11.04 appears twice after upgrade

[BlueShirt]

I have ubuntu installed through wubi on me windows xp machine.
I updated to 11.o4.
However, on startup Ubuntu has two generic and two recovery logins now.
All of them work, but I like having just one of each.
Is one maybe a partitioned install now.
How do I check and how do I get rid of one.
I would keep the partitioned one. If that's what happened.
Thanks.

[linuxinstalledfromhdd]

If you have a grub menu with this bootup arrangment, I would suggest running:

http://cinderbox.net/2011/02/01/how-to-recovery-grub2-after-borking/

[bcbc]

If you have a grub menu with this bootup arrangment, I would suggest running:

http://cinderbox.net/2011/02/01/how-to-recovery-grub2-after-borking/

Please don't suggest reinstalling Grub2 for Wubi users. This will break their computer - preventing booting either Windows or Ubuntu. Thanks.

[bcbc]

I have ubuntu installed through wubi on me windows xp machine.
I updated to 11.o4.
However, on startup Ubuntu has two generic and two recovery logins now.
All of them work, but I like having just one of each.
Is one maybe a partitioned install now.
How do I check and how do I get rid of one.
I would keep the partitioned one. If that's what happened.
Thanks.

When you boot you get the choice of booting Windows or Ubuntu. After selecting Ubuntu you get the grub menu. I assume you are referring to the 2 different kernels you have now (each has a normal entry and a recovery entry).
This is still the same install, just the kernel has been updated. There is no partition (wubi doesn't create partitions when it installs Ubuntu, it uses a virtual partition).

If you want to you can uninstall the older kernel, but I recommend keeping it. If something goes wrong with the current kernel e.g. after an update, you can boot the older kernel instead.

If this is not your problem, please explain further.
Thanks

[BlueShirt]

Thanks for the help.

[BlueShirt]

Thanks for the information.

[BlueShirt]

Thanks!

[drs305]

BlueShirt,

Just out of curiosity, when you updated Wubi's Ubuntu installation, did it also update Grub to version 1.99. ( run: grub-install -v)

Grub 1.99 is supposed to place additional kernels into a submenu so you will only see one kernel (and it's recovery option if enabled) on the main menu. As a new kernel is added, the former moves to the submenu.

I have a couple of ideas why it might not be moving them to the submenu but I really don't know for sure.

I'm asking BlueShirt since I'm interested in his situation, but anyone who has knowledge of how this works in Wubi is welcome to answer.