Bug#302716: dpkg screws up GRUB's menu.lst
Subject: dpkg screws up GRUB's menu.lst
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.27
Severity: grave
Some time ago I moved my root partition from hda3 to hda5. All online
tutorials advise to simply
1) boot into single user
2) copy the files around
3) chroot install-grub in the new partition
and that's what I did. Everything works, except when I install a new
customized kernel with dpkg -i :
utumno:/home/leszek/deb# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.12-rc1-mm4_5_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package kernel-image-2.6.12-rc1-mm4.
(Reading database ... 77450 files and directories currently
installed.)
Unpacking kernel-image-2.6.12-rc1-mm4 (from
kernel-image-2.6.12-rc1-mm4_5_i386.deb) ...
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.12-rc1-mm4 (5) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found:
/boot/grub/menu.lst .
Searching for splash image... none found, skipping...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11wireless
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-rc1-mm4
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
utumno:/home/leszek/deb# vim /boot/grub/menu.lst
(...)
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.12-rc1-mm4
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-rc1-mm4 root=/dev/hda3 ro
savedefault
boot
All other kernels I have installed also get 'root=/dev/hda3' passed.
I dont know if it is a bug in dpkg, grub or it is something I failed to do
whilst moving the root partition. However, as I couldn't find
any info on how to inform dpkg about this change in Debian's manuals,
I am filing this bug.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.27 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
-- no debconf information
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