Removing old kernel entries in GRUB boot loader menu

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Jared Buck wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have Ubuntu 6.06 on my machine in a dual boot configuration and 
> yesterday I downloaded the latest kernel version through sofrware 
> updates (using update manager).  The GRUB menu is looking very crowded 
> now and I'd like to be able to remove some of the older kernel entries 
> (leaving the current kernel and the previous kernel version selectable 
> and leaving Windows XP on the menu)  I know you have to edit a certain 
> file to do this, but how would I go about doing so and what would I 
> need to remove from the file to make it show the current and previous 
> kernel versions only?
>
> Jared
Hey Jared

I believe that you would only have to comment out the listings that you 
don't want to show up in the grub menu.