GRUB question

King4lex · 08-16-2004, 10:31 AM

Hiya,

I recently installed Mandrake 10.0. When the bootloader starts it shows several different options (linux, linux-secure, failsafe, windows, etc.) linux-secure is selected by default. I did not know what the others (besides linux-secure and windows) were so I removed them from the list (using Configure Your Computer from within X).

My question is, what were those other options, and was it wise to remove them?

masand · 08-16-2004, 10:49 AM

they are simply other kernels

like
kernel-smp
kernel-scure
kernel-default
failsafe
etc etc

it depends on ur requirement which kernel u want to use
like u would like to have a SMP(symm. multi. procc. )kernel if u have a server ,so if u want just a generic kernel and u can have that entry on grub
but it safe to have one or more kernel on ur list which may help u in case of some problem

regards
gaurav