Too many kernels in grub menu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The grub menu items are particulary confusing to the average joe user (Which
option do i pick?), especially when there are multiple kernels installed and
dual booting. So with a dual boot system you end up with menu like:
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Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.14-4-386
Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.14-4-386 (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.14-2-386
Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.14-2-386 (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-4-386
Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-4-386 (recovery mode)
Other operating systems
Windows XP
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Even though the user understands that they can boot different OSes they often do
not know which Ubuntu option to select. This really needs to change as its the
first thing a user sees and if they can't work out how to boot the system then
the first impression cannot be positive.
An improvement would be
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Ubuntu
Windows XP
More options (this would goto another menu with the other kernels and memory
test options
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Changed in grub: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in grub (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → New |
status: | New → Confirmed |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
As well as new menu items are added when an additional kernel is installed removing a kernel should also remove the corresponding options from the grub menu.