Re: Wrong grub menu updated

[John <20090112@js.id.au>]

John wrote:
> I'm pressed for time, I have a deadline Mon or I'm dead.
>
> I just installed Lenny RC1 to a USB disk. in automatic mode.
>
> Before this, the internal disk dual booted  Fedora and Windows.
>
> Now it triple-boots the above plus Lenny. I really did not want or 
> expect that.
>
>
> There _is_ a grub menu on the USB disk, I peeked during the install. It 
> specifies
> root=/dev/sda1
>
> This is not going to be useful. The idea of a USB stick is portability, 
> and that's not portable, I'm going to have to change that.
>
> What is needed is use of a label (eg USBSTICK) or a GUID.

Grub was not installed to the memory stick either.

Since there's another problem - when booted with the menu it updateed on 
the first disk - it hangs just after saying something about setting the 
time, I'm giving up this idea.