No idea.
I see the same thing every time I run the software updater tool as well.
It’s like it’s qued up to try to install every time I install or update anything. How can I clear the que?
Hello Dusty et al,
I am rocking a Lenovo Thinkpad P50, dual boot: My current dilemma sounds similar to yours, BUT I think I found a solution? I thought it was the Windows update, but I do remember doing a Lenovo firmware update as well… grumble grumble
Yay boot-repair!
I am totally enjoying my dual-boot laptop. I keep two separate drives, one with Ubuntu Budgie 20.04 and a second drive with Windows on it for stuff that Linux simply doesn’t accomplish, like reading DRM library books thru the Public Library program Overdrive.
I recently updated Windows 10 and then found I could not get into my install of Ubuntu Budgie 20.04. I eventually figured out Windows (or Lenovo?) had somehow changed my GRUB! BAAH!
After consulting the internets, I booted into an elementary OS installer that was nearby (the bcmwl driver is live in the installer), booted into the trial version and used gParted to install:
gnome-software-common
then a ppa for boot-repair! I went through the steps in the trial installer, and it seemed to have worked, but … then I had the same issue during reboot! BAAAH!
I finally was able to boot into the Ubuntu Budgie SSD by choosing the boot drive in the bios(or was it the UEFI?), only now I have boot-repair installed on my install of Ubuntu Budgie. I was able to activate boot-repair on my active drive, and I think I have success this time. A few successful reboots/restarts and it seems resolved.
Yeah, I am getting ready to update this laptop to 20.0.4 soon. Although I am not sure if I want to do the update or a fresh install. I typically like to do a fresh install and would like to in this case to see if this is a problem again. But at the same time I am figuring the odds are pretty high it will be and I will wish I just did an update of the install in hopes of not having issues.
That laptop seldom boots windows and I have the internet connections set to metered so it won’t update on her if she would need to while she is away from home. It isn’t fullproof because if she were to do so on a new connection it would try to update. But chances are certainly lower.
My future solution to this is I just will not buy any more lenovo computers that I expect to dual boot… which means no more lenovo computers for any of us. I personally believe that windows has access to the bios and of course the efi on lenovo and lenovo does some things differently that cause issues.
I personally do like to have dual boot or more. But I don’t really boot windows unless forced to now. It comes in handy for a few specific things, and more importantly for me I have backup ways of doing things if I get in a jam with one OS not wanting to boot. I can just boot the other and do my thing until I have time later to sort out an issue.
Thanks for adding to the thread. That may be a for real fix. I might try doing that, then run software updates and see if I see the same error messages etc.
Dusty, if you only infrequently boot into Windows, why not remove it completely from your laptop and boot into Windows from an external drive only when you need to? Like a Thunderbolt or a USB external? You could just plug it in when you absolutely need to. I am still divided whether this a Lenovo or a Windows problem, but single boot would probably solve your problem.
Although, boot-repair seems to have done the trick 
It’s on my daughter’s college laptop. It’s just easier.
I didn’t have this problem whatsoever on my new HP laptop. I have yet to allow windows to update on it but I didn’t have an issue on install. Therefore I think it is a Lenovo problem. I won’t be buying any more of them ever if I plan to dual boot. I probably just won’t buy one again ever.
For my laptop, it is a PRODUCTION machine. I keep windows around for backup in case anything were to go wrong. I save my work files on the windows partition and back up to external. This allows me to just boot windows and go straight to work if a problem were to arise… and I can fix later after work instead of being down. So far I haven’t ever had an issue with that to force me to boot windows. It’s only once in a while that I boot it when I have something I have to do that leaves me no other choice. I can’t stand how slow it is.
So… lol… I decided to accept the challenge of trying to just update the Lenovo laptop from 19.10 to 20.04 instead of blowing everything out and doing a clean install. I accepted the challenge just because I was curious what would happen.
I got the same sort of errors that I do when I did regular updates to 19.10 with the grub install failing messages, etc. I figured if I could ever get through the process, when it rebooted it would just not boot up after the OS upgrade. But it booted fine.
Now I am sort of tempted to blow it out and do a fresh install. But I think that would turn out exactly like the install of 19.10 was. I also suspect that when I end up having to boot windows and do a Windows update I will be in the same boat as well. So I am going to do like Jason did and install boot repair on 20.04 in case that happens.
I have not had a single problem out of that laptop since I blocked the Windows updates and got Ubuntu Budgie up and running on it. It used to have random problems where the keyboard would stop working after a windows update for example. I would have to drive 2 hours, take it apart, take the batteries out, etc to get it back rolling.
I completely blame Lenovo and refuse to purchase any more Lenovo products. I don’t have this problem with other brands. So the writing is on the wall and the choice is easy for me. NoMo Lenovo
I’d go so far as to say my Lenovo E590 is the best lappy I have had in 20 years. It works perfectly with Budgie dual boot Windows which like you I rarely use. See my other threads to see similar issues I used to have before sorting it with BIOS settings.