I have had this issue for quite some time now. Every time I update the kernel my menu.lst root partitions are set incorrectly. I have been fixing them by hand every time and this morning I decided to figure out what in the world is going on here. After reading this post I think I can see what my problem is.
This machine has been through numerous upgrades. I think I started out as Ubuntu Breezy Badger 5.10 and now I am Kubuntu 7.10. If I remember right this all started during the transition to UUIDs. I think the problem might have something to do with an invalid groot setting in my menu.lst file. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# df /boot Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda4 6919068 4475280 2092368 69% / but my groot is set as such; ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,1) Now, when I tried to reboot after a kernel upgrade this is what I got; title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=246246ac-7013-4b6a-be9a-8bb2bde3125b ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic savedefault Which doesn't work at all. What does work is this; title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=246246ac-7013-4b6a-be9a-8bb2bde3125b ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic savedefault So, my guess is that somewhere along the way I changed groot for some reason and this has been biting me on every kernel upgrade since! Anyway, thanks for the posts. I will change my groot and see if that doesn't work on the next kernel upgrade. :) After running an update-grub my menu.lst looks correct now that I have the proper groot setting. It even fixed the other entries I forgot to change by hand. :^O Hopefully, this will help others out with the same issue. -- Wrong boot hdx,x in menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74486 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
