Old Kernels . . .(never die!)

[Karl Goetz]

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:30:05 +1100
The Wassermans <dwass at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Thank you Karl and Dave,
> 
> I ran sudo update-grub and this is what I got:-
> 
> "
>  A new version of /boot/grub/menu.lst is available, but the version
> │ │ installed currently has been locally modified.
> │ 
>     │ What would you like to do about menu.lst?
> │ 
>     │      install the package maintainer's version
>     │      keep the local version currently installed
>     │      show the differences between the versions
>     │      show a side-by-side difference between the versions
>     │      show a 3-way difference between available versions
>     │      do a 3-way merge between available versions (experimental)
>     │      start a new shell to examine the situation
> │ 
>     │                                <Ok>  
> "
> 
> What does it mean?  

Isn't that fairly obvious? :) Your copy of grubs menu.lst has been
changed, and its been changed by something other then the packaging
system.

> 
> What should I do now, please?

You should decide which course of action to take.

A safe one is probably to backup your existing menu.lst, then use
"install the package maintainer's version" to fix your file.

If you want to see how they differ, use "show a side-by-side difference
between the versions"
kk

> 
> Dave W
> 
> 


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