Index: util/grub.d/10_linux.in
===================================================================
--- util/grub.d/10_linux.in.orig
+++ util/grub.d/10_linux.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CLASS="--class gnu-linux --class gnu --c
 if [ "x${GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR}" = "x" ] ; then
   OS=GNU/Linux
 else
-  OS="${GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR} GNU/Linux"
+  OS="${GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR}"
   CLASS="--class $(echo ${GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR} | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]') ${CLASS}"
 fi
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ EOF
   printf '%s\n' "${prepare_boot_cache}"
   cat << EOF
 	echo	$(printf "$(gettext "Loading Linux %s ...")" ${version})
-	linux	${rel_dirname}/${basename} root=${linux_root_device_thisversion} ro ${args}
+	linux	${rel_dirname}/${basename} root=${linux_root_device_thisversion} ${args}
 EOF
   if test -n "${initrd}" ; then
     cat << EOF
@@ -97,9 +97,21 @@ EOF
 EOF
 }
 
+# do not output vmlinux if vmlinuz of same version exists
 list=`for i in /boot/vmlinu[xz]-* /vmlinu[xz]-* ; do
-        if grub_file_is_not_garbage "$i" ; then echo -n "$i " ; fi
-      done`
+       if grub_file_is_not_garbage "$i" ; then 
+          case $i in
+            */vmlinux*)
+            j=${i/vmlinux/vmlinuz}
+            k=${j/.gz/}
+            if test ! -e $k ; then echo -n "$i "; fi
+            ;;
+            *)
+            echo -n "$i "
+            ;;
+          esac
+       fi
+      done`
 prepare_boot_cache=
 
 while [ "x$list" != "x" ] ; do