Re: Grub Question

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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:38:18 -0600

Thanks everyone with your help and I will give these solutions a try.

Bob

"Sandgroper" <steveray@KNICKERSiinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Bob" <bobdobs93@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Hello I'm Bob and new to this group. After finally managing to run a
dual
> > boot with Grub. Things were fine until I installed the updates. Now in
the
> > boot grub I have 2 versions of Kernel.
> >
> > Top is 2.4.20-30.9
> > Next 2.4.20-8
> > Next Dos- which is xp
> >
> > It really doesn t seem to make a difference I use either boot of RHL the
> > free space is the same and aside from that both boots of RH is the same.
> > Should this matter or can someone kindly tell me how I can remove the
old
> > version from my Grub as it annoys me a bit.
>
> If you want to keep the old kernel as a standby , then you can comment out
> the entry for the older kernel by placing the hash character ( # ) in
front
> of the statements so that it doesn't show up in the Grub screen
> eg :
>
> #title Red Hat 9 (2.4.20-8)
> # root (hd1,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=Redhat9.0
> # initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
>
> I have done this , so that if needed , I can revert back to the older
kernel
> if there are problems
>
> It is also better to rename your Dos entry to Windows XP to make it more
> descriptive.
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