| K-Ryan | Anyone know how I can remove some of the ubuntu boot options from the grub menu? I have 9 of them. |
| elyon | K-Ryan: I'm assuming it is displaying all the different linux kernel versions? |
| Perseid | OK. I want to make sure I don't nuke my Vista bootloader. find /boot/grub/stage1 says (hd2,0). If I say root and setup (hd2,0) that is the linux partition, right? I have lots of drives on this system and it's hard to tell which is which. |
| K-Ryan | Probably |
| tmbg | or apt-cache pkgnames | grep $whatever |
| franz_ | stdin, K-Ryan, looks like one of the forums posts was correct...you have a better chance of upgrading to fiesty with a slower connection :) |
| tmbg | so many ways to skin the same cat |
| K-Ryan | franz_ it depends on too many conditions. You're best bet is to try the upgrade while waiting for the cd. Whichever happens first happens first. Win either way ;) |
| unclemike | does apt-get have a history I can look through? dont see it in the man page? |
| K-Ryan | elyon how would i got about removing the older ones? |
| franz_ | K-Ryan, true :) thanks for the help :) ( hopefully my distro update will now finish :) ) |
| K-Ryan | franz_ No problem and good luck! |
| franz_ | stdin, thanks for all the help ! :) |
| Perseid | "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd2,0)"... failed" Do I care? |
| K-Ryan | unclemike, I'm unaware or a history, but you can always tap the up arrow to cycle through commands you have entered. |
| elyon | unclemike: Unfortunately not. I've always wished for that too... I've had many moments where I use Adept to install a bunch of packages, but when it doesn't install Menu listings (such as with VLC), it's hard to remember what I just installed. But there's no way to look that up. |
| unclemike | cause I wish I knew what automatix installed thats what I thought... |
| intelikey | unclemike sudo update-menus |
| elyon | !automatix | unclemike |
| ubotu | unclemike: Automatix2 is a script that tries to install some software, and often fails and breaks systems. We don't provide support for it, and we strongly discourage its use. Problems caused by Automatix are often hard to track and solve, and it might sometimes be easier to !install a fresh copy of Ubuntu. See also !WorksForMe |
| elyon | unclemike: That's why it's so bad to use automatix... there's very little chance of reversing what it's done. |
| K-Ryan | Like what ubotu said, you'll probably be best off reinstalling. |
| elyon | intelikey: I don't have that command. |
| TheCreationist | there, intelikey, sorry ;) |
| K-Ryan | elyon sorry to bother again but you're the only person who has given me a lead, but how would i remove the older linux kernels? I said but twice in the same sentence, can you tell I'm getting tired? =) |
| MrBougo | you are how can i tell tar to extract a tar to some dir i know how to extract it to the current dir |
| Whitey | hello everyone |
| MrBougo | but on a specified dir?? |
| K-Ryan | Hello Whitey |
| Whitey | I'm having a problem with my kubuntu feisty - I'm on a live cd now. I did a reset 30 minutes ago, and now grub's giving me error 22 :( |
| K-Ryan | MrBougo I'm not sure, I'll take a look at the program though |
| TheCreationist | K-Ryan: I would suggest looking through Adept for "linux" and "module". But I know that grub has a text file that allows you to set the exact options that appear. But I don't know exactly where/what that text file is. |