[newbie] Prepare for 9.2 - what have I got now?

[Margot]

I've taken the plunge, ordered the CDs, and I want to make sure I know 
what I'm doing before I move from 9.0 to 9.2 so I don't mess it up like 
I did last time! So, before the parcel arrives from France, I need to 
know a few things.

On boot, I get the following choices:

linux - I get into this automatically unless I choose one of the others 
within a few seconds

linux-nonfb - different background colour for the list of things that 
are starting (and stopping, when I log out again), but otherwise looks 
exactly the same as 'linux'

floppy - I assume this is an option to boot from a floppy, but never 
tried it.

old_linux - looks exactly the same as 'linux'

failsafe - lots of scary options, pressed Esc and got into what looks 
like my usual linux

I've used a failsafe mode in Win when things have gone badly wrong, so I 
can see why I've got that option, but what are 'linux-nonfb' and 
'old_linux'?

Are they copies of 'linux' - some sort of backup? Or are they different 
gateways into the same entity? Do I need them? If I don't need them, how 
do I get rid of them?

Margot


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