Thank you, I think I will try this option out. I was in the midst of working out which "kernel" packages equaled the menu choices to remove. That task made slightly more interesting due to the fact that my boot menu listed from the bottom up version 2.6.31-11, 2.6.31-16, 2.6.31-14, etc. However, yes, I am happily booting into the latest installed version, 2.6.31-17-generic, with no noticed glitches yet. So I see no reason to need to keep the older versions around at this point. I shall assume that the "(recovery mode)" choice for 2.6.31-17-generic will be kept along with the normal boot option.
Yes, FOSS is wonderful!As for the Grub2 question/suggestion I will have to figure out if I am actually running Grub2 at this point first. Though, I am actually rather happy to let Ubuntu load whenever Windoze issues an auto-reboot to install security updates when I'm not at the machine. For one thing, it acts as a brake on the Windoze installation. Secondly, I've on occasion received a reminder that Ubuntu needs to run an update after Windoze kicked the machine and it booted into Ubuntu.
I will be attempting the sudo apt-get autoremove from a comand console after completing this email and will let you know.
Thanks again. M. Knisely wrote:
Oh, but it's even easier than that!!! You can use the "autoremove" feature!If your system is booting properly on the most recent (read hightest number) Linux kernel, you can automatically remove all the previous ones in one command:sudo apt-get autoremoveThis will remove all the previous version of the kernel leaving you with just the most recent version in your grub config. It will also clean out any old cruft left behind if you've installed apps. For example, if you installed the app foo and it had a dependance libfoo, the package manager handled grabbing libfoo for you. Now, if you later uninstalled foo, libfoo is probably sitting on your disk somewhere taking up space. Autoremove will clean that out for you too!Isn't FOSS wonderful!?!!?Also, should you want the last entry selected when you last booted via Grub to be selected as your default the next time you boot, this can be accomplished easily with Grub2. Now, why you would want to boot anything other than the most recent Linux kernel is beyond me, but I know one of our fellow members "Dual Boots" some inferior OS and wanted this type of a setup. Perhaps if we coverer Grub2 he would be willing to share his experience in setting this up. What'd'ya'say Mr. D?Mike K.On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:32 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:Jim, The Ubuntu updates include new Linux kernel packages. Every time you install a new kernel package an entry is added to you Grub configuration. This is, of course, a good thing, most users don't understand the specifics of how Linux boots and how a new kernel package changes the state of the system. Fortunately un-installing the same packages removes entries in Grub's configuration. (This is also a good thing...) The one thing that the Ubuntu updates will not do is to auto-magically delete any kernel packages. (You may want those packages installed, and who is Ubuntu to say otherwise...) The solution is for you to launch a package manager, such as Synaptic, and remove the Linux kernel packages that you don't want. Which ones are those? That's a hard call from our perspective... I ALWAYS keep at least one known-good version installed, just in case the new one has issues. Tutorial: 1) Launch Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager) 2) Authenticate with your current user's password (Ubuntu gives the install user superuser access via sudo...) 3) Perform a Quick Search for "linux-image" 4) Deselect the kernel packages you no longer want installed on your system. (NOTE: You MUST keep at least one Linux kernel installed, it's best to have two: the most current and the second most current version.) 5) Reboot if you have installed a new kernel or want to test that everything worked as planned. (Always have an alternative mechanism for booting Linux if you are not TOTALLY sure that your new configuration is going to boot w/o problems.) GRUB/GRUB2 are topics that we could/should present at a meeting. GRUB2 is very different than the original GRUB that we have all been using for years...) I hope this helps! Chuck ---- Aidan Artos MacTyre <wolfson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:wolfson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > As a Linux/Ubuntu novice, I've been noticing that almost every security > update to Ubuntu is adding a new entry to my Grub Startup Menu for OS > booting. Ubuntu 9.xx.xx.x, etc. over and over down through the versions > then "Other OS" then the Windows XP that came with the machine and was > setup for multi-boot with Ubuntu Linux. As of this point, the Windows > XP and Dell Utility options are listed only after scrolling past the > first screen of choices. > > Where do I go to remove extraneous old version entries from the Grub > boot loader menu? And are there any versions I should keep for recovery > purposes after my initial install of Ubuntu Linux last June? Oh, and > are there any other considerations, cleanup procedures that need to be > dealt with to make this a clean efficient solution and avoid potential > future issues that may result from removing any Ubuntu boot points from > my system? Lastly, how should I approach removing no longer needed > files related to older versions removed from the menu? > > How's that sound for a tutorial request? > > Jim. > > To unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > To unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
