On 1/10/24 15:14, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM <the...@sys-concept.com <mailto:the...@sys-concept.com>> wrote: > > On 1/9/24 19:22, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 10/01/2024 02:18, the...@sys-concept.com <mailto:the...@sys-concept.com> wrote: > >> I have a box that is two HD's and both are bootable; using "refind" instead of grub. > >> So the selection I choose at boot which drive to boot will be the default (during reboot, from command line) until I select the second drive. > >> > >> The box will be installed in a remote location, so I have no option to select which drive to boot from (unless I'm in front of the box). > >> Is it possible to select which drive I want to "boot" from the command line (reboot #2 etc)? > > > > Maybe this helps: https://gist.github.com/Darkhogg/82a651f40f835196df3b1bd1362f5b8c <https://gist.github.com/Darkhogg/82a651f40f835196df3b1bd1362f5b8c> > > Thank you for the link. I have no experience with refind but for my UEFI systems I accomplish this using efibootmgr and a simple batch file. The machine always boots Linux by default but from within Linux I can tell it to reboot into Windows mark@science2:~$ sudo efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0003 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0003,0000 Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager Boot0003* ubuntu mark@science2:~$ cat bin/RebootWindows sudo efibootmgr -n 0000 reboot mark@science2:~$
Thank you, yes that work perfectly "efibootmgr -n " is one time entry for one reboot; to set it permanently one should use: "efibootmgr -o + arrange entries" Does anybody know how to rename the boot entries, in my case I have: efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0004 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0000,0004,0002 Boot0000* rEFInd Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,87a5c5b6-c0a8-024c-b1c0-622907add992,0x800,0x200000)/File(\EFI\REFIND\REFIND_X64.EFI) Boot0002* UEFI OS HD(1,GPT,87a5c5b6-c0a8-024c-b1c0-622907add992,0x800,0x200000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)0000424f Boot0004* rEFInd Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,9d2481cf-8c35-4d9d-88ee-1d0d6e06cc68,0x800,0x1dc800)/File(\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi) This is cryptic, 0000 - is sda disk 0004 - nvme disk How to rename them to SDA and NVME respectively
