I can not reproduce this. I inserted "fallback 1" below "default 0" and ran update-grub. The fallback was still in there afterwards. Do I understand you right in that your "fallback" disappeared? Can you please attach your menu.lst?
** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- update-grub wipes out "fallback" settings https://launchpad.net/bugs/63466 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs