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SL7 Boot: how to add single-user boot entries to initial grub2 menu

  • as root user

  • 1) make a dated copy of prior /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, i.e. cp /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.20170117

  • 2) make a dated copy of prior /etc/default/grub, i.e. cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.20170117

  • 3) vi /etc/default/grub, set these variables:

GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY

GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU

true

true

as delivered in stock SL7 distro, no single user entries

false

true

boot main menu will have single-user entry for every kernel
as modified 2017/04/09/

false

false

boot submenu will have single-user entry for every kernel

  • 4) run grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

  • 5) reboot, new single-user entries will be labelled "recovery"

grub2single (last edited 2017-04-11 02:18:35 by KeithLofstrom)