On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.develo...@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.