If you want it to work even after update-grub's (which happen by default on kernel upgrades), change the line that looks like:
# kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro vga=771 and then do "sudo update-grub" for it to take effect. -- [edgy] linux-image-2.6.17-4-386 and -3-386 can't find root pata/ide partition https://launchpad.net/bugs/51863 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
