This is still a problem on 6-6-2007: http://www.howtoadvice.com/DellUbuntu/
The update-grub command does a poor job of determining which partition the operating system in on. Instead of using the "#groot" line in /boot/grub/menu.lst why doesn't it just look at the last kernel's root partition and use that as the default for the new kernel entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst ? Would this be more resilient? No one who installs Ubuntu know to edit the "#groot" line to set the default. Dell certainly didn't know (see the link above). If you keep using the "#groot line to set the default root, then this needs to be a part of the installation process. There needs to be an option, during installation, that asks which partition is default. Or, during installation of Uubntu, perhaps a script can run to update the "#groot" value to which ever partition is mounted as root. Actually, grub is foundational. It can be underneath several installations of Ubuntu Linux and multiple partitions. However, during a kernel update of one of these installations, the update-grub command is called. How can this command be aware of the "calling installation's root boot needs"? -- [DAPPER] update-grub doesn't work correctly with raid partitions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46223 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
