kexec and Grub

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

On 8 February 2013 23:23, John Moser <john.r.moser at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/08/2013 02:27 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
>>
>> On 8 February 2013 10:04, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
>> <sergey at elementaryos.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Nice... Now can you tell grub to boot entry 1, 3, 7, etc?  Read an
>>>> alternate grub.conf?
>>>>
>>>> Rapid reboot :)
>>>
>>> Yes, you can, with "grub-reboot" command. You should probably team up
>>> with the script kitties behind Unity Reboot
>>>
>>> (http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/unity-reboot-launcher-to-quickly-reboot.html)
>>> and implement a faster reboot sequence. I believe it would be
>>> beneficial for both parties.
>>>
>> Wait a second. There is a whole plan and design to integrated "Reboot
>> into" in the g-s-d panel and the reboot popup.
>
>
> Yes, it might be mine or someone else's.  There's an ANCIENT spec for
> "RapidReboot"
>

Nah, I was thinking about more recent stuff which is exactly what's
proposed in the quickly reboot.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionHandling#Restart

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartupSettings

Although later deals with grub customisation bugs as well.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.