How can I change the names of items in the EFI/UEFI boot menu?












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I use Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer. This Ubuntu installation appears as ubuntu at system EFI boot menus.



I also have a external USB storage that has a EFI Ubuntu installation. This external USB storage also appears with the name ubuntu at system EFI.



I see two ubuntu menus at system EFI boot menus when external USB storage is attached. This makes it hard to figure out which ubuntu menu item points to the Ubuntu installation on the computer, and which one points to the Ubuntu installation on the external USB storage.



How I can change the EFI boot label to something different?



For example, how can I change ubuntu EFI boot label on the external USB storage to appear as External Ubuntu at system EFI boot menus?



The Ubuntu on my external USB storage has its own EFI partition.



This question is different from How to safely change OS name in grub boot menu?



This question is about how to change the Efi Boot name that appears in the EFI Firmware setup and not in the GRUB boot menu.



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  • can you attach a pic please?

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    2 days ago






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    Old bug, not resolved. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1561712 Your two entries are grub & shim from last installed Ubuntu. You currently cannot have two entries with default installs. But if external drive you can boot it directly, if you have ESP on external and move boot files/ESP to it as external drives boot from /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi as fallback entry. And that goes by drive name.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • Thanks @oldfred for comments. Those two "Ubuntu" entries are not from same Ubuntu installation on same storage. The external drive is portable and independent. it has its own ESP. It can be booted on different computer. As soon as I boot from external device, it add its own "Ubuntu" entries to the list. Both "Ubuntu" entries works and point to right Ubuntu installation, they just have same name. My question is how I can change that "Ubuntu" entry to something different when I connect my external device to a different computer.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago













  • Then link to duplicate should work. I have changed name, but with multiple ubuntu installs in one ESP different name shows up, but /EFI/ubuntu/grub is only file used to boot. If separate UEFI, then each should use the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= setting. Its just in grub and UEFI it really is a "efi_distributor" variable which we cannot reset to enable separate labels in one ESP.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • @oldfred I applied following after booting into external storage: sudo nano /etc/default/grub # GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EXTERNAL UBUNTU" sudo update-grub After shutdown, replug and restart, again same second "Ubuntu" entry added to EFI firmware boot menu followed by displaying "EXTERNAL UBUNTU" when grub menu appeared after boot. The link to duplicate post only change the Ubuntu name when grub menu appear. It does not change the "Ubuntu" entry at system firmware Efi menu that displays before grub menu.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago
















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I use Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer. This Ubuntu installation appears as ubuntu at system EFI boot menus.



I also have a external USB storage that has a EFI Ubuntu installation. This external USB storage also appears with the name ubuntu at system EFI.



I see two ubuntu menus at system EFI boot menus when external USB storage is attached. This makes it hard to figure out which ubuntu menu item points to the Ubuntu installation on the computer, and which one points to the Ubuntu installation on the external USB storage.



How I can change the EFI boot label to something different?



For example, how can I change ubuntu EFI boot label on the external USB storage to appear as External Ubuntu at system EFI boot menus?



The Ubuntu on my external USB storage has its own EFI partition.



This question is different from How to safely change OS name in grub boot menu?



This question is about how to change the Efi Boot name that appears in the EFI Firmware setup and not in the GRUB boot menu.



Picture of EFI Firmware setup










share|improve this question

























  • can you attach a pic please?

    – PRATAP
    2 days ago






  • 2





    Old bug, not resolved. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1561712 Your two entries are grub & shim from last installed Ubuntu. You currently cannot have two entries with default installs. But if external drive you can boot it directly, if you have ESP on external and move boot files/ESP to it as external drives boot from /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi as fallback entry. And that goes by drive name.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • Thanks @oldfred for comments. Those two "Ubuntu" entries are not from same Ubuntu installation on same storage. The external drive is portable and independent. it has its own ESP. It can be booted on different computer. As soon as I boot from external device, it add its own "Ubuntu" entries to the list. Both "Ubuntu" entries works and point to right Ubuntu installation, they just have same name. My question is how I can change that "Ubuntu" entry to something different when I connect my external device to a different computer.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago













  • Then link to duplicate should work. I have changed name, but with multiple ubuntu installs in one ESP different name shows up, but /EFI/ubuntu/grub is only file used to boot. If separate UEFI, then each should use the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= setting. Its just in grub and UEFI it really is a "efi_distributor" variable which we cannot reset to enable separate labels in one ESP.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • @oldfred I applied following after booting into external storage: sudo nano /etc/default/grub # GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EXTERNAL UBUNTU" sudo update-grub After shutdown, replug and restart, again same second "Ubuntu" entry added to EFI firmware boot menu followed by displaying "EXTERNAL UBUNTU" when grub menu appeared after boot. The link to duplicate post only change the Ubuntu name when grub menu appear. It does not change the "Ubuntu" entry at system firmware Efi menu that displays before grub menu.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago














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I use Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer. This Ubuntu installation appears as ubuntu at system EFI boot menus.



I also have a external USB storage that has a EFI Ubuntu installation. This external USB storage also appears with the name ubuntu at system EFI.



I see two ubuntu menus at system EFI boot menus when external USB storage is attached. This makes it hard to figure out which ubuntu menu item points to the Ubuntu installation on the computer, and which one points to the Ubuntu installation on the external USB storage.



How I can change the EFI boot label to something different?



For example, how can I change ubuntu EFI boot label on the external USB storage to appear as External Ubuntu at system EFI boot menus?



The Ubuntu on my external USB storage has its own EFI partition.



This question is different from How to safely change OS name in grub boot menu?



This question is about how to change the Efi Boot name that appears in the EFI Firmware setup and not in the GRUB boot menu.



Picture of EFI Firmware setup










share|improve this question
















I use Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer. This Ubuntu installation appears as ubuntu at system EFI boot menus.



I also have a external USB storage that has a EFI Ubuntu installation. This external USB storage also appears with the name ubuntu at system EFI.



I see two ubuntu menus at system EFI boot menus when external USB storage is attached. This makes it hard to figure out which ubuntu menu item points to the Ubuntu installation on the computer, and which one points to the Ubuntu installation on the external USB storage.



How I can change the EFI boot label to something different?



For example, how can I change ubuntu EFI boot label on the external USB storage to appear as External Ubuntu at system EFI boot menus?



The Ubuntu on my external USB storage has its own EFI partition.



This question is different from How to safely change OS name in grub boot menu?



This question is about how to change the Efi Boot name that appears in the EFI Firmware setup and not in the GRUB boot menu.



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  • can you attach a pic please?

    – PRATAP
    2 days ago






  • 2





    Old bug, not resolved. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1561712 Your two entries are grub & shim from last installed Ubuntu. You currently cannot have two entries with default installs. But if external drive you can boot it directly, if you have ESP on external and move boot files/ESP to it as external drives boot from /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi as fallback entry. And that goes by drive name.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • Thanks @oldfred for comments. Those two "Ubuntu" entries are not from same Ubuntu installation on same storage. The external drive is portable and independent. it has its own ESP. It can be booted on different computer. As soon as I boot from external device, it add its own "Ubuntu" entries to the list. Both "Ubuntu" entries works and point to right Ubuntu installation, they just have same name. My question is how I can change that "Ubuntu" entry to something different when I connect my external device to a different computer.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago













  • Then link to duplicate should work. I have changed name, but with multiple ubuntu installs in one ESP different name shows up, but /EFI/ubuntu/grub is only file used to boot. If separate UEFI, then each should use the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= setting. Its just in grub and UEFI it really is a "efi_distributor" variable which we cannot reset to enable separate labels in one ESP.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • @oldfred I applied following after booting into external storage: sudo nano /etc/default/grub # GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EXTERNAL UBUNTU" sudo update-grub After shutdown, replug and restart, again same second "Ubuntu" entry added to EFI firmware boot menu followed by displaying "EXTERNAL UBUNTU" when grub menu appeared after boot. The link to duplicate post only change the Ubuntu name when grub menu appear. It does not change the "Ubuntu" entry at system firmware Efi menu that displays before grub menu.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago



















  • can you attach a pic please?

    – PRATAP
    2 days ago






  • 2





    Old bug, not resolved. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1561712 Your two entries are grub & shim from last installed Ubuntu. You currently cannot have two entries with default installs. But if external drive you can boot it directly, if you have ESP on external and move boot files/ESP to it as external drives boot from /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi as fallback entry. And that goes by drive name.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • Thanks @oldfred for comments. Those two "Ubuntu" entries are not from same Ubuntu installation on same storage. The external drive is portable and independent. it has its own ESP. It can be booted on different computer. As soon as I boot from external device, it add its own "Ubuntu" entries to the list. Both "Ubuntu" entries works and point to right Ubuntu installation, they just have same name. My question is how I can change that "Ubuntu" entry to something different when I connect my external device to a different computer.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago













  • Then link to duplicate should work. I have changed name, but with multiple ubuntu installs in one ESP different name shows up, but /EFI/ubuntu/grub is only file used to boot. If separate UEFI, then each should use the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= setting. Its just in grub and UEFI it really is a "efi_distributor" variable which we cannot reset to enable separate labels in one ESP.

    – oldfred
    2 days ago











  • @oldfred I applied following after booting into external storage: sudo nano /etc/default/grub # GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EXTERNAL UBUNTU" sudo update-grub After shutdown, replug and restart, again same second "Ubuntu" entry added to EFI firmware boot menu followed by displaying "EXTERNAL UBUNTU" when grub menu appeared after boot. The link to duplicate post only change the Ubuntu name when grub menu appear. It does not change the "Ubuntu" entry at system firmware Efi menu that displays before grub menu.

    – askquestion
    2 days ago

















can you attach a pic please?

– PRATAP
2 days ago





can you attach a pic please?

– PRATAP
2 days ago




2




2





Old bug, not resolved. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1561712 Your two entries are grub & shim from last installed Ubuntu. You currently cannot have two entries with default installs. But if external drive you can boot it directly, if you have ESP on external and move boot files/ESP to it as external drives boot from /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi as fallback entry. And that goes by drive name.

– oldfred
2 days ago





Old bug, not resolved. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1561712 Your two entries are grub & shim from last installed Ubuntu. You currently cannot have two entries with default installs. But if external drive you can boot it directly, if you have ESP on external and move boot files/ESP to it as external drives boot from /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi as fallback entry. And that goes by drive name.

– oldfred
2 days ago













Thanks @oldfred for comments. Those two "Ubuntu" entries are not from same Ubuntu installation on same storage. The external drive is portable and independent. it has its own ESP. It can be booted on different computer. As soon as I boot from external device, it add its own "Ubuntu" entries to the list. Both "Ubuntu" entries works and point to right Ubuntu installation, they just have same name. My question is how I can change that "Ubuntu" entry to something different when I connect my external device to a different computer.

– askquestion
2 days ago







Thanks @oldfred for comments. Those two "Ubuntu" entries are not from same Ubuntu installation on same storage. The external drive is portable and independent. it has its own ESP. It can be booted on different computer. As soon as I boot from external device, it add its own "Ubuntu" entries to the list. Both "Ubuntu" entries works and point to right Ubuntu installation, they just have same name. My question is how I can change that "Ubuntu" entry to something different when I connect my external device to a different computer.

– askquestion
2 days ago















Then link to duplicate should work. I have changed name, but with multiple ubuntu installs in one ESP different name shows up, but /EFI/ubuntu/grub is only file used to boot. If separate UEFI, then each should use the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= setting. Its just in grub and UEFI it really is a "efi_distributor" variable which we cannot reset to enable separate labels in one ESP.

– oldfred
2 days ago





Then link to duplicate should work. I have changed name, but with multiple ubuntu installs in one ESP different name shows up, but /EFI/ubuntu/grub is only file used to boot. If separate UEFI, then each should use the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= setting. Its just in grub and UEFI it really is a "efi_distributor" variable which we cannot reset to enable separate labels in one ESP.

– oldfred
2 days ago













@oldfred I applied following after booting into external storage: sudo nano /etc/default/grub # GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EXTERNAL UBUNTU" sudo update-grub After shutdown, replug and restart, again same second "Ubuntu" entry added to EFI firmware boot menu followed by displaying "EXTERNAL UBUNTU" when grub menu appeared after boot. The link to duplicate post only change the Ubuntu name when grub menu appear. It does not change the "Ubuntu" entry at system firmware Efi menu that displays before grub menu.

– askquestion
2 days ago





@oldfred I applied following after booting into external storage: sudo nano /etc/default/grub # GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EXTERNAL UBUNTU" sudo update-grub After shutdown, replug and restart, again same second "Ubuntu" entry added to EFI firmware boot menu followed by displaying "EXTERNAL UBUNTU" when grub menu appeared after boot. The link to duplicate post only change the Ubuntu name when grub menu appear. It does not change the "Ubuntu" entry at system firmware Efi menu that displays before grub menu.

– askquestion
2 days ago










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