EFI: how to dual boot without esc, F9 ?

[Ahmad Samir]

On 14/07/14 15:45, sean darcy wrote:
> New HP laptop, W 8.1, EFI boot. I've installed F20. The laptop boots to
> Windows. If I hit ESC and f9, I get:
>
> - OS Boot Manager
>   - Fedora 20 [HDD SERIAL NUMBER]
>   - Boot from EFI file
>
> When I choose Fedora, I get the grub2 manager, which includes a choice
> for windows.
>
> F10 in the gives me boot options, but only for devices.
>
> How can I get the laptop to boot to the grub2 manager without esc, f9 ??
>
> sean
>
>

Typically you can change the UEFI boot order from the firmware settings. 
Also you can use the efibootmgr command to do the same job.

-- 
Ahmad Samir