Re: grub ignoring root=/dev/hda3 kernel option - where should I report the bug?

[Hans Hofker <hhofker@home.nl>]

Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Brief summary:
> I have Debian testing installed on /dev/hda2, which is my default
> startup option
> I have Debian unstable installed on /dev/hda3
> I have Windows installed on /dev/hda1
>
> I am using grub, installed on the MBR of /dev/hda (and I installed it
> from the testing version of grub using "grub-install hd0").
>
> I had an older version of grub installed, and this setup worked fine.
>
> I just upgraded my grub from the version in testing (0.97-5), while
> booted into my testing partition.  But now when I try to boot, the
> following happens:
>
> (a) If I try to boot into Debian testing or Windows, all works well.
> (b) If I try to boot into Debian unstable (which is on /dev/hda3), it
>     reads the kernel from /dev/hda3 but then uses /dev/hda2 as the
>     root partition, completely ignoring the root=/dev/hda3 on the
>     kernel command line.  (I know that it uses the right kernel,
>     because the kernel versions on my two partitions are not the
>     same as each other.)
>
> Any suggestions what might be wrong? 
I suggest you check /etc/fstab on the hda3 partition.
Perhaps it lists /dev/hda2 as root partition?



Regards,
Hans.