[Ubuntu Chicago] two, possibly three, questions

[Tim Madden]

I am thinking that Richard meant from the Grub menu.  Which is something
I have wondered too.  I have 3 kernel options on mine but only use the
first...  I assume that I can just go into the menu.lst file and comment
out the unused ones...

Tim

On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 10:49 -0500, Randy Wilson wrote:

> > Can I safely remove earlier versions of ubuntu from the boot list, if 
> > so, how?
> Try this:
> System Menu -> Administration Menu -> Synaptic Package Manager
> Click the "Status" button in the lower-left.
> I've already done this, so I don't see the title anymore, but look for 
> something on the left the means "no longer needed" or "orphaned". I do 
> have "Install (local or obsolete", but I don't think that's the one.
> Click on the "Orphaned" or similar named item.
> You should then get packages listed on the right. All of these are safe 
> to remove, however YOU are just looking for Kernal related ones like 
> "kernel-header" "linux-image" "linux-restricted-modules".
> Removing the "image" ones will remove them from your boot menu, however 
> you should remove the similarly versioned "headers" and "modules" packages.
> 
> That should do it.
> Anybody else who tries this, please correct the guesses I made above.
> -Randy
> 
> 
> > Can I safely install the program that will allow me to read and write to 
> > the windows partitions?
> > I am hoping to eventually run Ubuntu only but the other person who 
> > shares the apartment occasionally uses this computer and prefers windows.
> > 
> > Thank You
> > Richard Koehler
> > 
> 
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