Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

[Kdar]

It dont really affect any thing.. but still..
kind of annoying.

Here is screen.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2...1111031dk2.jpg

Whats doing on?

[robins_web]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

Quite simple: you have more than one kernel installed on your machine, and grub gives you the choice of which one to boot.

There are a couple of ways you can fix the problemo: the first is to use Adept/Synaptic to remove the kernels you don't use.

The second is to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to remove all references to the kernels ya don't wanna use. Example: This is a copy of part of my menu.lst

# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 4 <--This is the 4th boot option from the list below. It's my default kernel. (The counting starts with zero, so the first entry below is number 0).

At the very least, you should leave the kernel you want to use, the recovery mode for that kernel, and the memtest (memory test) version. On my system, that would be the last 3 entries below.

[SNIP]

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386 (Option 0)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-custom (Option 4, my default kernel)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-custom root=/dev/hda1 ro splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-custom
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-custom (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-custom root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-custom
boot

title Ubuntu, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

[Kdar]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

Ok.. I started up adept..

and searched "amd64-k8"
and there were like four of them...
I removed three that I didn't used.

I restarted my comp.. and then.. Linux don't boot.. lol..
What do I do?

Here screen...
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5676/pic1111od5.jpg

[robins_web]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

<sigh> reinstall.

[Kdar]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

any thing I can do in recovery mod?

since.. I do have one kernel there.. it just when its finish louding.. It freez.

[robins_web]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

Try rebooting from the CD. Then you can launch Adept & have it reinstall what you deleted.

[Kdar]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

How do I do that?

I booted from CD (DVD).. but then.. how do I tell it to install what I have removed?

[Kdar]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

bump...!!!!!!!!!

[sky]

Re: Boot problems... GRUB doing something strange..

Hi,

You will not be able to do it from a live cd, only from the disk itself. If you can boot from the recovery, and reinstall what you want.
You can do it with the command apt-get install <package_name>

Hope it helps