doesnt write correct uuid
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grub2 (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: grub2
karmic koala amd64 , grub2 wrote incorrect uuid for my boot drive , also even though the installer reported finding 2 of my three other installs it only added karmic to the menu.lst . note the box has 6 drives , 4 with different installs 2 data only , 3 installs are ubuntu (hardy ,jaunty ,karmic ) 1 is open suse , each is on a seperate drive (not partition) , suse is the install not found by the grub2 installer , all installs were in the grub menu.lst that the installer replaced . I was able to recover my karmic install by copying the correct uuid from a backup to the menu.lst written by grub2 using a live cd.after correcting the uuid grub2 will boot both by chainloading and by selecting a kernel from the menu (corrected uuid there also).
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 8 21:51:55 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: grub2 1.96+20090523-
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: grub2
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-8-generic x86_64
the incorrect uuid that grub2 wrote came from my jaunty install on the 1st bootable (sdb) drive on my system , I installed grub2 from my karmic install which is on the 3rd bootable drive on my sys (sdd) . I believe what is happening is that grub2 is picking up the first bootable drives uuid rather than the drive it was installed from , even though it installs its menu.lst on the correct drive (the one you installed from ) .