Comment 2 for bug 140982

Ubuntu should have is one thing, the last 10 times i installed ubuntu (not just to me but to other friends) it used /dev/...

I installed ubuntu with the installing script. I made the partitions myself with cfdisk before executing the ubuntu installer, because i normally first install windows xp and THEN ubuntu otherwise i will have to re-update grub manually with chroot since windows overwrite grub apparently.

I am surprised you set this post to low importance.

Im a Debian Sid user. Once the system works, if i update-grub or a new kernel, it sets the CORRECT partitions and stanza in the menu.lst file. In ubuntu it just dosen't happend making it impossible to use for an avarage user and ubuntu is meant to be for human beings.

Trust me, no normal human being would guess that they would have to edit grub and instead of hd0,0 they have to type hd0,1 nor they would guess that is /dev/sda2 and not /dev/hda1

Please let me know if you need extra info such as config files or others...