Re: Eight boot options ??

At 25 Jul 2006 14:55:38 -0700 "PaulFXH" <paulfxhackett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Hi
I set up my computer to dual boot WinXP and Ubuntu 5.10 yesterday (with
very much help from this NG).
However, instead of the expected two options in the boot table, there
are actually a total of EIGHT (8).
These are:
--Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-10-386 (two versions, one of which is Recovery
Mode)
-Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-9-386 (same two versions)
-Ubuntu memtest86+

and finally, THREE options to boot WinXP.

However, only one of the WinXP options actually boots to Windows. The
other two error out claiming the disk does not exist.

Probably one for each ntfs file system, only one of which actually has a
MS-Windows XP system on it. The installer *should* have asked you about
boot options.

Can anybody help me understand where the two non-functioning WinXP boot
options came from (and how do I get rid of them) and why I have the
option to boot to two different Ubuntu kernels (both of which appear to
be associated with Ubuntu 5.10).

Probably because Ubuntu installed two different kernels. I don't know
why it did that, unless you did some sort of 'update' after your initial
install and it found a (slightly) newer kernel for you. Proper package
managers always *install* new kernels, never *upgrade* them. This is in
case the new kernel has a problem with your system -- in which case you
can reboot with the older kernel and have a working system where you can
figure out what it wrong, instead of being dead in the water.

I'm going to assume you are using the Grub bootloader. Its
configuration file is usually in '/boot/grub/grub.conf' -- this is a
plain text file you can edit.


TIA
Paul

Dell 4550 Desktop
WinXP Home SP2/Linux Ubuntu
CPU P4, 2.53 GHz
1.0 GB RAM
Int HD 80 GB ntfs, 4 partitions
Ext HD 160 GB ntfs, 3 partitions
Ext HD 250 GB ntfs, 4 partitions



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