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I have a dual boot system.....when I start up it gives me the option to boot into Windows or Ubuntu. Here's the catch......there are three different Ubuntu kernels that I ...
- 08-08-2009 #1Just Joined!
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[SOLVED] Ubuntu Boot paths
I have a dual boot system.....when I start up it gives me the option to boot into Windows or Ubuntu. Here's the catch......there are three different Ubuntu kernels that I can evidently boot up.(11,13 and 14) I am supposing that they are updates of ubuntu. My question is, can I delete the two boot paths that are older without causing any harm to my latest Ubuntu version ??
If I startup and don't down arrow to XP then it starts up the memory checker....so I have to restart and sit there and wait until the bootup screen pops open and then down arrow to XP or up arrow to Ubuntu.....this gets old....I normally boot into XP to do most of my stuff then reboot into Ubuntu.
Can I just edit the boot paths on the boot screen... I can push "e" and delete the two paths I don't want......is this ok or will this screw up my latest Ubuntu ??
- 08-08-2009 #2forum.guy
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Welcome to the forums!
Yes, each time you do any upgrades, you'll have additional kernels in your boot menu list if there were any new kernel upgrades, and you can remove any that you don't want. The system keeps the old kernels in place just in case the new kernel doesn't boot for some reason (fallback kernels). This way, you don't wind up with a non-working system on reboot.
You should be able to use apt or Synaptic to remove the kernels that you don't want, but if you simply edit the menu.lst file the actual kernels will still be on the system, just not available in the menu list for selection.oz
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Well I looked through Synaptic but I have no idea what to remove ??? Any help ??
- 08-08-2009 #4forum.guy
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Synaptic should list all the kernels currently installed on your system. You would select the ones that you don't want and then remove them. It's been a few years since I last used Synaptic so I'm unable to be any more specific than that. Maybe someone using Ubuntu will reply with more of the specifics.
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- 08-09-2009 #5Linux Guru
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You will get the generic followed by the various version numbers of installed and available kernels. You should be able to mark specific numbers for removal (don't remove the current one).
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u can change the default loading option by modifying /boot/grub/menu.lst
from this file u can delete the title entries of undesired kernel versions,enabling hidden menu and default os
- 08-10-2009 #7Linux Guru
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True, but your disk space isn't recovered until the kernels and corresponding modules are deleted. Synaptic can do that safely.
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yeah ...dats perfectly true
...thanx
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