Bug#445615: linux-image-2.6.22-2-686: package broke my grub menu.lst file

[Teodor <mteodor@Gmail.com>]

On 10/7/07, Giorgos D. Pallas <gpall@ccf.auth.gr> wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.22-2-686
> Version: 2.6.22-4
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> I had a custom built kernel (2.6.20.10).
> This was the conf in the menu.lst file:
>
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.20.10
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20.10 root=/dev/hda2 ro
> savedefault
>
> After installing the stock kernel (linux-image-2.6.22-2-686) this configuration was changed to:
>
>
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.20.10
> root            (hd0,2)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20.10 root=/dev/hda3 ro
> savedefault
>
> And of course the system could not boot since it is installed in the second partition (/dev/hda2).
>
> The configuration which the stock kernel package generated for it self was also wrong (it pointed to /dev/hda3, instead of the correct /dev/hda2).
>
> So, I had to manually edit /boot/grub/menu.lst in order to change all (hd0,2) back to (hd0,1) and all hda3 back to hda2.
>
> I can't really guess why it thought that the system is installed on /dev/hda3...


Search this paragraph in /boot/grub/menu.lst:

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=


Show us the last line you from the above paragraph. This has nothing
to do with the 'linux-image', but with the 'update-grub' tool.