/boot/grub/menu.lst automagic option "howmany=all"
Bug #427223 reported by
Jérôme
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #132311: Improve Update Manager's /boot space requirement calculation.
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: grub
My hard disk is polluted with many old kernel which will never be used anymore.
Why are you not setting the default automagic kernels option in /boot/grub/menu.lst like follows:
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howmany=3
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I think this solution would be user friendly.
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That wouldn't deal with your hard disk being "polluted" - it would just
stop showing them. We make the assumption that if people still have the
kernels installed it may well be for a good reason - you obviously
disagree with that assumption, but I think it's a defensible one.
The way we tackled this general problem was to write Computer Janitor,
which you should find in System -> Administration on a standard
installation; that's meant to give people a straightforward way to clean
up their system.