bootit

A lightweight next boot selector

What is Bootit?

Bootit is basically a CLI tool that makes your PC reboot to specific OS for one time.

sudo bootit scan # list IDs of bootable entries

sudo bootit alias add windows 1
sudo bootit alias add archlinux 2

Then, reboot to it with

sudo it windows

or

sudo it 2

or whatever. It does not change boot order.

If you want to use it without sudo, use the command below.

sudo bootit allow-non-root

From then on, you can use it without sudo.

it windows # No sudo required!

Installation

Cargo

cargo install bootit

Troubleshooting

sudo: bootit: command not found after cargo install

cargo install puts bootit in ~/.cargo/bin, which is on your user PATH but not on sudo's secure_path (the list of directories sudo searches when you run sudo <command>). As a result, the first command fails and the second one cannot even find the binary:

$ bootit scan
Error: This program must be run as root (try: sudo bootit ...)

$ sudo bootit scan
sudo: bootit: command not found

Run it with the full path instead:

sudo "$(which bootit)" scan

or link it into a system directory once so plain sudo bootit works:

sudo ln -s "$(which bootit)" /usr/local/bin/bootit

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests on the GitHub repository