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Changing the Boot Order
To change the boot order, use the following steps:
1. Determine the current setting for “BootOrder” by using the following command.
cat /sys/class/firmware-attributes/thinklmi/attributes/BootOrder/current_value
2. Set a new boot order, use the following command
echo [Boot Order String] > /sys/class/firmware-attributes/
thinklmi/attributes/BootOrder/current_value
Specify a new boot order by listing the boot devices in order, separated by colons.
Devices that are not specified are excluded from the boot order.
In the following example, the CD drive 0 is the first boot device and hard disk drive 0 is the second
startup device:
Sample terminal output
echo ATAPICD0:HDD0 > /sys/class/firmware-attributes/thinklmi/attributes/
BootOrder/current_value