Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2442 mails)

[Alexander Osthof <aosthof@xxxxxxx>]

Am Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2007 19:08 schrieb Chris Arnold:
> Since the update of SLED10 to SP1, upon boot time, i now have 2 "new"
> menu selections. They are:
> Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12 and
> Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12
>
> It use to only have 2 selections-
> Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
> Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop
>
> After the SP install, it now shows exactly like this:
> Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12 and
> Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10-2.6.16.46-0.12
> Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
> Failsafe-Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop
>
> The default selection at time of boot is highlighted on
> Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
>
> And all selections boot into the desktop but why do i now have 2 extra
> selections, which ones am i suppose to use and how to get rid of the 2
> extra selections?

As Russ already said, this is a known issue. The original 2 entries should be 
deleted in case of a kernel update, but they aren't. This will be fixed with 
the next maintenance update. 

Thus, the last (original) 2 entries - "Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10" 
and "Failsafe -- Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10" are redundant, you can 
just delete them either by using the YaST2 Bootloader module or by 
editing /boot/grub/menu.lst manually. In case of lilo, you can do the same by 
editing /etc/lilo.conf.

If you manually edit those configuration files, be aware to set the "default" 
value to the first entry, so it gets booted by default.

I hope this helps.

> Chris

Greetings,
-- 
Alex