Bug#475958: etch -> sid, /dev/hda paths were not converted to /dev/sda

[Robert Millan]

severity 475958 important
thanks

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 02:51:44AM -0500, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.97-36
> Severity: critical
> 
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> 
> I installed a base etch system (just base) and then upgraded to sid,
> after this I was left with an unbootable system that stuck at "Waiting
> for root file system...".
> This of course is evil.
> 
> The problem was that grub didn't got /dev/hda paths changed to /dev/sda
> paths (the ide/ata/scsi/etc chaos in the kernel past 2.6.1x changed
> this, remember?).
> 
> And yes, I'm not reporting this from the same machine I got the issue,
> but you can trust me on this one :). Feel free to ask me for details.

What version of Linux were you running when you upgraded grub, the new one
or the old one?

If you were running the old one, just run update-grub again.

(btw I suppose we'll need to mention this in the release notes... so keep the
bug open)

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Robert Millan

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