Hey everyone, I was trying to change the GRUB timeout settings in Parrot OS using nano, and I accidentally ended up inserting a lot of unwanted text instead. I thought pressing Ctrl+O would save my changes, but it just kept adding stuff to the file. I've corrected most of the changes, but I'm not 100% sure it's back to normal. Is there a way to restore my GRUB file to its original state after updating it?
2 Answers
If your system still boots, that's a good sign! You might want to try running the command `grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg` to regenerate the GRUB configuration file. But if your system won't boot, you'll need to use a USB stick with a Linux ISO to boot into a live environment and fix it from there.
Check the /boot directory to see if there are any backups of your GRUB file created by your package manager. The GRUB config is just plain text, so you might also try using different text viewing tools to compare your current version with any backups you find.
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