Chris Arnold wrote: > Since the update of SLED10 to SP1, upon boot time, i now have 2 "new" > menu selections. They are: > Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12 and > Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12 > > It use to only have 2 selections- > Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 > Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop > > After the SP install, it now shows exactly like this: > Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12 and > Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12 > Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 > Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop > > The default selection at time of boot is highlighted on > Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 > > And all selections boot into the desktop but why do i now have 2 extra > selections, which ones am i suppose to use and how to get rid of the 2 > extra selections?
I don't have SLED, but my guess is that the 2.6.16 one is the old kernel, while the currently selected default one is the new kernel. So this gives you a chance to use the old one if there is a problem. As far as editing the boot menu, it's been asked a few times on here. I'm not sure why there is this intensive desire to clean up the boot menu. Why not leave the entry there? But the grub menu can be edited via YaST : System -> Boot Loader -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
