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Universal Blue•15mo ago
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Rebooting into Windows without root access?

I have a Windows drive alongside my Bazzite install for streaming Steam VR with the Steam Link app. Is it possible to create a script to reboot into Windows without requiring root access, its annoying to have to enter an admin password to reboot in a different OS.

This is the script I am currently using
#! /bin/bash
sudo efibootmgr -n 0000
shutdown -r now

Boot0000 is Windows Boot Manager
Boot0001 (default) is Bazzite

Running efibootmgr does not require sudo but efibootmgr -n does. When trying to run efibootmgr -n without root permission I get the error Could not set BootNext: Permission denied

Is there a way to make it so efibootmgr -n doesn't require root access or a different command I can use to modify my uefi nextboot without requiring root access?
Solution
Yup, I did a youtube guide and reddit post on this a month ago https://www.reddit.com/r/Bazzite/comments/1fb6gs4/how_to_easily_boot_windows_from_bazzite_gamemode/ Hope it helps
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