Public bug reported:
Hardy partition root was (hd0,7). After upgrading to Intrepid,
/boot/grub/menu.lst had the new Intrepid root as (hd0,6) making the boot fail.
(however the UUID was identified correctly)
wolfie:~$ fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 78.5 GB, 78518522880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9546 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x41ab2316
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 7 1964 15727635 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1965 9114 57432375 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4 9115 9545 3462007+ db CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sda5 1965 3922 15727603+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 5777 7916 17189518+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda7 7917 8062 1172713+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 8063 9114 8450158+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 3923 5776 14892223+ 83 Linux
wolfie:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
wolfie:~$ uname -a
Linux wolfie-laptop 2.6.27-4-generic #1 SMP Wed Sep 24 01:30:51 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
I have attached the menu.lst file after I changed the roots (and added
WinXP on top)
let me know if any other info is required.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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wrong root in menu.lst after upgrading from hardy to intrepid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279099
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