: 4c056b28-4416-4c9a-84cd-4e82c654404a

                size: 6000MiB

                capacity: 6001MiB

                capabilities: nofs swap initialized

                configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4095

  *-battery

       product: Smart Battery

       vendor: Intel Corp.

       physical id: 1

       version: 2008

       serial: 1.0

       slot: Rear

  *-power UNCLAIMED

       description: TBD by ODM

       product: TBD by ODM

       vendor: TBD by ODM

       physical id: 2

       version: 1.0

       serial: TBD by ODM

       capacity: 32768mWh







sudo dmidecode --type bios

# SMBIOS entry point at 0xcae8b000

SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes

BIOS Information

    Vendor: LENOVO

    Version: 65CN99WW

    Release Date: 07/08/2013

    Address: 0xE0000

    Runtime Size: 128 kB

    ROM Size: 6656 kB

    Characteristics:

        PCI is supported

        BIOS is upgradeable

        BIOS shadowing is allowed

        Boot from CD is supported

        Selectable boot is supported

        EDD is supported

        Print screen service is supported (int 5h)

        8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)

        Serial services are supported (int 14h)

        Printer services are supported (int 17h)

        CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)

        NEC PC-98

        ACPI is supported

        USB legacy is supported

        BIOS boot specification is supported

        Function key-initiated network boot is supported

        Targeted content distribution is supported

        UEFI is supported

    BIOS Revision: 0.1



Handle 0x000E, DMI type 13, 22 bytes

BIOS Language Information

    Language Description Format: Abbreviated

    Installable Languages: 7

        enUS

        frFR

        jaJP

        koKR

        zhCA

        zhCA

        ruRU

    Currently Installed Language: enUS

Concerning speed to enter your firmware setup utility, try downloading the USB flash drive or CD-R version of my rEFInd boot manager. Prepare a medium and boot from it. With any luck, there'll be a menu option on the second row of icons to reboot into the firmware setup utility. (The icon is of a computer chip.) Try that option. If it takes less time, then you might consider installing rEFInd on your disk and using it instead of or in addition to GRUB. I vaguely recall that a similar feature is available in GRUB, but I don't know offhand how to activate it.

Concerning your SSD, I don't see any evidence of it in your hardware list. My suspicion is that your kernel lacks a driver that's required to access it. What's your kernel version? (You can get it by typing uname -r.) If it's something in the 3.13 series, you can update it to a 3.16-series kernel as described here. It's conceivable, but not certain, that a kernel update will enable the hardware.

As to booting to busy-box, are you sure that's what's happening? If X can't start, or if you mistakenly installed the server version of Ubuntu, the OS will boot to text mode, with a login: prompt and the ability to use the OS in text mode but without X. If you installed the server version, I recommend trying again with the desktop version. If you installed the desktop version and are booting to text mode, then you should post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file to a pastebin site and then post a link to your document here. If you're really booting to a busybox shell, then something more serious is wrong, and you need to post more information, such as any error messages you see on the screen. Posting a digital photo of the screen may be in order, particularly if the messages are complex.