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willy9

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 56

Can't reorder UEFI boot entries with efibootmgr

After a new arch installation, the system directly boots unders Windows without going through the grub menu. I figured out it could be because it is last in the boot order so I made sure it is correct:

guillaume@asterix ~> sudo efibootmgr -o 5,0,1,2,3,4

BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0000,0001,0002,0003,0004
Boot0000* Notebook Hard Drive
Boot0001* Notebook Upgrade Bay
Boot0002* Notebook Ethernet
Boot0003* Notebook Ethernet
Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0005* grub

But on subsequent reboot, no change : laptop directly boots in Windows anyway, and when I manage to get in linux (by selecting manually the grub efi file using the bios boot order menu) the boot order gets back to 0,1,2 :

guillaume@asterix ~> sudo efibootmgr -v

BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0001,0002
Boot0000* Notebook Hard Drive   BBS(HD,,0x0).......................................................................
Boot0001* Notebook Upgrade Bay  BBS(CDROM,,0x0).......................................................................
Boot0002* Notebook Ethernet     BBS(128,,0x0)........................A..............................................
Boot0003* Notebook Ethernet     BBS(128,,0x0)........................A..............................................
Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager  HD(2,GPT,49220b2e-7d14-4c32-9552-ddead47939f9,0x96800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...9................
Boot0005* grub  HD(2,GPT,49220b2e-7d14-4c32-9552-ddead47939f9,0x96800,0xfa000)/File(\EFI\grub\grubx64.efi)

And before somebody asks, no I can't seem to find anything in the bios to make grub first (grub is not listed there)

Has anyone seen this before ? Any advice ?

Thanks in advance

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Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Can't reorder UEFI boot entries with efibootmgr

Has anyone seen this before ?

Some motherboards will boot the Windows .efi loader regardless of any `efibootmgr` alterations.

http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloader … ive-naming

Any advice ?

Set GRUB as the default loader from your Windows system:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … boot_order

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,349

Re: Can't reorder UEFI boot entries with efibootmgr

My HP laptop will not keep the EFI order if I try to set it from efibootmgr.  But, the pre-boot configuration menus (often mistakenly called the BIOS setup) do let me set the order, and they do stick.

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willy9

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Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 56

Re: Can't reorder UEFI boot entries with efibootmgr

I will try with the windows trick next time I reboot, thanks

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