It's not clear what this is but it's nothing to do with grub. IDE disks show up as sd* nowadays due to changes inside the Linux kernel.
** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: grub => None -- Bad block /dev/sda https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112612 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs