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boot menu has extra options

Asked by Daniel Brumbaugh-Keeney

I recently updated from ubuntu 7.04 (fiesty) to ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy). Ever since the update, my boot menu, which should be whatever came with ubuntu 7.04 (grub?), has extra options. Basically it used to look something like this:

Ubuntu 7.04, kernel ??????????
Ubuntu 7.04, kernel ?????????? (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 7.04, memtest86+
Other Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

and now looks like this:

Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
Other Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Is this a problem with the updater? Does this mean there is multiple copies of system files I need to remove? Is nothing really wrong and I just need to somehow change the boot menu? (If so, how?)

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Best Chris Cook (chris-cook10) said : 		#1

The last one - everything is fine.

The kernel is the core of the system, each time one is added, the previous one is kept behind just in case the new one doesn't work right.

You just need to remove the approprate package (linux-image-2.6.20-16-generic) - note the numbers. You can use the package manager to remove this, or use the console (quicker IMHO) and type
"sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.20-16-generic"

Having old kernels around shouldn't cause any problems, the boot menu entry is just an annoyance. The above command will sort out the menu for you.

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Daniel Brumbaugh-Keeney (db-keen) said : 		#2

Thanks Chris Cook, that solved my question.