On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 01:03:19 +0300, gevisz wrote: > > grub-mkconfig doesn't care about the fstab of the running distro > > since it scans your drives for all operating systems it can boot. > > > > Either look in grub.cfg to see what it going on or post it here along > > with the exact error messages so others may try for you. > > > > I have added the following line to the /etc/default/grub > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="root=UUID=44***"
Why? Did you read the relevant section of the GRUB manual before doing
this?
> run
>
> # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
> and got in the following entry
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
> menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux' --class gentoo --class gnu-linux --class
> gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-44***' {
> load_video
> insmod gzio
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='hd1,msdos3'
> if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos3
> --hint-efi=hd1,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos3
> --hint='hd1,msdos3' 44***
> else
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 44***
> fi
> echo 'Loading Linux 4.4.6-gentoo ...'
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.6-gentoo root=/dev/sdb3 ro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> }
>
> wich, in my view, does not differ a lot from what was before.
We'll have to take your word for that as you didn't post what you had
before, but things don't have to differ a lot to break.
However, the problem is clear in the menu you posted, it is using
root=/dev/sdb3. When you connect anther drive, they are renumbered and
that points to the wrong drive.
> The 44*** denotes the UUID of my boot partition.
Why obfuscate it? It's only a UUID not your online banking password.
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