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If you have dual boot on your pc and want to change boot order in grub.
If you have dual boot on your pc and want to change boot order in grub.  


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


or if you have Ubuntu 11.04


==If you want to delete other versions==
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub


*Go to Synaptic package manager
To change the default boot option, you just need to change the GRUB_DEFAULT parameter. 0 Then save and write:
**Search for the versions that you don't want to have (e.g. 2.6.2
 
**Select the ones that are already installed, right click and Mark for Removal. -> Mark
sudo update-grub
**Linux headers, generic and image.
 
**But be sure not to delete the version that you want to have on your computer.
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== If you want to delete other versions  ==
 
*Go to Synaptic package manager  
**Search for the versions that you don't want to have (e.g. 2.6.2  
**Select the ones that are already installed, right click and Mark for Removal. -&gt; Mark  
**Linux headers, generic and image.  
**But be sure not to delete the version that you want to have on your computer.  
*Click on apply
*Click on apply
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Latest revision as of 10:11, 30 August 2014

If you have dual boot on your pc and want to change boot order in grub.

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst 

or if you have Ubuntu 11.04

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

To change the default boot option, you just need to change the GRUB_DEFAULT parameter. 0 Then save and write:

sudo update-grub


If you want to delete other versions

  • Go to Synaptic package manager
    • Search for the versions that you don't want to have (e.g. 2.6.2
    • Select the ones that are already installed, right click and Mark for Removal. -> Mark
    • Linux headers, generic and image.
    • But be sure not to delete the version that you want to have on your computer.
  • Click on apply