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bootctl — Control EFI firmware boot settings and manage boot loader. More information: <https://www.freedeskto

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Problem

How to use the bootctl command: Control EFI firmware boot settings and manage boot loader. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/bootctl.html>.

Solution

bootctl — Control EFI firmware boot settings and manage boot loader. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/bootctl.html>.

Show information about the system firmware and the bootloaders:

bootctl

Show all available bootloader entries:

bootctl list

Set a flag to boot into the system firmware on the next boot (similar to sudo systemctl reboot --firmware-setup):

sudo bootctl reboot-to-firmware true

Specify the path to the EFI system partition (defaults to /efi/, /boot/, or /boot/efi):

bootctl --esp-path /{{path/to/efi_system_partition}}/

Install systemd-boot into the EFI system partition:

sudo bootctl install

Remove all installed versions of systemd-boot from the EFI system partition:

sudo bootctl remove

Code Snippets

Show information about the system firmware and the bootloaders

bootctl

Show all available bootloader entries

bootctl list

Set a flag to boot into the system firmware on the next boot (similar to `sudo systemctl reboot --firmware-setup`)

sudo bootctl reboot-to-firmware true

Specify the path to the EFI system partition (defaults to `/efi/`, `/boot/`, or `/boot/efi`)

bootctl --esp-path /{{path/to/efi_system_partition}}/

Install `systemd-boot` into the EFI system partition

sudo bootctl install

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