On 6/6/24 8:45 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Greg Woods composed on 2024-06-06T20:55 (UTC-0600):
Samuel Sieb wrote:
You could add an extra entry to the boot menu.
That's a thought. Of course one of the reasons I wanted to learn more about the boot process is that it has changed so much since I was working as a sysadmin, now that I'm retired I haven't kept up with everything as well as I used to. So I have to admit that now, I don't even know how to do that. Something else I need to learn.
https://forums.opensuse.org/t/how-to-have-a-custom-uefi-grub-menu-for-a-multiboot-system/133541 could help you get that started. /etc/grub.d/40_custom and 41_custom are designed for custom stanza creations. If you wish their result to head the selections in you Grub menu, you must rename whichever you choose to use so that it sorts before 10_linux. I use both avenues, so copy 40_custom to 06_custom, and 41_custom to 07_custom. Updates will at some point restore the original 40_custom and 41_custom, unless you keep and either empty them or make them nothing but comments.
This was just for a live image. There's no need to get that crazy complicated. That's only for a multi-boot system. Adding items to a single boot system is very simple.