How to add recovery mode to GRUB menu?

linuxuser1 · August 4, 2025, 4:02pm

I edited GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=(false / “false”), but it didn’t help. I would like to add recovery mode to GRUB. Please help me

ChrisA · August 4, 2025, 4:10pm

Hi linuxuser1

Did you only edit dom0:/etc/default/grub … or did you also run the

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

?

Note: Check the path/filename – it was changed at some point, so depending on when you installed Qubes OS, it might be a different path!

linuxuser1 · August 4, 2025, 4:11pm

yes of couse

Tezeria · August 4, 2025, 4:44pm

and did you try grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/grub.cfg ?

Tezeria · August 4, 2025, 4:53pm

i just try it but it doesn’t work, sorry…

linuxuser1 · August 4, 2025, 5:05pm

#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY= doesn’t work too

Tezeria · August 4, 2025, 5:54pm

it work with GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="false"
then
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/qubes/grub.cfg
At grub, select advanced etc… then you selected Xen Hypervisor etc… and then you will have a list with different kernel and there recovery mode.

Sorry for the “etc…” but i don’t remember the exactly sentences lol

linuxuser1 · August 5, 2025, 3:54am

Tezeria, thank you