It's not a simple switch exactly, but: Those entries are generated by the shell script /etc/grub.d/10_linux I believe your best choice at this point is to edit that file so that it doesn't create the submenu. Evan <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Christoph Mathys <<a href="mailto:eraserix@gmail.com">eraserix@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Since some time grub started to hide old kernel entries. This is usually a good thing. However, on work we routinly boot older/different kernels and its tedious to always navigate into "Previous Linux versions" and choose the correct kernel. Is there a simple switch that disables the new-style grub menu? Christoph -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div>