Re: Too Many Entries in the Grub Boot Selection Menu.

"Jack Gillis" <XXXXXXXX@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I hope it is appropriate to post a question regarding Fedora Core 6 here.
If not, please point me to the right group.

I installed FC6 in unallocated space on HDA to dual boot with Windows XP.
It went well and Fedora and XP showed up in the boot menu. I booted to
Fedora and found my two printers (USB) working OK. However, I got a
messages saying there were a hundred or so package updates available and I
chose to download and install them.

The next time I booted I got 2 Fedora entries in the boot menu, the first
was Fedora Core 6(2.619-1,2911.6.4.fc6 and the second was Fedora Core
6(2.618-1, 6798.fc6. I believe the latter was on the original boot menu
and not the former. Windows XP is still there.

Furthermore, the loading process showed several of my usb ports with
errors. I'm sure there is a log somewhere from which I can get the exact
ports but I don't know where to find it. I suspect those are the ports that
are on a separate PCI card in my machine to which the printers are
connected. The mother board ports seem to be working just fine. All ports
work fine under XP.

I don't know if the printer/usb and two entry problems are related but they
came about as soon as I ran the updates.

The 2 menu entries are because the update included a kernel update.
A kernel update will make the new kernel the default selection but
you can always go back to using the previous one if you select it on
reboot.

As for your printer problem, I don't think you supplied enough information
for anyone to help.

If they are usb, try unplugging the usb cable and then putting it back
in then look in the log for errors.

This group answers redhat and fedora questions.
The fedora forum is more active.
.

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