Bug#540125: upgrade renders system unbootable

[Michal Suchanek]

2009/9/8 Felix Zielcke <fzielcke at z-51.de>:
> Am Dienstag, den 08.09.2009, 22:55 +0200 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
>> Package: grub-pc
>> Version: 1.96+20090808-1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>>
>> I can boot with grub 1.97 beta and this fix to grub config
>> (replaces "set root=<device>" with "root <device>" in config)
>>
>>
>>
>
> Uhm you say 1.97beta but report the bug with the squeeze version?
> changing set root to just root doestn't make sense.
> The root command just sets the root variable and also prints the
> filesystem of it, nothing more.
> Did you run grub-install or choose the right device in the debconf
> prompt?
>

I installed 1.97 beta1 from source before it was packaged in Debian.

I can try if beta2 makes any difference but with beta1 I could not
boot until I did this change.

Thanks

Michal