kexec — Directly reboot into a new kernel. More information: <https://manned.org/kexec>.

Load a new kernel

kexec {{[-l|--load]}} {{path/to/kernel}} --initrd={{path/to/initrd}} --command-line={{arguments}}

Load a new kernel with current boot parameters

kexec {{[-l|--load]}} {{path/to/kernel}} --initrd={{path/to/initrd}} --reuse-cmdline

Execute a currently loaded kernel

kexec {{[-e|--exec]}}

Unload current kexec target kernel

kexec {{[-u|--unload]}}