here is a post on a decent blog that explains how to do it: <a href="http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/17/remove-ubuntu-kernels-you-dont-need/">http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/17/remove-ubuntu-kernels-you-dont-need/</a> 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. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Lawrence Frank <<a href="mailto:frank11540@gmail.com">frank11540@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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@ComCast.net or Frank11540@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 -- Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a> </blockquote></div> -- Tim Madden +1 847 502 2550