metaxa1
May 15th, 2009, 01:42 PM
Hello,
I have tried various ways to remove old kernels - via Synaptic manager, removing linux-images but still when I start my laptop in grub i have all kernels that I had installed.
My goal is to remove all old kernels (pshicyl from disk, and from boot loader) I want to keep only 2.6.27-14-generic & Windows XP
My previous kernels are not working, so I don't see reasons for keeping them, and I had made backup.
Also from previous kernel i have 22,0 gb media partition left, in which I can see there are linux files from that kernel that I don't want to use. How to safe delete it, and add that space to some other partition, maybe even to NTFS?
Thanx in advance
This is c/p from my menu.lst
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro splash vga=792 quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro splash vga=792 quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+ (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
savedefault
boot
I have tried various ways to remove old kernels - via Synaptic manager, removing linux-images but still when I start my laptop in grub i have all kernels that I had installed.
My goal is to remove all old kernels (pshicyl from disk, and from boot loader) I want to keep only 2.6.27-14-generic & Windows XP
My previous kernels are not working, so I don't see reasons for keeping them, and I had made backup.
Also from previous kernel i have 22,0 gb media partition left, in which I can see there are linux files from that kernel that I don't want to use. How to safe delete it, and add that space to some other partition, maybe even to NTFS?
Thanx in advance
This is c/p from my menu.lst
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro splash vga=792 quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro splash vga=792 quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 39f8fa3e-f0c1-46ff-9622-9c3877b10df0
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=cfcfadc4-6931-47d8-a478-f95c1d989cec ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+ (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
savedefault
boot