Bug#177725: marked as done (grub-installer: fails if root is not the first partition on the first disk)
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Package: grub-installer
Version: 0.0.5
Severity: serious
The grub-installer fail to install a bootable configuration if the
root file system is not on the first parition. This is because of bug
#110431 in grub, always passing root=/dev/hda1 to the kernel.
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> The grub-installer fail to install a bootable configuration if the
> root file system is not on the first parition. This is because of
> bug #110431 in grub, always passing root=/dev/hda1 to the kernel.
The new version of grub solved the problem. I've tested and
successfully installed grub on /dev/hdd in my VMWare test environment.
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