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Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation

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On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 11:32:11PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> On 2021-02-08 23:22, Anssi Saari wrote:
> >David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> writes:
> >
> >>Questions:
> >>
> >>1.  How do I make a copy of a boot entry?  (So that I can edit the
> >>copy and keep the original.)
> >
> >In Grub, you don't really need to since changes are not saved. For
> >permanent changes then in Linux edit the various files in /etc/grub.d
> >and regenerate /boot/grub/grub.cfg via running update-grub.
> 
> Okay.
> 
> 
> >>2.  How do I insert a tab character with the GRUB editor?  (Pressing
> >><Tab> causes the editor to attempt command completion.)
> >
> >I guess you don't? There doesn't seem to be much about the editor's
> >capabilities in the Grub manual.
> 
> Agreed.  The editor has a note that it supports some Emacs stuff.
> Perhaps an Emacs user would know?

I don't know how far "some" reaches, but try <CTRL>-Q then <TAB>
(mnemonics: Q like "quote").

Not Emacs-y, but worth a try would be <CTRL>-I

Failing that, we'll have to use the source :)

Cheers
 - t

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    Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-02-08 22:10 +0100
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        Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-02-09 03:30 +0100
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                Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2021-02-10 07:50 +0100
                Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-02-09 23:30 +0100
                Re: Incorrect password Debian 10.8 after installation Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2021-02-10 13:40 +0100
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