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toljaga

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Registered: 2021-10-30

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[SOLVED] Choose boot systemd target per boot?

Hi.

I use my laptop for my university work, but I also like to run some servers sometimes. For school, I need to use a desktop environment (KDE, Plasma 6, SDDM), but for server use I far prefer the multi-user tty.

I would like to choose between these two options before I boot, or during it, and have it default to one of the two after some time passes with no input (much like my GRUB instance already does when selecting entries).

Maybe I could create separate boot entries in GRUB, maybe hold down a key combination during boot; I really don't care when and how this is done during the boot process, as long as I get to choose every time I boot into my system and one of the options is chosen by default.

What is the best way to achieve this?

Last edited by toljaga (2024-03-20 14:51:31)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 59,718

Re: [SOLVED] Choose boot systemd target per boot?

create separate boot entries in GRUB

and see the 2nd link below (include kernel commandline parameter to select the target)

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toljaga

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Registered: 2021-10-30

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Choose boot systemd target per boot?

Yes, that is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.