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Lemniskett

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Registered: 2019-10-28

Posts: 9

Deleting boot entries in systemd-boot

How to delete a boot entry in systemd-boot? i need to delete ArchLinux LTS and Arch Linux Zen from the boot menu
Here's the output of "bootctl list"

Boot Loader Entries:
        title: Arch Linux (default)
           id: Arch
       source: /boot/loader/entries/Arch.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux
       initrd: /initramfs-linux.img
      options: root=PARTUUID=29475b4e-deae-4abb-bb87-fa39a3d21f7c rw

        title: Arch Linux hardened
           id: Arch-hardened
       source: /boot/loader/entries/Arch-hardened.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-hardened
       initrd: /initramfs-linux-hardened.img
      options: root=PARTUUID=29475b4e-deae-4abb-bb87-fa39a3d21f7c rw

        title: ArchLinux LTS
           id: Arch-lts
       source: /boot/loader/entries/Arch-lts.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-lts (No such file or directory)
       initrd: /initramfs-linux-lts.img (No such file or directory)
      options: root=PARTUUID=29475b4e-deae-4abb-bb87-fa39a3d21f7c rw

        title: Arch Linux Zen
           id: Arch-zen
       source: /boot/loader/entries/Arch-zen.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-zen (No such file or directory)
       initrd: /initramfs-linux-zen.img (No such file or directory)
      options: root=PARTUUID=29475b4e-deae-4abb-bb87-fa39a3d21f7c rw

        title: Windows Boot Manager
           id: auto-windows
       source: /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderEntries-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7->

        title: Reboot Into Firmware Interface
           id: auto-reboot-to-firmware-setup
       source: /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderEntries-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-> 

jasonwryan

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Re: Deleting boot entries in systemd-boot

man efibootmgr | less -p delete

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WorMzy

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Re: Deleting boot entries in systemd-boot

Just remove the source of those entries.

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greensam88

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Registered: 2021-10-07

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Re: Deleting boot entries in systemd-boot

sudo rm /boot/loader/entries/Arch-hardened.conf
sudo rm /boot/loader/entries/Arch-lts.conf

Essentially all you're doing is locating the files in the boot loader, and deleting it, then restarting for it to take effect.

The process is to

bootctl list

to find the filepath of the extra boot entries, than deleting it.

Last edited by greensam88 (2021-10-07 06:07:48)

2ManyDogs

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Re: Deleting boot entries in systemd-boot

Closing this old topic.