Changing boot targets
9/Nov 2018
Switch between run levels / environments.
Changing boot targets
On the fly
Goto a graphical environment
systemctl isolate graphical.target
Goto a text based environment
systemctl isolate multi-user.target
Permanently change environments
Graphical environment
systemctl set-default graphical.target
Text based environment
systemctl set-default multi-user.target
Set target on boot
- Interrupt the bootloader (GRUB) and edit the kernel entry before booting. Press e to edit the entry
- Goto the line that starts with linux16 suffix the line with your desired target as followed:
systemd.unit=rescue.target