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Subject: Re: Specify kernel for reboot ? 
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> 
> Is there a way to specify which kernel will be rebooted from?
> 
> It seems that it would be useful to be able to give an argument
> to shutdown/reboot to tell it which kernel to use...

I believe nextboot(8) will do the job.
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