Unfortunately I can't recreate similar conditions - this box is actively used and I can't format this hard drive and shouldn't put the box offline for several hours.
Thanks for your tip on solving it in my case. -- kernel upgrade results in a wrong content of /boot/grub/menu.lst https://launchpad.net/bugs/76219 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs