update-grub does not do any device detection. There is a configuration option in your menu.lst which you need to set.
This is all documented in the update-grub man page. This is also documented in README.Debian. ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd1,0) Please close this bug if this is the answer to your problem. Thanks. On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 11:11:43AM +0200, Stefan Schwarzer wrote: > Package: grub > Version: 0.97-13 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > > in short: whenever I run update-grub, it changes the device entries for > kernel and initrd location in menu.lst from (hd0,0) to (hd2,0) rendering the > system unbootable (without additional work). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]