Bug#512787: upgrade makes system unbootable

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:05:16AM -0700, dann frazier wrote:
> 
> My boot entry looks like this:
>         set root=(hd0,1)
>         search --fs-uuid --set e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f
>         linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=UUID=e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f ro  
>         initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686
> 
> I found through experimentation that deleting the first two lines
> allows my system to boot again.

Please run grub-emu and check if the following command:

  search --fs-uuid --set e7bf09bb-8d63-4bbb-84d8-4ada743f643f

causes any oddity (e.g. segfault).  Also, try unsetting the root variable,
run the search command, and see if it finds the correct value for it.

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."