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    Question Modify GRUB query

    I am dual booting with XP and Edubuntu. Thanks to some support yesterday I was able to reinstate GRub. However it continues to contain a list of Kernel versions and their recovery modes. How can I edit this to show current kernel and Windows options?
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    Re: Modify GRUB query

    It is a good idea to keep one or two kernels around in case of mishap. You can stop the extra entries appearing by editing the kernel entries in /boot/grub/menu.lst by putting a # in front of the entries. This does not get rid of the kernels, but stops the entries being shown in the grub menu. gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst and # all the entries you don't want to appear. Then save once done.
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    Re: Modify GRUB query

    You have to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst file to manually remove those extra OLD kernel boot menu.

    Code:
    gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
    To remove the old kernels permanently, launch Synaptics Package Manager and search for the "linux-image" string.


    OR


    Simply deleting the OLD kernel files using Synaptics would automatically reconfigure your /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
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    Re: Modify GRUB query

    Thanks. I didn't want to lose the kernels just in case
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    Re: Modify GRUB query

    You can also just install

    startupmanager
    from synaptic. It'll then show up in System > Administration > Startup Manager:

    Screenshot-StartUp-Manager.png

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