I use a workstation as an image for a number of other workstations, and install and update those with rsync. So, if I upgrade the image and a new kernel is installed, update-grub is run. This means that the UUID in menu.lst will now be spread by rsync to all those other workstations, rendering them unbootable when they go down.
This means I must have simple device names in menu.lst, not UUIDs. Please make update-grub NOT overwrite any # kopt=root=/dev/sda6 settings I have made. Please, in general, do not try to overrule systemadministrators, as you will only make our life more difficult and in the end force people like me to install another distro like SuSE of Fedora over Ubuntu. Because that is what my boss will decide if I have to spend too much time on crap like this when I upgrade the images. Remember that Ubuntu is not only used by Joe Linux @ home, but also by universities, schools and other institutions that need an imaging solution. Thank you. -- edgy update-grub destroys kopt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62195 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
