Re: Changing Boot Order

From	Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Changing Boot Order
Date	2016-03-27 09:00 +0200
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400
Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> wrote:
> I am taking up a lot of message time here.  But my question is a
> very simple one: can one, after booting, and as root, change the
> BIOS so that the machine will boot from a DVD if one is present,
> or from a USB thumb device, if one is plugged in?

If your system uses UEFI and has EFI boot manager entries for CD/DVD
and USB, then you can manipulate the order with efibootmgr. Use
'efibootmgr -n' to change the boot order for the next boot only. I'm not
sure how to create a new entry for a device like a USB stick, though.

Petter

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Thread

Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-24 22:00 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Tom <tomashleyjr@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 22:30 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-24 22:50 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-03-24 23:30 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 00:00 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-25 01:00 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-25 04:30 +0100
    Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-25 22:10 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-03-25 23:10 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Jhon Prada <jhonalber@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 23:20 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 00:30 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 00:40 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 00:20 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-03-26 00:40 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 00:40 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-26 00:00 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order jdd <jdd@dodin.org> - 2016-03-26 08:20 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-26 18:50 +0100
  Re: Changing Boot Order Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-03-26 11:10 +0100
    Re: Changing Boot Order Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2016-03-26 12:30 +0100
      Re: Changing Boot Order Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 17:20 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 18:00 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-26 18:50 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order jdd <jdd@dodin.org> - 2016-03-26 18:40 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order chrisb@localhost.localdomain - 2016-03-28 11:40 +0200
            Re: Changing Boot Order Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-28 12:10 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order (correction) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 19:00 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 19:00 +0100
          Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-03-26 20:00 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-03-26 20:40 +0100
            Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-26 23:00 +0100
              Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 23:50 +0100
                Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-27 00:20 +0100
                Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness! David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-28 17:40 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-26 19:10 +0100
        Re: Changing Boot Order Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2016-03-27 09:00 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-03 12:10 +0200
        Re: Changing Boot Order Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-03 12:10 +0200

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