Ubuntu :: Booting From Wrong Grub Menu?

Jun 2, 2010

I have two versions of Ubuntu on my computer - 10.04 and an earlier one that i no longer use. I'd like to free up the space that the old partition is taking, but the computer boots from the grub menu.lst of that old version. How can I make the boot process use the menu.lst in the 10.04 partition?

where is the boot process situated anyway and how can you get at it?

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not related to this thread [URL]

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Code:
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Code:

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Code:

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total 22888
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Code:
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