[Solved] - How do I remove old menuentries from detached HDD

lamarca · 2019-04-28 09:15:20

Hello there,

Bunsenlabs was installed in Sumsung HD322HJ.
After a hardware upgrade the Mobo ASUSTeK model: PRIME H310M-E/BR didn't recognized the HDD thus Helium was installed in the new HDD.
My issue, how do I delete the old menuentries from the disable HDD, which is present on my current Grub Menu?

The grub.cfg: https://pastebin.com/c5HiaVDt

My sys specs: https://pastebin.com/qt9uZN5n

PS: I always search before posting.

Last edited by lamarca (2019-04-29 16:34:35)

damo · 2019-04-28 09:41:07

(NB instead of using pastebin for relatively short pieces of code, just use [ code ] tags in your post.)

Have you done sudo update-grub since you removed your old drive?

Do you still have old linux images on your new drive?

lamarca · 2019-04-28 10:00:04

Hi,

damo wrote:

Have you done sudo update-grub since you removed your old drive?

No. I have not.

damo wrote:

Do you still have old linux images on your new drive?

Only the entries, dump.

As I am not familiar with the usual length of the output thus pastebin just in case.

damo · 2019-04-28 10:04:32

lamarca wrote:

Hi,
damo wrote:
Have you done sudo update-grub since you removed your old drive?
No. I have not.
....

So that is the first thing to try

lamarca · 2019-04-28 10:39:27

The dump is persistent.

$ date --utc
Sun 28 Apr 2019 10:36:08 AM UTC

-----------------------------------------------------

menuentry "BunsenLabs GNU/Linux (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry "BunsenLabs GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry "BunsenLabs GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry "BunsenLabs GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry "BunsenLabs GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry "BunsenLabs GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry "BunsenLabs GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry "BunsenLabs TTY (on /dev/sdb1)" {
menuentry 'High Contrast Text' {

-----------------------------------------------------

damo · 2019-04-28 11:01:11

If you have uninstalled old kernels, and updated grub, and are still getting unwanted entries, then see if they still exist in /boot. Delete them, and update-grub again.

There is another method, which can be dangerous, which we can look at as a last resort!

lamarca · 2019-04-28 11:25:00

All the entries belong to the current Helium.
Those dumps are like deleted posts only, not purged. Do I 'purge' them by hand on grub.cfg file?

damo · 2019-04-28 11:55:07

lamarca wrote:

All the entries belong to the current Helium.

So why do you want to remove them? If you don't want backup kernels then uninstall them, and update-grub again.

If you edit grub.cfg then please note:

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub

You can remove the menuentries you don't want, but they will be replaced the next time grub is updated - unless you remove the executable bit from 30_os-prober.

 sudo chmod -x /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

This is the "dangerous" method! Back up grub.cfg, and remember to make 30_os-prober executable again before a dist-upgrade.

lamarca · 2019-04-28 11:55:39

The file was restored after deleting the whole /etc/grub.d/30_otheros section

lamarca · 2019-04-28 12:04:47

damo wrote:

So why do you want to remove them?

They flood my grub menu

damo wrote:

If you don't want backup kernels then uninstall them, and update-grub again.

Those kernels don't exist.

Edit: I will let you know a little later:)

Last edited by lamarca (2019-04-28 12:07:14)

lamarca · 2019-04-29 16:32:10

Job well done, damo

Cheers

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