On 28/03/11 20:52, Peter Merchant wrote: > Way back in November '09 we had a discussion about editing the Grub > Menu, which I must have used successfully, but don't think I could have > repeated. Now I have a menu with so many 'old' versions of the kernel > that the bottom entries are off the bottom of the screen box. > > Looking into https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 > > and picking out the needed bits, here is how to trim down that menu > list. > > 1. in /boot, there are three entries for each revision of the kernel. > > > examples: > abi-2.6.32-25-generic > initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic > vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-25-generic > > abi-2.6.35-22-generic > initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic > vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-22-generic > > config-2.6.35-24-generic > System.map-2.6.35-24-generic > vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic > > Note there are different files for different versions - improvements I > guess. > > I left the 35-27 and 35-28 versions in. > > 2. Move the unwanted versions to somewhere else. > > 3. sudo update-grub > Takes a minute or two > > 4. reboot to prove it works. It did for me.
Alternatively, I believe you can remove them with your package manager, which also frees up some space. Sean --- -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-04-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
