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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
