[SOLVED] OK, I give up - how do I change boot order in Zorin?

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Hi. Im trying to boot from a USB with supposedly rescuezilla on it, but keep going straight to Zorin.
I've found how to display current boot order
om@OldMesh:~$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0010
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0010,0017,0004,000D,000E,0008,0011,0013,0014,0015,0016,0001,0002,0003
Boot0001* UEFI:CD/DVD Drive
Boot0002* UEFI:Removable Device
Boot0003* UEFI:Network Device
Boot0004* UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell
Boot0008 Hard Drive
Boot000D* UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell
Boot000E Unknown Device
Boot0010* ubuntu
Boot0011 UEFI OS
Boot0013 ubuntu
Boot0014 UEFI OS
Boot0015 ubuntu
Boot0016 Unknown Device
Boot0017* UEFI: USB
tom@OldMesh:~$
How do I move 0017 to in front of 0010?

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Your BIOS should have a Shortcut for starting/showing the Boot Menu when start up. In my Case it is F12, in your Case it could be a different one. So, when Your PC is turned off, plug in Your USB Stick. Then press the Power Button and then immediately spam-pressing the Shortcut. Then you should see a List with Boot Options. Choose there Your USB Stick and it should start.

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In addition to what @Ponce-De-Leon mentioned, for older computers - you access the BIOS with F2 and/or F10, while newer BIOSes are F12 or DEL. For the 4 computers i have in my home, they are all built within the last 5 years - so they all use DEL to access the BIOS.

Of course it varies from BIOS to BIOS where you can set the boot order. Though personally i prefer not to change the boot order, since the harddrive should always be the highest priority. Instead i just enter the bios and boot from the USB directly.

I guess you can try my approach if you like, its worth a try:

  1. Enter bios, of course.
  2. Access advanced bios settings (shortcut F7 for my bios).
  3. Navigate to the boot tab
  4. In there you can set boot order or click one of the devices at the bottom to boot from them. I just boot from them when i need to boot from a usb stick.
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Thanks - I had used that before- Del on mine - but it didn't seem to be remembering the boot order when I rebooted so, stupidly, I started thinking it might be different with Linux. I can chose the boot drive with F11. I'll see if I can find Advanced BIOS settings and click on it.

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