A lightweight, UEFI-only bootloader that offers simplicity, faster boot times, and easier configuration maintenance via plain text files, making it ideal for single-OS or straightforward multi-boot EFI systems.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Up/Down | Select menu entry |
| Enter | Boot selected entry |
| d | Set default entry (stored in NVRAM) |
| t/T | Adjust timeout (stored in NVRAM) |
| e | Edit kernel command line for current boot |
| Space | Show menu (if timeout is 0) |
| Q | Quit |
| v | Show systemd-boot and UEFI version |
| P | Print current configuration |
| h | Show key mapping |
Should generally avoid this, but some systems do not allow selection of second disk through UEFI
In such cases, a systemd-boot entry is required to access windows boot manager
EFI/Microsoft/boot/ (of windows installation) to EFI/Windows/ of ESP partition
(typically mounted as /boot/efi or similar)sudo bootctl --path=/boot/efi list