Processed: Re: Bug#478254: modifying device.map seems to solve

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 478254 normal Bug#478254: grub-pc: grub-probe and grub don't agree on (hd#) numbering Severity set to `normal' from `critical' > retitle 478254 update-grub: guessing BIOS partition order is unreliable Bug#478254: grub-pc: grub-probe and grub d

Bug#478254: modifying device.map seems to solve

severity 478254 normal retitle 478254 update-grub: guessing BIOS partition order is unreliable thanks The problem here is that you can't be certain about how the BIOS will enumerate devices. GRUB just guesses, which is sometimes not good. A solution would be to switch to disk labels, uuid or som

Bug#478254: modifying device.map seems to solve

I just noticed /boot/grub/device.map, tried modifying it (exchange hd0 and hd1 mappings) and re-run update-grub. Now everything looks right and I expect later installation of new kernels will boot successfully too. Is this device.map the intended work-around for the problem? When and what prog