Guest SimonH Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 (edited) I've installed 2008 and got two boot options. Mandriva 2008 and failsafe. After performing an update i now have five boot options. Which should i use and what do they all do? I've copied and pasted the contents of menu.lst below. timeout 2 color black/cyan yellow/cyan gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu default 0 title linux kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda1 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title linux-nonfb kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/sda1 resume=/dev/sda5 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title failsafe kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/sda1 failsafe initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title desktop586 2.6.22.9-1 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.22.9-1 root=/dev/sda1 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv.img title desktop586 2.6.22.18-1 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.18-desktop586-1mdv BOOT_IMAGE=desktop586_2.6.22.18-1 root=/dev/sda1 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.22.18-desktop586-1mdv.img Edited March 4, 2008 by SimonH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 The reason you have more options will be because a newer kernel got installed, and the old kernel still exists. This is safe, because if it upgraded and the new kernel didn't work, you wouldn't be able to boot the old kernel to get back into your system. Normally, when a new kernel is installed, the new kernel will become the default entry on the system, so you can leave it to boot after five seconds or whatever the timeout is. The default entry will be highlighted anyway and will be the one that the system is choosing to boot with if you don't do anything with the keyboard. To find out which one is new, open a console window and type: rpm -qa | grep -i kernel and it will list what kernel packages are installed. The default entry right now is the one called "linux". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossarian Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Normally, when a new kernel is installed, the new kernel will become the default entry on the system, so you can leave it to boot after five seconds or whatever the timeout is. Not on my system. The old kernel remains the default (which is totally reasonable, maybe you don't want to go and replace kernel to users without their explicit permission or act). Of course, it can be easily configured through the MCC (Boot -> Set up boot system -> Next, and modifying the new kernel to default). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Mandriva must have changed it then since 2007.0. I know they used to have the new one as the default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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