On Sat, 23 May 2015 20:27:39 -0500 Emil Payne <ehspayne@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 05/22/2015 04:56 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 22 May 2015 at 16:24:29 -0500, Emil Payne wrote: > > > >> On 05/22/2015 03:24 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > >>> > >>> $ uname -r > >>> 3.9-1-amd64 > >>> > >>> Don't remove the running kernel nor the latest kernel. Remove > >>> all of the others. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >> > >> BTW What is the linux-header? Is that just to compile my own? Do I > >> need to keep these? > > > > You are full of questions but very short on saying whether the > > advice you have been given answers your needs, > > > > Delete headers packages too. You put them there and should know > > whether you need them. > > > > > As far as I know, I never put them there. I've had to reinstall > Debian a few times lately and it kept adding new entries to the boot > menu. This is my latest: > > $> update-grub2 > Generating grub.cfg ... > Found background > image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png Found linux > image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 Found initrd > image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 Found linux > image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 Found initrd > image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 No volume groups found > done > > I'm a home user and know enough to be able to do some technical > things, but sometimes I don't know everything that they do. I try to > study the stuff on the web but there is too much conflicting info. > > Right now the boot menu is more manageable so I'll leave it at that. I should have mentioned this earlier, but there is a package floating around out there called "GRUB Customizer", that you can use to edit the menu. It wouldn't have uninstalled the extraneous kernels, I think, but it can be nice if you are not familiar with GRUBs syntax (which I admit I don't fully understand, either). As a side note, if you are trying to learn something about Linux, two of the best resources I have found are the Arch wiki[1] and the Debian wiki[2]. Another really nice link is the Debian Administrator's Handbook[3]. Following random advice and running scripts found on a forum can be quite dangerous, and often don't tell you *why* you need to do what you need to do. Look for official documentation. Petter [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/ [2] https://wiki.debian.org/ [3] http://debian-handbook.info/ -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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