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From: Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:35:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOdo=SzcspaVUrtL-cRGrpnc5DN7S+8Lx-zUT8f-=9Kv4nG9=w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BLU436-SMTP159D3CB871F5A26302E64E8D6F0@phx.gbl>

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Fernando Rodriguez
<frodriguez.developer@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> You do need a manager like efibootmgr unless you have a really good "bios" menu
> where you can manage your entries. Only removable media is autodetected on all
> EFI boxes I've seen. I use GRUB2 because my efi firmware (like most) is really
> buggy. Changing the boot order doesn't work at all (neither on the menu nor
> through efibootmgr), so I have to delete and recreate the entries in the right
> order. What I did is create 2 efi entries, one for my main kernel and one for
> grub2 and I added entries for all my secondary kernels and windows on the
> grub2 menu.

I've used "efibootmgr -o ..." to change the boot order on a number of
laptops and U1/U2 systems without a problem. Perhaps I've been lucky.

I prefer to use elilo/gummiboot on EFI.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-08-28 11:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-25 18:44 [gentoo-user] keeping grub 1 James
2015-08-25 19:01 ` Florian Gamböck
2015-08-25 19:26   ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-25 19:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2015-08-25 21:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-26  0:39   ` [gentoo-user] " James
2015-08-26  1:46     ` Dale
2015-08-26  8:21       ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-26 15:10 ` [gentoo-user] Grub1: Cant ? " James
2015-08-26 15:26   ` Alec Ten Harmsel
2015-08-26 15:48     ` [gentoo-user] " James
2015-08-26 15:59       ` Alec Ten Harmsel
2015-08-26 16:20         ` James
2015-08-26 17:55         ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2015-08-26 16:55       ` Grant Edwards
2015-08-26 17:37   ` [gentoo-user] " Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-26 22:27     ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-26 23:41       ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-28 11:20         ` Tom H
2015-08-27 12:49       ` Mike Gilbert
2015-08-27 13:11         ` Peter Humphrey
2015-08-28 11:22           ` Tom H
2015-08-28 11:41             ` Rich Freeman
2015-08-27 14:19         ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2015-08-27 16:34           ` Mike Gilbert
2015-08-27 16:47           ` James
2015-08-27 19:30             ` Grant Edwards
2015-08-27 19:44               ` Mick
2015-08-27 20:03                 ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-27 22:06                   ` Mick
2015-08-27 22:37                     ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-27 22:47                     ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2015-08-28 11:35                   ` Tom H [this message]
2015-08-27 19:53             ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-27 17:17           ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-27 23:05             ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2015-08-28  1:06               ` Grant Edwards
2015-08-28 11:41               ` Tom H
2015-08-28 11:24           ` Tom H
2015-08-29 16:17             ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-29 16:38               ` Alan McKinnon
2015-08-29 16:53               ` Terry Z.
2015-08-29 16:57               ` Mike Gilbert
2015-08-29 17:12                 ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-27 16:50         ` [gentoo-user] " mcatudal
2015-08-27 17:16           ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-08-27 23:06             ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-28 11:52               ` Tom H
2015-08-27 17:18           ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-27 19:18           ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-27 23:36             ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-28  0:31               ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2015-08-28  1:25                 ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-28  1:50                   ` Rich Freeman
2015-08-28  2:03                     ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-28  2:14                       ` Rich Freeman
2015-08-28  8:09                       ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-28  3:36                   ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-28 20:08                     ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-28 20:27                       ` Rich Freeman
2015-08-28 20:42                       ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2015-08-28 11:55               ` Tom H
2015-08-29 16:29                 ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-28 11:28           ` Tom H
2015-08-28 20:23           ` Terry Z.
2015-08-27 18:23         ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-27 18:31           ` Fernando Rodriguez
2015-08-27 19:02             ` Mick
2015-08-27 19:34               ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2015-08-28  9:24                 ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-29  3:46                   ` Grant Edwards
2015-08-29  9:41                     ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-29 16:00                   ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-29 20:56                     ` Neil Bothwick
2015-08-29 21:48                       ` Michel Catudal
2015-08-29 22:14                   ` »Q«
2015-08-27 23:17           ` [gentoo-user] " Michel Catudal
2015-08-27 23:57             ` Neil Bothwick

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