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    Problems with Grub?

    I recently installed Ubuntu and thus am now dual booting it with W7 (which was installed first). These are the options I get with Grub:

    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic
    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic (recovery mode)
    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic
    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)
    Memory test (memtest86+)
    Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
    Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)

    I'm not sure if there is something wrong with this; why is there an option for Linux 16 and then for 14? At the moment I'm booting into Ubuntu using Linux 16.

    I'm a sticker for looks and would prefer reducing it down just to:

    Windows 7
    Ubuntu

    Thanks a lot.

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    Re: Problems with Grub?

    Quote Originally Posted by illy123 View Post
    I recently installed Ubuntu and thus am now dual booting it with W7 (which was installed first). These are the options I get with Grub:

    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic
    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic (recovery mode)
    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic
    Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)
    Memory test (memtest86+)
    Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
    Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)

    I'm not sure if there is something wrong with this; why is there an option for Linux 16 and then for 14? At the moment I'm booting into Ubuntu using Linux 16.

    I'm a sticker for looks and would prefer reducing it down just to:

    Windows 7
    Ubuntu

    Thanks a lot.
    Those are kernels. It is suggested/recommended to have at least 2 kernel versions just in case your current one borks.

    Some reading on how to re-configure grub2

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ghlight=drs305
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
    Last edited by raymondh; January 1st, 2010 at 10:01 PM.
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    Re: Problems with Grub?

    Quote Originally Posted by raymondh View Post
    Those are kernels. It is suggested/recommended to have at least 2 kernel versions just in case your current one borks.
    I see.

    Thanks a lot

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    Post Re: Problems with Grub?

    I'm a sticker for looks and would prefer reducing it down just to:

    Windows 7
    Ubuntu

    if you want to reduce the menuentry, this website may give you what you want
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Custom Menu Entries

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    Re: Problems with Grub?

    This one is more clear
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#Removing Entries from Grub 2

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