If you press escape in grub menu you end up at the grub command prompt.
My question is, how can I go back to the menu, without rebooting?
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3So I finally got it working using escape. I have to be very careful though to stop hitting escape at just the right time otherwise it brings me to the grub terminal and there's no way to go back to the grub startup options screen.– obesechicken13Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 20:48
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Is there a way to get to the Grub menu via a command? None of the below answers are working for me.– semitonesCommented Jul 14, 2020 at 19:15
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If nothing seems to work, try this: Shut down the computer/laptop Power it up again Press bios key to enter bios Change the boot priority order Done! ✅– RahulCommented Apr 21, 2022 at 8:20
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Type normal, hit Enter, and then tap Esc until the menu is displayed. Hitting Esc at this point won't drop you to the grub command prompt (so don't worry about hitting Esc too many times).
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1Unfortunately, hitting escape multiple times Doesn't take you to the grub menu -- it just boots into whatever grub was going to boot into. Commented Jul 14, 2020 at 19:14
Executing the normal command brought me back to the grub menu.
I found this command (and others) by pressing Tab in the grub CLI.
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Type exit and then press your Enter key twice. Or press Esc.
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1Esc does bring me next prompt, it's like Enter and exit does exit grub and bring me back to the bootloader, rEFInd in my case. That's booted in EFI mode and maybe that's changing grub behaviour.– sorinCommented Nov 24, 2013 at 16:09
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Umm.. weird, it should allow you to go to the boot menu according to the manuals I've found...– BraiamCommented Nov 24, 2013 at 16:21
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that starts network boot, it does not show the menu, it seems nothing does!– dashesyCommented Nov 8, 2016 at 1:49
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2This just launches me into some kind of hardware testing Commented Feb 26, 2018 at 14:13
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@BenFarmer, does the testing ever end? What happens after? Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 19:08
Shift + Esc: What worked for me was holding down Shift and pressing Esc several times.
Press the q button or type :q.
for me only writing 'halt' worked
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This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review– David DECommented May 13 at 6:28
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I don't get your comment, my answer is not a critic to the author, I was just sharing that the only way I could exit the grub terminal was by writing "halt". Which directly answers "how can i go back to the menu?" -> by typing halt Commented May 13 at 8:47
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Can anyone explain the downvote? @David, I just tried to help, if is not working for everyone is ok, but seriously, sometimes I think is better to save my time. Commented May 17 at 8:23
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As you wrote it I know it would not mean anything to me if I was new to Ubuntu. Write halt where and how? A good answer is a complete answer all steps not assuming any knowledge on the part of the OP-– David DECommented May 17 at 16:29
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Well the author ask within the context of a grub command prompt, The alternative answers, are also super concise and still valuable for some. You can always help to improve the answer if you judge is not enough instead of motivating the author to delete it in one or other way. Commented May 18 at 17:07