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Boot Procedure

Updated Mar 27, 2021 ·

Tasks​

  1. Configure your system to boot in multi-user target by default.
  2. Persistently remove the options that hide startup messages while booting.

Solution​

1. Configure mult-user target​

Check the current default target:

sudo systemctl get-default

Set the multi-user target as the default:

sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target

Verify the default target is set correctly:

sudo systemctl get-default

Ensure that the output confirms multi-user.target as the default target.

sudo systemctl get-default

2. Hide startup messages​

By default, some Linux distributions hide startup messages during boot for a cleaner boot experience. To show these messages persistently, edit the GRUB configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Find the line containing GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Look for a line similar to:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Remove quiet and splash from the line to display startup messages. After editing the file, update the GRUB configuration:

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Or, for UEFI-based systems:

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg

After updating GRUB, reboot your system to apply the changes:

sudo reboot