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Is it possible to "return" to GRUB after booting Linux without restarting

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Mar 15, 20263746 views
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I am dual-booting Windows and Linux on my SSD and find myself often switching between the two OSes. The SSD is really fast and both OSes boot in about 3 seconds once selected in GRUB. However, it takes forever (about 30 seconds) for my BIOS, RAID and second SATA controller to initialize before I'm …

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Fix for: Is it possible to "return" to GRUB after booting Linux without restarting

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Using kexec you can solve the problem. There is no need to involve GRUB. You can use kexec-loader to boot directly into different operating systems from within Linux. (Make sure kexec support is compiled into your kernel.)

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