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		lproven on July 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead Sure, but whether that GRUB entry is remembered as the default is up to the UEFI not GRUB. If you pick another entry GRUB is powerless to effect it.

ndiddy on July 9, 2024 [–]

The GRUB_DEFAULT and GRUB_SAVE_DEFAULT settings don't affect the UEFI settings, they only affect the default boot option in GRUB's boot menu. From the UEFI configuration perspective, the boot option never changes and it's always set as the drive with GRUB installed on it.

lproven on July 16, 2024 | [–]

Yes, that is indeed what I just said. :-)

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