In article AANLkTilubs_7uT0zBk_7RHcEOhLU9bX82Ni-B4189Vwy@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
Wait a sec, when the timeout is zero, don't you get access to the grub menu if you hold down the shift key?
I always thought that was grub's behaviour, not my PC's behaviour...
With an old Compaq machine, the BIOS errors with a 'Stuck key' message if I mash any of the modifiers. This stops the boot before GRUB. Granted it's running F11, but some BIOS's don't like keys being mashed at boot.
--Ben