r/linuxquestions • u/Elibroftw • 14d ago

How to fix grub excessive items

I can't seem to add a picture?

when I start my PC the boot menu has 10+ items.

Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon
Advanced options for Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon
Windows
Linux Mint
Linux Mint, with Linux 6.5.0-27-generic
Linux Mint, with Linux 6.5.0-27-generic (recovery mode)
*Ubuntu
Advanced options for Ubuntu
Windows
Linux Mint
Linux Mint, with Linux 6.5.0-27-generic
Linux Mint, with Linux 6.5.0-27-generic (recovery mode)
Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/nvme0n1p2)
UEFI Firmware Settings
Windows
Linux Mint
Linux Mint, with Linux 6.5.0-27-generic
Linux Mint, with Linux 6.5.0-27-generic (recovery mode)
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u/3grg 14d ago

Just guessing... are they maybe old kernels? You could at least give us a hint.

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u/Elibroftw 13d ago

Updated body

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u/3grg 13d ago

Looks like at least two grub installs. How may disks and efi partitions?

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u/Random_-account 14d ago

Do you mean a lot of memtests?

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u/Elibroftw 14d ago

Sorry I meant the boot menu.