The root cause of GRUB corruption may not be just "pressing some keys". However if you really want to avoid the possibility of wrong operations, setting a password may be a workaround.
2013/3/14 Chris Jones <[email protected]> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:34:47PM EDT, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > В Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:25:57 +0100 > > Joseba Nevado <[email protected]> пишет: > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I have been searching the web looking for a way to change the default > > > keys that you need to press in order to edit menu entries or entering > > > command line ('e' and 'c' by default) so they are not easily pressed. > > > The thing is that I share my PC with my parents, and they know nothing > > > about computers (they just boot Windows and play card games xD), and I > > > recently had to reinstall GRUB 2 because they actually managed to > > > corrupt GRUB somehow (don't ask me how, they said they just pressed > "one > > > key"). > > > > So I'm thinking on changing these default keys and setting them to > ALT+e > > > and ALT+c for example. > > > Is there any way to do this? > > > Currently they are hardcoded so the only way to change them is to edit > > sources and recompile. > > Confirms my first impression. > > Sounds like the OP's parents know a lot more about computers than they > care to tell... :-) > > Otherwise, my first reaction if anything like this happened on a system > I administer would be to suspect some form of trojan. > > Was this grub installed from a mainstream distribution..? > > CJ > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-grub mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub >
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