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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1
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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.