GRUB boot menu: Two fedoras ? Fedora and Fedora Base ?

myisty · #1 2nd June 2007, 08:20 AM

Hi,
I have WinXP and Vista installed first and then I installed Fedora second. I make XP and Vista as my default system using GRUB and when I press the enter key so I can boot into Fedora. I see there are two options of Fedora. One is Fedora 2.6.20-2929.1.fc7 and the other one is Fedora base 2.6.21-1.31994.fc7. Is there suppose to be only one Fedora OS ? My fedora is version 7. Before there was only one Fedora option in the boot menu but now there are two.

Please help. I'm a newbie on Fedora.

***bob*** · #2 2nd June 2007, 12:05 PM

Periodically, Fedora will update the kernel (core of the operating system) and since there can be individual problems with all the hardware out there, some might have a bit of trouble with a new kernel. So, by default Fedora will show both the new kernel and the previous one, so you can still use the older one in case of a problem. Older kernels beyond those two are automatically removed.

myisty · #3 2nd June 2007, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob

Periodically, Fedora will update the kernel (core of the operating system) and since there can be individual problems with all the hardware out there, some might have a bit of trouble with a new kernel. So, by default Fedora will show both the new kernel and the previous one, so you can still use the older one in case of a problem. Older kernels beyond those two are automatically removed.

Which one is the older kernel ? Thanks