Hi:

Looking at my /boot/gsub/menu.lst after a long time, i see a large number of entries of the form:

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-XX-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-XX-generic (recovery mode)

where XX varies

I was wondering if anyone could explain what the different entries mean. Below is a copy of my menu.lst file.

Cheers.




Code:
title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-13-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-13-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.22-16-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.22-16-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.22-16-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.22-16-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.22-16-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.22-16-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.20-17-generic
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro quiet splash vga=773 
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.20-17-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.20-17-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-generic root=UUID=de57202b-4cfd-4de3-8b3c-92c2267eb10a ro  single
initrd        /initrd.img-2.6.20-17-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
root        (hd0,2)
kernel        /memtest86+.bin
quiet