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| Thread ID: 150983 | 2022-11-12 01:53:00 | How can I change the dfault OS loader in HP Notebook with Windows 10 Pro | mzee (3324) | Press F1 |
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| 1489266 | 2022-11-12 01:53:00 | I have been working on a HP Notebook, Intel i5_62000 CPU, 8GB RAM OS 1 Windows 10 Pro, OS 2 Linux Mint Cinnamon v21 Boot managers, Windows, Ubuntu, Refind. There is no setting in BIOS to select a particular Boot Manager. It only does Windows. (have 2 other HP's here and they both have this sparse BIOS) My Dell has tick boxes so you can choose a boot order, or just Refind. If I do a F9 to the boot menu I can select Refind, and Ubuntu. Both work, and the Mint also Ok. I booted mint and opened the Terminal and got the following:- bo@bo-HP-Notebook:~$ sudo efibootmgr [sudo] password for bo: BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0002,3002,0004,0001,0000,2001,2002,2004 Boot0000* Notebook Hard Drive - CT480BX500SSD1 Boot0001* rEFInd Boot Manager Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager Boot0004* ubuntu Boot2001* EFI USB Device Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk bo@bo-HP-Notebook:~$ Refind is 4th. I then entered sudo efibootmgr -o 0001,0004,0002,2001,2002,3002 Then got: bo@bo-HP-Notebook:~$ sudo efibootmgr [sudo] password for bo: BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0002,3002,0004,0001,0000,2001,2002,2004 Boot0000* Notebook Hard Drive - CT480BX500SSD1 Boot0001* rEFInd Boot Manager Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager Boot0004* ubuntu Boot2001* EFI USB Device Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk bo@bo-HP-Notebook:~$ Nothing changed! Do I have to install everything in a Lgacy MBR/ partition table? Used to be able to use 'Easy BCD' to manage the Windows loader, but it has been ruined by Microsoft & the Linux, Android etc fields are disabled. How can I get the Windows Loader to manage Ubuntu? |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1489267 | 2022-11-12 03:42:00 | Haven't dual booted for ages and ages. BUT if you go to the search, type in msconfig, then open the boot menu tab can you change there ?? no idea what will happen as last time I dual booted with windows /linux, linux really screwed up something during an update and neither booted. Mind you I did use Easy BCD at the time. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1489268 | 2022-11-12 07:37:00 | I installed it in legacy, but still only sees windows, & EasyBCD still won't work. Enough time wasted! | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1489269 | 2022-11-12 20:05:00 | When I dual boot, I install Windows first, then Linux, and put grub on the MBR. Then I use grub to select between desired OS instead of bios. Why not just do that? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489270 | 2022-11-12 20:07:00 | How can I get the Windows Loader to manage Ubuntu? You don't. Microsoft don't care. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489271 | 2022-11-13 23:52:00 | Problem solved ! Installed a free copy of 'Easy-UEFI'. It disabled the Windows Boot manager, and moved Ubuntu to the top. Mint & Windows 10 load from Grub2. The free version of Easy-UEFI is valid for 15 days, and is not crippled in any way. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1489272 | 2022-11-14 00:25:00 | You could also just boot your Linux, and run, as root; grub-install /dev/hdX (substitute your boot drive for hdX) |
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