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GRUB
GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader)
reboot to different kernel once
Obligatory changes:
- /etc/default/grub
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved # Comment or disable: # GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
update-grub
Working example
# get menu ids: egrep -i "menuentry '|submenu '" /boot/grub/grub.cfg # Set grub env using chosen ids. For submenu use '>' grub-set-default 'gnulinux-simple-21b9a8a1-48e8-4c4d-8420-6c97870f2702' grub-reboot 'gnulinux-advanced-21b9a8a1-48e8-4c4d-8420-6c97870f2702>gnulinux-5.3.18-3-pve-advanced-21b9a8a1-48e8-4c4d-8420-6c97870f2702'
If everything works well, remove Debian kernel.
apt remove linux-image-amd64 'linux-image-4.19*' 'linux-image-5.4*' update-grub grub-set-default 0
specify boot entry
Grub2/Submenus Display grub menu and options without rebooting? Grub: reboot to specific kernel
Main menu boot entries can be specified by
by name
grub-reboot "Advanced options for Ubuntu>Ubuntu, with Linux 4.2.0-16-generic" reboot # grub-reboot "Other platforms>Minix>Version 3.4.0" reboot
by menu id
by number
# set first entry grub-set-default 0 # boot 2nd menu next time (boot once next time) grub-reboot 1 # boot 7th submenu from 2nd main menu (boot once next time) grub-reboot "1>6" # grub-reboot "1>0>0"