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Re: uuid changes- not updated in grub2: msg#00652

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Subject: Re: uuid changes- not updated in grub2

Jonas Norlander wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Goh Lip<g.lip@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Bruce Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> Grub2 has problems with uuid's. I recently installed the grub2 pkg on
>>> jaunty
>>> and it changed the:
>>>
>>> uuid <long string for uuid)
>>>
>>> in grub1's menu.lst to:
>>>
>>> root <same long string for uuid>
>>>
>>> in both the menu.lst and in the grub.cfg files.
>>>
>>> This left my machine unbootable.
>>>
>>> I have reported this bug which was a dupe of a similar bug. Just a warning
>>> to those who might want to try grub2 but still keep grub1 working.
>>>
>> Jonas, the grub2 setup mechanism appears different in Hardy and Karmic.
>> I do not have Jaunty to know how it works.
>
> Not me your replying to I guess ;-)
>
> As for the uuid/root problems in Jaunty I just deleted the root line
> and I was able to boot.
>
> / Jonas
>
Sorry, should be Bruce I was replying to. Was writing to you earlier so
was tripped up.

Bruce, what was the bug number that you filed?
I filed a new bug report for this.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/406774

Regards,
Goh Lip


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