[Ubuntu Chicago] To Clean GRUB, or not

[Tim Madden]

here is a post on a decent blog that explains how to do it:
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/17/remove-ubuntu-kernels-you-dont-need/

you can also edit the menu.lst file that control the grub screen.  you need
to sudo to change it.  It is usually located in /boot.  If you google
something like "menu.lst grub edit ubuntu" you will find instructions.
There is some guidance within the menu.lst file itself as I recall.

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Lawrence Frank <frank11540 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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."
>
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