Re: Boot menu entries

[Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>]

Op Fri, 22 May 2015 19:39:58 +0200 schreef Emil Payne <ehspayne@yahoo.com>:

> On 05/22/2015 04:30 AM, Floris wrote:
> > Op Fri, 22 May 2015 03:00:36 +0200 schreef Emil Payne  
> > <ehspayne@yahoo.com>:
> >
> > > My boot menu has the following entries (plus recovery mode), I always
> > > default to entry 0. What are the others and how do I delete unwanted
> > > ones?
> > >
> > > 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64'
> > > 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-rt-amd64'
> > > 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64'
> > > 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Xen 4.1-amd64 and Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64'
> > > 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Xen 4.1-amd64 and Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-rt-amd64'
> > > 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Xen 4.1-amd64 and Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64'
> >
> > remove the corresponding kernel package and the menu items will be  
> > removed
> >
> > for example:
> > $ apt-get purge linux-image-3.2.0-0-bpo.4-amd64
> >
> > success,
> >
> > floris
> Ok, and which one's should I purge if I have no idea what the  
> differences are?
> bpo?
> rt?
> xen?

if you don't have any fancy settings/ options/ wishes such as a
real time audio server (rt), virtual servers (Xen), etc. I recommend you
purge all packages and keep the first one (Debian GNU/Linux,
with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64) (bpo are the backport versions, but the "normal"
is newer than the backport version)

success,

floris