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From: Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:35:44
Message-Id: CAOdo=SzcspaVUrtL-cRGrpnc5DN7S+8Lx-zUT8f-=9Kv4nG9=w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1 by Fernando Rodriguez
1 On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Fernando Rodriguez
2 <frodriguez.developer@×××××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 > You do need a manager like efibootmgr unless you have a really good "bios" menu
5 > where you can manage your entries. Only removable media is autodetected on all
6 > EFI boxes I've seen. I use GRUB2 because my efi firmware (like most) is really
7 > buggy. Changing the boot order doesn't work at all (neither on the menu nor
8 > through efibootmgr), so I have to delete and recreate the entries in the right
9 > order. What I did is create 2 efi entries, one for my main kernel and one for
10 > grub2 and I added entries for all my secondary kernels and windows on the
11 > grub2 menu.
12
13 I've used "efibootmgr -o ..." to change the boot order on a number of
14 laptops and U1/U2 systems without a problem. Perhaps I've been lucky.
15
16 I prefer to use elilo/gummiboot on EFI.