Boot-Repair

Check necessity to rename MS EFI files by default

Registered by YannUbuntu

Some UEFI firmwares are buggy and require the "Windows EFI file rename".
If they are too numerous, we have to consider enabling this option by default.
or recommend to retry with the option if fails without.

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One case: http://askubuntu.com/questions/327676/dual-boot-menu-with-ubuntu-and-windows-8-not-showing-up
efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 003D
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,3001,3002,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* USB Hard Drive (UEFI) - SanDisk Cruzer Blade ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(14,0)USB(0,0)HD(1,20,ee8be0,00000000)RC
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,c8800,82000,0bd486a0-0b9a-476b-a051-ab7f7460bc8b)File(EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................
Boot0002* ubuntu HD(2,c8800,82000,0bd486a0-0b9a-476b-a051-ab7f7460bc8b)File(EFIubuntugrubx64.efi)
Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI) RC
Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI) RC
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk RC
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk RC
Boot3003* Internal Hard Disk RC

2nd case: before http://paste.ubuntu.com/5950824 , after http://paste.ubuntu.com/5951015 raring
grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --target=x86_64-efi : BootNext: 0005
BootCurrent: 0008
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0008,0005,0006,0007,0000
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0005* Sony Original
Boot0006* Sony Original
Boot0007* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0008* UEFI: KingstonDT 101 II PMAP

3rd case:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/339410

4th case:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=14947171#p14947171

5th case:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/339410

6th case (Debian):
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=708430

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