Generalize default boot device configuration to support external devices
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Description
If users use by default an OS installed on a USB drive, she would need to select to boot from USB drive manually at each boot. It would be more convenient to allow configuring boot drives, like it is possible in ordinary BIOS.
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Research direction
The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing default boot-device selection and configuration path, then determine how external USB devices can be selected and retained as the default across reboots; done means users no longer need to choose the USB drive manually at each boot.
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Assessment
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100