Re: [grub 1.5] possible to blacklist special entries in the menu.lst with update-grub ?

[Ernesto Domato]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 04:15, giggzounet <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have grub 1.5 on my machine. Debian is my "normal" OS, but I have
> installed an image of Backtrack 3 (not a full install just a compressed
> image; I can boot on this with a special backtrack kernel). With the
> power of grub I can boot it without problem.
>
> My problem is when I update my kernel under debian: the backtrack kernel
> is under /boot too (with the others kernel images). And so I get
> automatic an update of my entries. I would like that update-grub ignores
> the vmlinuz-backtrack (I have an entry below the ### END DEBIAN
> AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST). Is it possible ?
>

I believe that this is possible but is Debian related. I use Debian
too but didn't play that much with the grub configuration tools for
Debian so maybe someone with more experience on that could help you or
you could post on some Debian help list.

Regards.
Ernesto