On 1/17/24 10:21, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 9:58 AM <the...@sys-concept.com <mailto:the...@sys-concept.com>> wrote: > > 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> <mailto:the...@sys-concept.com <mailto:the...@sys-concept.com>>> wrote: <SNIP> > > 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 man efibootmgr shows a 'label' option but I've never used it. Try it at your own risk. If I was going to try it I would first create the new one with the new label using the data from an existing option, test it, and if it worked then delete the one with the less useful name. From Google Bard: <QUOTE> Use efibootmgr -c -d <disk> -p <partition> -l <new_label> -L <loader_path> to create a new entry with the desired label and correct path to the bootloader: <disk>: The disk where the bootloader resides (e.g., /dev/sda) <partition>: The partition number where the bootloader is located (e.g., 1) <new_label>: The desired label for the boot option <loader_path>: The full path to the bootloader file (e.g., \\EFI\\ubuntu\\shimx64.efi) </QUOTE>
Thank you! It worked as you suggested. In my case, I created a new label: efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1p1 -p 1 -L i5_new -l /EFI/REFIND/REFIND_X64.EFI device name and partition number can be derived from "fdisk -l" I'm not sure why "/EFI/REFIND/REFIND_X64.EFI" are all caps letters, in /boot dir it is: "/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi" but now my entries are less cryptic, efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0003 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0001,0003,0002 Boot0001* Gentoo_sda HD(1,GPT,9d2481cf-8c35-4d9d-88ee-1d0d6e06cc68,0x800,0x1dc800)/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 Boot0003* i5_new HD(1,GPT,87a5c5b6-c0a8-024c-b1c0-622907add992,0x800,0x200000)/File(\EFI\REFIND\REFIND_X64.EFI) Switching can easily be done, with "efibootmgr and number" eg. efibootmgr 3 but this is only one reboot, it will go to default setup as per: BootOrder: 0001,0003,0002 To make it permanent change it has to be done with eg: efibootmgr -o 0003,0001,0002
