Comment 8 for bug 19026

I can confirm a simliar issue, if not identical. I'm using Ubuntu 6.10, whenever I install a kernel package on my laptop it sets root (hd0,0) when it really means (0,1). In my case it seems that it's hung up on an unformatted partition of 100mb

sda layout:
100 mb - unformatted
48gb - ntfs
8 gb - ext3 (6.10 install)

- skreet