[CentOS] UEFI boot manager sequence problems HP Envy

[Günther J. Niederwimmer]

Hello,

change the bootorder
> BootOrder: 0002,3002,0000,0003,0004,0005,2001,2002,2003
your first boot is windows


Am Dienstag, 28. Mai 2019, 13:29:39 CEST schrieb Gary Stainburn:
> Morning all,
> 
> I have a HP Envy dual boot system (Win8 for serious stuff, i.e. Train Sim
> and Flight Sim) and Centos 7 for everything else.
> 
> In the past I've had the occasional problem where an update on the windows
> side has updated the UEFI boot sequence but using efibootmgr has always
> fixed it.
> 
> On Friday I discovered that my HDD was failing so I tried using Clonezilla
> to move it on to a new SSD of the same size.  Unfortunately the clone
> didn't work, failing half way through my main partition.  Thankfully the
> Windows partitions and boot info cloned across so that side of the system
> worked.
> 
> I then wiped all the Linux partitions and did a clean C7 install using the
> latest ISO, all went well, but when it reboot it went straight into
> Windows.  Using F9 on reboot I chose CentOS Linux and the new system
> booted.  Using efibootmgr I reset the boot sequence and all looked fine
> (see below).
> 
> Unfortunately, when I then reboot it reverts to booting Windows. Using F9 to
> get back into Linux then shows that the boot sequence has reverted.  This
> means that the updated sequence either was not stored properly, or
> something is resetting it.
> 
> Legacy support in the BIOS is turned off as it should be, and the boot
> sequence in the BIOS only has a limited number of options. The sequence in
> the BIOS is:
> 
> UEFI Boot Order
>   USB Diskette on Key/USB Hard Drive
>   OS boot Manager                (shown in white)
>   Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive
>   USB CD/DVD ROM Drive
>   ! Network Adapter
> 
> Legacy Boot Order
>   Notebook Hard Drive
>   Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive
>   USB Diskette on Key/USB Hard Drive
>   USB CD/DVD ROM Drive
>   ! Network Adapter
> 
> If I press <F9> I get the same options as in efibootmgr but the first option
> "Windows Boot Manager" is selected.
> 
> 
> 
> [root at gary ~]# efibootmgr
> BootCurrent: 0004
> Timeout: 0 seconds
> BootOrder: 0002,3002,0000,0003,0004,0005,2001,2002,2003
> Boot0000* Linux
> Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
> Boot0003* Fedora
> Boot0004* CentOS Linux
> Boot0005* CentOS
> Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
> Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
> Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> Boot3004* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> [root at gary ~]# efibootmgr -o 0004,2001,2002,3000
> BootCurrent: 0004
> Timeout: 0 seconds
> BootOrder: 0004,2001,2002,3000
> Boot0000* Linux
> Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
> Boot0003* Fedora
> Boot0004* CentOS Linux
> Boot0005* CentOS
> Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
> Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
> Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> Boot3004* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> [root at gary ~]# efibootmgr
> BootCurrent: 0004
> Timeout: 0 seconds
> BootOrder: 0004,2001,2002,3000
> Boot0000* Linux
> Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
> Boot0003* Fedora
> Boot0004* CentOS Linux
> Boot0005* CentOS
> Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI)
> Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
> Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> Boot3004* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
> [root at gary ~]#
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mit freundliche Grüßen / best regards,

  Günther J. Niederwimmer