two fedoras in boot

[pspfedin]

Hi

I installed the live CD version of fedora (dual boot with vista) on my laptop. After I connected to the internet the updates downloaded and all went well. however when i restarted at the boot screen I found two instances of fedora such as

Fedora(2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686)
Fedora(2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686)
Other

The "other" is vista.

I am wondering if this is OK or whether I have two fedora. If so i would like to remove one of them to save disk space. I a newbie, so would be happy to hear your suggeestion in simple language

thanks

[Hlingler]

Well, yes, this is a common question. By default, Fedora keeps TWO kernels, just in case the new/updated one breaks something - so you have a back-up to fall back on. In fact, I think that the default is now THREE. Also, by default, the newest should boot first, unless you manually over-ride GRUB.

V

P.S. Personally, I set my default to keep FIVE. I like back-ups.

[NoEffex]

Those are different kernels, as linux(the kernel itself) gets updated frequently, and some are unstable/just don't work on some computers, so generally they keep 3, and trash the rest. It's only ~24mb for the initr and kernel, so I'm pretty sure it's fine.

[metatron]

How do you set the default?

[pspfedin]

Thank you all for the quick reply

So that is safe now.

[Hlingler]

Originally Posted by metatron

How do you set the default?

yum install system-config-boot

For a nice GUI.

Or simply edit /boot/grub/grub.conf manually (as root user) to specify the desired default kernel (you can set "Other" as the default...). Use care when editing this file!!!

V