Bug#265228: grub doesn't boot from /dev/hdb

[Henry Jensen]

Package: grub
Version: 0.95+cvs20040624-7
Severity: important

I setup my computer to boot from /dev/hdb. My root partition is 
/dev/hdb3. Debian Installer created the following sections
in /boot/grub/menu.lst:


default		0
timeout		5
color cyan/blue white/blue

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.7-1-386 
root		(hd1,2)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-1-386 root=/dev/hdb3 ro 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.7-1-386
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.7-1-386 (recovery mode)
root		(hd1,2)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7-1-386 root=/dev/hdb3 ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.7-1-386
savedefault
boot


I installed grub in the MBR of /dev/hdb.

However, when I start the Computer, the boot menu appears. When
I select an option, grub says "(hd1,2) No such partition".



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE)

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                 5.4-4        Shared libraries for terminal hand

-- no debconf information