Per your request. Following same testing procedure as in my posts #32 and #40. ====================== BEFORE: root@t520:~# efibootmgr -v BootCurrent: 0019 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0019,0006,000C,0007,000A,0008,000D,000E,000F,000B,0009,0011,0012,0010,0013 Boot0000 Setup Boot0001 Boot Menu Boot0002 Diagnostic Splash Screen Boot0003 Startup Interrupt Menu Boot0004 ME Configuration Menu Boot0005 Rescue and Recovery Boot0006* USB CD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55 Boot0007* USB FDD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49 Boot0008* ATAPI CD0 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35401 Boot0009 ATA HDD2 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f602 Boot000A* ATA HDD0 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f600 Boot000B ATA HDD1 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f601 Boot000C* USB HDD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b33e821aaaf33bc4789bd419f88c50803 Boot000D* PCI LAN 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803 Boot000E ATAPI CD1 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35403 Boot000F ATAPI CD2 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35404 Boot0010 Other CD 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a35406 Boot0011 ATA HDD3 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f603 Boot0012 ATA HDD4 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f604 Boot0013 Other HDD 030a2500d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f606 Boot0014* IDER BOOT CDROM ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(16,2)ATAPI(0,1,0) Boot0015* IDER BOOT Floppy ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(16,2)ATAPI(0,0,0) Boot0016* ATA HDD 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b91af625956449f41a7b91f4f892ab0f6 Boot0017* ATAPI CD: 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25baea2090adfde214e8b3a5e471856a354 Boot0018* PCI LAN 030a2400d23878bc820f604d8316c068ee79d25b78a84aaf2b2afc4ea79cf5cc8f3d3803 Boot0019* rEFInd Boot Manager HD(1,28,100000,35a3de7a-7015-4855-b882-1c8e9432b8fe)File(\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi) ====================== BOOTED KERNEL: root@t520:~# uname -a Linux t520 3.8.0-28-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 26 16:26:01 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@t520:~# apt-cache policy linux-image-3.8.0-28-generic linux-image-3.8.0-28-generic: Installed: 3.8.0-28.41 Candidate: 3.8.0-28.41 Version table: *** 3.8.0-28.41 0 500 http://mirror.anl.gov/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ====================== ADD NVRAM ENTRY AND PRINT: root@t520:~# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -l '\EFI\refind\Zrefind_x64.efi' -L 'Z rEFInd Boot Manager' BootCurrent: 0019 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 001A,0019,0006,000C,0007,000A,0008,000D,000E,000F,000B,0009,0011,0012,0010,0013 Boot0000 Setup Boot0001 Boot Menu Boot0002 Diagnostic Splash Screen Boot0003 Startup Interrupt Menu Boot0004 ME Configuration Menu Boot0005 Rescue and Recovery Boot0006* USB CD Boot0007* USB FDD Boot0008* ATAPI CD0 Boot0009 ATA HDD2 Boot000A* ATA HDD0 Boot000B ATA HDD1 Boot000C* USB HDD Boot000D* PCI LAN Boot000E ATAPI CD1 Boot000F ATAPI CD2 Boot0010 Other CD Boot0011 ATA HDD3 Boot0012 ATA HDD4 Boot0013 Other HDD Boot0014* IDER BOOT CDROM Boot0015* IDER BOOT Floppy Boot0016* ATA HDD Boot0017* ATAPI CD: Boot0018* PCI LAN Boot0019* rEFInd Boot Manager Boot001A* Z rEFInd Boot Manager ====================== Looks good here! This is wonderful. Thanks much.