Bug#488193: update-grub fails

[Shams Fantar]

Robert Millan wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:13:14PM +0200, Shams Fantar wrote:
>   
>> Package: grub
>> Version: 0.97-27
>> Severity: critical
>> Justification: breaks the whole system
>>
>> When I do "update-grub", it fails. 
>>
>> For example, in the past, I had this:
>>
>> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-686
>> root            (hd0,0)
>> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
>> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686
>>
>> And If I do "update-grub" :
>>
>> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-686
>> root            (hd1,0)
>> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet 
>> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686
>>
>> So, "root (hd0,0)" is replaced by "root (hd1,0)". To fix the problem, I have to, manually, replace "(hd1,0)" by "(hd0,0)".
>>
>> This problem happens on some machines that run debian etch and debian lenny/sid.
>>     
>
> Please send me your /boot/grub/device.map, /proc/mounts and /etc/fstab.
>
>   

/boot/grub/device.map :

(hd0)   /dev/hda

(hd1)   /dev/sda

/etc/fstab :

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0

/dev/sda1       /               ext3    errors=remount-ro 0       1

/dev/sda2       /home           ext3    defaults        0       2

/dev/sda3       none            swap    sw              0       0

/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

/dev/hda1       /backup         ext3    defaults        0       0

/proc/mounts :

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0

none /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

none /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

udev /dev tmpfs rw,size=10240k,mode=755 0 0

/dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/sda1 /dev/.static/dev ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered 0 0

tmpfs /lib/init/rw tmpfs rw,nosuid,mode=755 0 0

usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,gid=5,mode=620 0 0

fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0

/dev/sda2 /home ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/hda1 /backup ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0

binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

Regards