Change default UEFI boot order to have the Shell last

[KellyKane]

Please change the default boot order for the UEFI machine type to have the UEFI shell last. This would allow more installers to work "out of the box" in a VM.

Scenario: USB flash disk installer setup for UEFI only. For example CentOS 7 or Windows Server 2016. The flash drive is filtered through to the VM prior to starting it.

Expected results: VM attempts to boot all available devices before dropping into the shell.

Actual results: VM attempts to boot the primary disk, fails, moves on to the Shell.

Work around: Type "exit" and manually select the USB disk from the resulting firmware menu.

[Socratis]

The Shell *is* the last option, the only remaining option if no other boot devices are found. What is missing in your scenario is the ability to boot from a USB device. That, it simply isn't there as an option. Just check the "Boot Order" in the VM Settings » System. USB is not listed, it's not considered as an option during boot...

So, what you're asking in a sense is to "Add USB as a viable boot device under EFI".

[aeichner]

Booting from USB devices should be supported when EFI is enabled, and there was neither a VBox.log provided nor an update from the original reporter for over a year, closing as invalid.