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Apr 7, 2011

i've got UBUNTU 10.10 installed on my laptop.After i turn my laptop on and the comp prepares 2 boot the OS,a screen asking me to choose which OS version i'd like 2 select.Now ideally i'd like jst 2 names on dat list namely-Ubuntu and win xp..But I've a host of other options as well like memory testblahblah'safemode'....wotevr....Is this ok 2 have so many OS startup options.Is there a way to get rid of unwanted stuff like changin the BOOT.ini file or in any other way???

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I tried removing systemd but it still does not work. If I use the old kernel 3.14 I can boot without any problem, but if I use kernel 3.16, I boot to a black screen. I remember successfully booting in 3.16 before installing systemd.

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