Hi, >The error is yours, not in the tools: *you* are creating an inconsistent >image.
I was not implying that it was the tool's fault...as the saying goes, only a bad workman blames his tools...i was hoping to find help in figuring out what i was doing wrong. If anybody faces a similar issue on Testing(Squeeze) have a look here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2010/04/msg00147.html Regards, Vikram

