Bug#423268: grub-pc: system unbootable when /boot and separate partion, doesnt detect other installed OSes.

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 09:28:25AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> retitle 423268 update-grub do not handle /boot on separate partition properly
> clone 423268 -1
> retitle -1 update-grub doesn't import other installed OSes entries.
> priority -1 wishlist
> thanks
> 
> Bharath Ramesh <krosswindz at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Package: grub-pc
> > Version: 1.95+20070507-1
> > Severity: critical
> > Justification: breaks the whole system
> >
> >
> > After upgrading to the newer version of Grub2, postinst runs update-grub which
> > uses hooks in /etc/grub.d/. If /boot is mounted on separate partition the
> > grub.cfg still retains /boot/vmlinuz-* as the location for the kernel and
> > similarly for initrd. This renders the system unbootable.
> 
> This bug has already been fixed on development version.

Are you sure?  I don't see any updates in SVN or CVS that indicate this is
fixed.

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