Also, have a look at the "System Commands" section of th man-page to systemctl, https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemctl.1.en Am 03.08.23 um 12:29 schrieb Uwe Sauter: > Reading the related man-page [1] I suppose that it is up to the user initiating the reboot whether > the system is soft or cold rebooted. > > Quoting: > > 'Note that systemd-soft-reboot.service (and related units) should never be executed directly. > Instead, trigger system shutdown with a command such as "systemctl soft-reboot".' > > [1] https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-soft-reboot.service.8.en > > Am 03.08.23 um 12:24 schrieb David C. Rankin: >> Arch devs, >> >> I read that systemd 254 will enable a soft-reboot similar to how windows does fast-boot does it. >> (The Register: https://go.reg.cx/tdml/dfd67/64f3cc7f/8aaa3ef6/49jh) >> >> Mentioned in the article is this soft-reboot will prevent a full reboot - preventing kernel >> updates in that mode. But the article is silent, and indeed hints at the open question of if or how >> this will be disabled to allow kernel updates, dual-booting, etc.. >> >> Personally, just like on windows, I want to permanently disable it. I don't know if that has been >> settled yet on Arch, but wanted to know whether we will have the ability to just disable the systemd >> soft-boot. I have a 12 second cold-start to full desktop -- I have no need for a soft-reboot that >> will cause issues with dual-booting and kernel updates. >> >> Anybody know if, and how we will be able to do it? >> >> >> >