On Apr 8, 2014 3:19 AM, "Fred New" <fred.new2911(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> > And since Windows on my system places itself first in the EFI boot list
> > every time it
> > is booted,
>
> That's likely an issue in your system's firmware or Windows install
> (somehow). It shouldn't be doing that.
Yes, it seems that any time I touch my firmware configuration ("BIOS
settings") or interrupt the boot sequence to boot Windows (after I've
managed to put Fedora first), the boot order resets to Windows first.
It may not be Windows doing it. I cannot move Fedora to the top of
the list using the "BIOS settings", I need to use efibootmgr for that.
(HP Envy 17-j007eo)
It may indeed be your firmware in your case, but Windows 8 does force
similar annoying behaviour if you have its "fastboot" option enabled. Turn
it off and you get to control your boot order again.
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-or-enable-fast-startup-in-windows-...
roughly what I recall doing.