HP Boot Menu & Linux

[fred510]

I dual boot Linux and Win10 on my hp laptop 17-bs049dx   The latest Windows update deleted my entry for Linux.  I can still access it via the EFI file, but that's a bit clumsy. How do I get my Linux entry back onto the HP Boot Menu?  Picture shows how it was before the update.

[WAWood]

@fred510 

That menu option was installed as a byproduct of your Linux installation -- but we do not have the resources here to provide detailed Linux support.

You would have to redo part of your Linux install -- and since HP does not provide Linux drivers, your best bet for Linux support is to contact the support forum for the Linux distro you are using.

[fred510]

I'm disappointed in the old "we don't support Linux" response. Especially since I don't think of this as a Linux problem per se. It was HP that allowed Microsoft to rewrite the boot menu, yet you don't allow or provide the user with knowledge to edit the menu. There are a couple of solutions to this, but both are a bit drastic. I'll report back if I can't figure out a proper way to fix this.

[fred510 · Accepted solution]

There is a Linux command EFIBOOTMGR which is the equivelent to the Windows command BCDEDIT.  Both require a key that is generated upon installation of the OS.  I wasn't able to figure it out, so I had to reinstall Linux.  Now I have the key and if this happens again, I'll try to make it work.  If not then I'm deleting Windows and figure out another solution for the few times a year I need to run Windows.