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and subject line Bug#412021: grub fails to cope with '/boot' on different
partition to '/'
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Package: grub
Version: 0.97-23
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
My /boot partition is on /dev/hda11, so in menu.lst it says: root (hd0,11)
update-grub trashes that and resets each case to: root (hd0,0)
This happens whenever a new kernel is installed and it leaves the system
unbootable. My workaround is to manually edit
menu.lst after each time a new kernel is installed and before rebooting.
baron:/boot/grub# grep -v -e '^$' -e '^#' menu.lst
default 0
timeout 5
color cyan/blue white/blue
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915 root=/dev/hda1 ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915
savedefault
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915
(single-user mode)
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915
savedefault
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-custom.01
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-custom.01 root=/dev/hda1 ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-custom.01
savedefault
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-custom.01 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-custom.01 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-custom.01
savedefault
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-3-686
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-3-686
savedefault
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-3-686 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18-3-686
savedefault
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17-2-686
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.17-2-686
savedefault
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17-2-686 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,11)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.17-2-686
savedefault
baron:/boot/grub# cp menu.lst menu.lst.save
baron:/boot/grub# update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-custom.01
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-686
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
baron:/boot/grub# diff menu.lst.save menu.lst
119c119
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
125c125
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
131c131
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
137c137
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
143c143
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
149c149
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
155c155
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
161c161
< root (hd0,11)
---
> root (hd0,0)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.baron.20070221.0915
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
grub recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:23:22AM +1100, Jason Thomas wrote:
>> Your changing (hd0,?) in the wrong place. Look a little higher up in
>> the menu.lst file.
>>
>> The entries you are changing are regenerated every time update-grub is
>> run.
>
> Arggh! You are quite right... I needed to change:
> # groot=(hd0,0)
>
> to:
> # groot=(hd0,11)
>
> This bug can be closed. But I hope it serves a place to help others
> who may make the same mistake.
Closing it.
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