On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 20:39:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 20:08:40 +0200, Steve Keller wrote: > > > When booting with GRUB, normally the menu showing several kernel > > versions and/or kernel command lines appears to choose from. If no > > selection is made within a few seconds (default is 5s IIRC), the > > default entry is booted. > > Sounds about right. > > > I'd prefer to be dropped into the GRUB command line instead of that > > menu. But still I'd like to have the timeout after which a default > > entry is boot if no command is entered at the prompt. > > You want GRUB's normal operation but, at the same time, you want GRUB > to fail? > > The use case is interesting. Perhaps you could explain. > > > Can that be configured in GRUB? > > Only with great difficulty.
I agree. My (untested) partial solution still requires you to press C to get the Grub prompt. It does seem a recipe for confusion, though. How would you tell if Grub said "Grub>" because you had succeeded in your quest, or said "Grub>" because it had failed, i the normal way of things. Cheers, David.
