Removing old kernel entries in GRUB boot loader menu

[Ylan Segal]

Brian Pack wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 July 2006 12:51, charlie derr wrote:
> 
>>Editing /boot/grub/menu.lst will make the choice disappear from your menu
>>when you boot.
>>
>>If you really want to get rid of (an older) kernel version you can look at
>>the entry you've commented out (or deleted) from /boot/grub/menu.lst and
>>delete the vmlinuz file from wherever you've got the binaries stashed
>>(often in /boot). good luck,
>>		~c
>>
>>Roobert wrote:
>>
>>>I have the exact same issue, I'm using a dual-boot Windows XP/Dapper
>>>machine, and I've got about 5 or 6 kernel versions on my boot menu. How
>>>do you go about uninstalling the older kernel versions?
> 
> 
> A more elegant solution would be to go into adept or synaptic and uninstall 
> the kernels you want to remove. the update-grub script runs when a kernel 
> package is installed or removed. The removed kernels are automagically 
> removed from menu.lst
> 
> It's been a while since I rolled my own kernel, so I can't say for 100% 
> certain if this method works with a kernel you compiled yourself. If you 
> compiled it using make-kpkg, it should work as above.
> 

It does, if you build the kernel with make-kpkg, which you should IMHO,
since it makes installation and removal pretty painless.

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Ylan