Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

[Arthur Marsh]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20080724-8
Severity: minor


when installing a new kernel I get the following messages:

Running /usr/sbin/update-grub.
error: unknown device hd1
error: unknown device hd1
Updating /boot/grub/grub.cfg ...
error: unknown device hd1
error: unknown device hd1
error: unknown device hd1
error: unknown device hd1
error: unknown device hd1
error: unknown device hd1


-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/hda5 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/md/0 /mirror3 ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hda7 /symonec vfat rw,uid=65534,gid=65534,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/hda1 /victoriac vfat rw,uid=65534,gid=65534,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /victoriad vfat rw,uid=65534,gid=65534,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(fd0)	/dev/fd0
(hd0)	/dev/hda
(hd1)	/dev/hdb
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,5)
search --fs-uuid --set 026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7
if font /usr/share/grub/ascii.pff ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  terminal gfxterm
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
set root=(hd0,5)
search --fs-uuid --set 026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.27-rc3-686" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc3-686 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro  
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-rc3-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.27-rc3-686 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc3-686 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-rc3-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.27-rc3" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc3 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro  
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-rc3
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.27-rc3 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-rc3 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-rc3
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-686" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro  
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-1-686 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro  
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26 root=UUID=026a3f5c-0064-4ae7-869e-519d2cee05e7 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	linux	/memtest86+.bin
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 95/98/Me (on /dev/hda1)" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows 95/98/Me (on /dev/hda7)" {
	set root=(hd0,7)
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-rc3 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.23          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20080724-8 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.7-13          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  liblzo2-2                2.03-1          data compression library
ii  libncurses5              5.6+20080804-1  shared libraries for terminal hand

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
pn  desktop-base                  <none>     (no description available)
ii  os-prober                     1.27       utility to detect other OSes on a 

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