Strange GRUB Problem

[Loopz56]

A few days ago, my GRUB boot menu suddenly changed. My menu used to look like this:

Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-generic
Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-generic (memtest)
Other operating systems:
Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)

but now it looks like this:

Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-rt
Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-rt (recovery mode)
Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-generic
Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
Other operating systems:
Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-generic

As you you can see, the option, Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-rt, has somehow appeared on my menu. I've tried booting up the Linux Mint, kernal 2.6.22-14-rt option, but it doesn't boot correctly and sometimes it freezes up. Is there any way to change my GRUB menu back to how it was?

Thanks in advance

[BlueElmo]

Code: Select all

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.old
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst


Now you can remove the lines you don't want grub to display at boot time.

[Loopz56]

Alright, awesome. I got it working and that's great to know for future reference. Thanks.

[900i]

The "correct" way is to uninstall the kernel Image/headers you don't require through Synaptic, and that automatically removes them from Grub.

[BakUp]

Another way of changing the menu.lst for a updated kernel would be not to rename, backup, or uninstall. Just edit the file and comment (#) out the old Kernel. That way if the new kernel did not work out, then you would just have to uncomment the old kernel. So, do not uninstall a old kernel until you are absolutely sure the new one is stable.

Just another way of doing it !