Re: Boot menu entries
On Fri 22 May 2015 at 12:39:58 -0500, Emil Payne wrote:
> 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?
You have no idea why these kernels are on you system? Why should we
know why you put them there in the first place?
Purge anything beginning with "linux-image", But stop at the one which
most obviously says something like "this will destroy your system".
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