Removing old kernel entries in GRUB boot loader menu

[Derek Broughton]

charlie derr wrote:

> Editing /boot/grub/menu.lst will make the choice disappear from your menu
> when you boot.

Actually, it won't (at least permanently).  Next time you install an ubuntu
kernel, update-grub will add the deleted entries back.
 
> 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

No, that's very bad.  Use apt - as explained at least twice in the past
week.
-- 
derek