[OPEN] Efibootmgr not removing boot entries in BIOS

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tnthomas
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I'm trying to clean up and remove old boot efi boot entries in the BIOS. I use efibootmgr in the manner described in this article: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-manage-e ... s-on-linux
Running "efibootmgr" is terminal shows Boot0008* ubuntu, which I then give the instruction "sudo efibootmgr -b 8 -B" to remove. However, upon booting into the BIOS I still see the Ubuntu entry(see image link).

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I haven't tried resetting the BIOS, not sure that would work anyway.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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That link you have referenced has a comments section, have you reviewed those ?
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Use gparted and clean the disk from any previous installations.
That would be my approach if all of your efforts fail in the end.
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fennec wrote: Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:47 pm That link you have referenced has a comments section, have you reviewed those ?
I did, it was suggested that I update grub " grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" but upon reboot the Ubuntu entry persists, in the BIOS.
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Just do a clean install and all issues go away
Learn, have fun and enjoy.
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