bootctl Command Examples

Control EFI firmware boot settings and manage boot loader. More information: https://manned.org/bootctl.

• Show information about the system firmware and the bootloaders:

bootctl status

• 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