On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:18:13 -0600 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> On 02/24/2018 01:59 PM, Dan Norton wrote: > > [snip] > > > > In my case, there are multiple debian installations and the > > installer positions the last installation at the top of the *grub* > > menu. This makes sense. > > Not always. I'm continually doing installs, tweaking them in one way > or another. The last install is the one most likely to "crash and > burn". I solve the problem by having grub installed ONLY on first > partition of my ONLY hard disk. I'd love to see an os-prober which > created menu entries in partition number order. > With your many installs, have you needed to edit the bios menu so that you could boot something mountable? IOW is debian first in the boot order? > > > > But why change the *bios* menu? With the variability in > > manufacturers bios code, changing the bios menu seems like a risky, > > tricky, and tedious undertaking. AFAICT it's instigated by the > > installer and presumably a necessary thing. I've searched for the > > rationale, but have missed it, if it's out there. Can you refer me > > to something? > > > >> But as far as I am aware, the relative priority of boot entries on > >> removable vs hard drives is solely controlled by the BIOS/UEFI > >> firmware. > >> > > > > That just doesn't seem logical. There was a perfectly good priority, > > before installs of Debian, I think it went: > > > > UEFI Boot Sources > > ATAPI CD/DVD Drive > > USB Floppy/CD > > Hard Drive > > USB Hard Drive > > Legacy Boot Sources > > ATAPI CD/DVD Drive > > USB Floppy/CD > > Hard Drive > > SATA0 > > > > After installing stretch, it changed to: > > > > UEFI Boot Sources > > debian > > ATAPI CD/DVD Drive > > USB Floppy/CD > > USB Hard Drive > > Legacy Boot Sources > > [...] > > > > If done by firmware, wouldn't grub or the installer have to tell > > the firmware to put "debian" in the bios menu and make it first? In > > its past life, this PC ran Windows 7 but in order to boot from > > mountable media there was no need for the user to change the boot > > order. > > > > - Dan > > > > > >
