[ubuntu-uk] old kernals

[Tony Arnold]

baza wrote:
> Hi, I've got loads of old kernals in my boot menu, how do I remove the
> ones I don't need from my system?

dit /boot/grub/menu.lst as root and look for the line with the keyword
'howmany'. Uncomment this line and set the number to be the number of
kernels you want to keep. I usually set this to 4. Then run update-grub
as root and you will be left with 4 kernels in your menu. And it will
stay that way even after a kernel upgrade.

Regards,
Tony.
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