Yoo-fi? Yoo-ef-ee?

They shoulda made it easier to pronounce if they wanted people to call it that

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[–] 36 points 5 days ago (9 children)

systemctl reboot --firmware-setup

This will cause a Linux machine to reboot directly into the UEFI. I know it's not groundbreaking but it can be really handy if you use fast-boot. At least your days of pecking the Delete key during POST will be over.

Windows does this too, though I've forgotten the method.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 days ago* (6 children)

    This will cause a Linux machine to reboot directly into the UEFI.

    That's weird, on my machine it reboots me directly into the BIOS.


    Sidenote: if you dualboot, I can't recommend enough setting up a desktop entry which runs this command:

    systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=auto-windows

    It's basically a one-click Windows launcher.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (3 children)

    Sidenote: if you dualboot, I can't recommend enough setting up a desktop entry which runs this command:

    Excuse my ignorance, but what's the difference between this and GRUB?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 days ago*

    You have to interrupt the boot process to make a selection in grub, the one-liner above makes that one-time selection for you in advance. So you can walk away and get a coffee while your computer does the OS switch.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 days ago*

    I mean, unless you’re trying to access it at boot time. I just Ctrl+Alt+Del and hit an F button or look it up.

    Actually, your instruction complicates it. Just put it on the boot splash, ffs.

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