Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

[sKz]

I successfully installed both, but one thing seems weird to me. When booting GRUB shows I can boot two Kubuntu and they are both the same versions. The first one boots fine but I didn't try the second one yet. Any ideas why it does that?

[VMKub]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

Isn't one of them marked with 'recovery mode' or something like that?

[Snowhog]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

That's what should be displayed. Extract from my /boot/grub/menu.lst file, the first two boot items:

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91f
f-4fe745f01a79 ro splash acpi=off
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91f
f-4fe745f01a79 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

[sKz]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

Yes but here's what I see

Kubuntu etc...
Kubuntu recovery mode
Kubuntu etc...
Kubuntu recovery mode

Vista

[sKz]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

I'll check in the menu.lst hold on

By the way, I'm totally new to Linux so give some details if you want to be very specific. Thanks

[Qqmike]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086149.0
wavemaker: Help the New Guy, Topic: Startup list

Same problem. His was caused by using Automatix. It is solved there in that thread, but it took us awhile to nail it down. Are you using Automatix?

[sKz]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

I don't know about that but what I know is that it was fine until I got in Kubuntu updated my system and then rebooted. That's when I saw there were two Kubuntu. Thanks for your help

[Snowhog]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

If you will post your /boot/grub/menu.lst we can determine if anything is actually amiss.

[Qqmike]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

sKz: "I don't know about that but what I know is that it was fine until I got in Kubuntu updated my system and then rebooted. That's when I saw there were two Kubuntu."

Yep. That's what happened to him. I am told (by a Linux developer/programmer) that Automatix messes up your updates.

Now, fact is, we don't know if this is your problem. You may not know if you have Automatix installed. Frankly, I'm not much help here -- I've never used Automatix; and if that is the problem, we concluded for wavemaker that the best thing to do is wipe the drive and start over. I'll let Snowhog see if there's anything apparent on your menu.lst. But this does sound suspicious (of Automatix!).

[sKz]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

title      Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root      (hd0,2)
kernel     /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91f
f-4fe745f01a79 ro splash
initrd     /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title      Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd0,2)
kernel     /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91f
f-4fe745f01a79 ro single
initrd     /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

title      Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root      (hd0,2)
kernel     /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91f
f-4fe745f01a79 ro splash
initrd     /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title      Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd0,2)
kernel     /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91f
f-4fe745f01a79 ro single
initrd     /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

[Qqmike]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

Looks normal to me.

One is
2.6.20-16-generic
and one is the previous version
2.6.20-15-generic
(and each one has its Recovery mode.)

[Qqmike]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

(I thought you were getting duplicates of each version -- sorry, my misunderstanding)

[sKz]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

Yeah but why do I have two versions when I only installed one?

[Qqmike]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

You installed 2.6.20-15-generic. Then you got an update, a major one, giving you 2.6.20-16-generic. Both are kept there for you in case, say, 16 has some issues you don't like. You can always then boot into the one you know is OK.
If you don't want to look at it in the boot menu, edit menu.lst as root, placing a comment sign # in front of every line you prefer not to see. Like this:

# title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
# root (hd0,2)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=a2357a43-de81-4157-91f
f-4fe745f01a79 ro splash
# initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
# quiet
# savedefault

That way it's still there in case you wish to uncomment it and use it sometime. After awhile, some people remove these old entries -- they remove BOTH the menu.lst entry and the actual old kernel files. But for now, be careful about that! There's some references in the How-To's here (under Documentation) about that.

[sKz]

Re: Dual boot Windows Vista/Kubuntu

Thanks!