package: grub-pc version: 1.99-23.1 severity: important I use opennebula for virtualization. I had originaly created a new image, and installed squeeze to it. The device mapping I used at the time exposed this drive as /dev/vda.
Then, I cloned(copied) the image file, and started a new machine. When I started the new machine, I neglected to set the emulation correctly, so the drive was seen as /dev/sda. The machine booted correctly thru grub and early boot, into squeeze. The problem came about when I attempted to update to wheezy. Grub couldn't reinstall itself, because /boot/grub/device.map had hd0 configured to be /dev/vda. So grub-install couldn't find the correct drive mapping for what was now /dev/sda. Some kind of warning/fix should be detected/applied to device.map in these cases. Ideally, a grub upgrade should probably generate a new, temporary device.map, and compare to the current, and ask if it should be updated if changed. ps: Personally, I think this should be fixed before wheezy release. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
