On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 11:52 -0400, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > This is not a big problem (and is probably not a problem at all), but... > > a while back when I firsed installed Debian (December, 2004, I think) > I had Linux kernel 2.4 and whenever I turned on my computer, Grub came > up and had two options. They said something like > > GNU/Linux Kernel 2.4.27-1-386 > GNU/Linux Kernel 2.4.27-1-386 [recovery-mode] > > All fine and correct, this is. Later, however, I installed a Debian > package (kernel-build-2.6, I think) and restarted the computer. When > it restarted, Grub displayed the following. > > GNU/Linux Kernel 2.6.8-2-386 > GNU/Linux Kernel 2.6.8-2-386 [recovery-mode] > GNU/Linux Kernel 2.4.27-1-386 > GNU/Linux Kernel 2.4.27-1-386 [recovery-mode] > > It automatically loaded into kernel 2.6 and to this day (this all took > place a few months ago) all works fine. Also, if I run boot-admin (as > root, of course) I can delete any one of the choices. > > The bottom line is, is it normal to have two parallel kernels > installed (is that even what is happening?) I am just curious as my > computer works fine. Yes, it is quite normal. It's even quit handy. If you wanted to roll your own kernel, you could compile and install it knowing that if it fails to boot, you can always pick your regular kernel from the boot list and boot using that. You can only ever use one kernel at once, of course, but it can be nice to have various options at boot time. If you really dont want the other kernels sitting around, you can uninstall them: $ apt-get remove kernel-image-2.4.17-1-386 -davidc -- gpg-key: http://www.zettazebra.com/files/key.gpg
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