[Ubuntu Chicago] To Clean GRUB, or not

[Lawrence Frank]

Hi Folks,

I don't know if I get into 'deep water' here, or maybe I try to take
on more than I can handle.
Yet, as the old saying goes, "nothing ventured, nothing gained..."
Or, maybe I should go with, "if it works, don't fix it..."
Regardless, here's my dilemma:
My GRUB Boot Screen – IT'S ENORMOUS!
With each 'up-date' my choices start become endless...

Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-19 Generic
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-19 Generic (Recovery Mode)
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-18 Generic
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-18 Generic (Recovery Mode)
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-17 Generic
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-17 Generic (Recovery Mode)
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16 Generic
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16 Generic (Recovery Mode)
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-14 Generic
Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-14 Generic (Recovery Mode)
Ubuntu 8.04 MemTest 86+
Other Operating Systems:
Windows Vista / /Longhorn (Loader)
Windows Vista / /Longhorn (Loader)
Ubuntu 7.10 kernel 2.6.22-14 Generic (on /DEV / SDA3)
Ubuntu 7.10 kernel 2.6.22-14 Generic (Recovery Mode) (on /DEV / SDA3)
Ubuntu 7.10 MemTest 86+ (on /DEV / SDA3)

I realize, at the bottom of the GRUB screen there are further line commands:
"e" for "edit"
"c" for "command line"
"d" for "delete"

Here's my question:

If I 'delete' the Ubuntu 8.04 lines 2.6.24-14 through 2.6.24-17 on the
GRUB screen, will it affect the latest 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-18 command
line?

I could be answering my own inquiry, but the reason I question the
idea of deleting these lines; I notice 'up-dates' often just 'upgrade'
a previously loaded package.

Any suggestions?
(The only reason I hold on to Vista – yuck – certain business programs
still require Windows)

Thanks

Lawrence Frank

Lawrence_Frank at ComCast.net
or
Frank11540 at GMail.com



-- 
Lawrence & Dianne Frank

" Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your
own. You may both be wrong."

Ubuntu Linux 8.04