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Bit of an annoyance, not really a problem.

My opening Grub choices have increased, though I don't know why and I certainly do not need or want the options. Here is what I am shown:

Boot Mageia 1
Boot Mageia 1 (Safe mode)
2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga
2.6.38.8-desktop-4.mga
2.6.38.8-desktop-5.mga
2.6.38.8-desktop-6.mga
2.6.38.8-desktop-8.mga

I do not see a need for the last 5 options. If I am correct, how can I remove them? It would also be useful to know how they got there.

Thanks

In short, the first option boots the latest installed kernel, so in your case the last entry in the list.
The second does also, but boots into runlevel 1 to a text-only environment.

All the others are there to be able to start older installed kernels. You got the new choices with updates.
If you want to clean that list up, just remove all kernel packages via software management except your current working one,
and the one before that, just in case you need a safety measure. So you should remove those kernels:
2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga
2.6.38.8-desktop-4.mga
2.6.38.8-desktop-5.mga

Thank you for answering the query AND for explaining how the options are accumulated.