changes UUID to non-existent on kernel upgrade 2.6.31-17

[keepitsimpleengr]

Binary package hint: update-manager

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
amd64

# apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.126.9
  Candidate: 1:0.126.9
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.126.9 0
        500 http://mirrors.us.kernel.org karmic-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.126.6 0
        500 cdrom://Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027) karmic/main Packages
        500 http://mirrors.us.kernel.org karmic/main Packages
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Expected:
Updated using update-manager (see below)
Selected the option to write the maintainer's menu.lst version.
Ubuntu to boot normally with new kernel
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Actual:
Updated using update-manager (see below)
Rebooted, ununtu failed to boot, reported disk with UUID=3ad2f993-cd06-4982-a4e0-1db8f3fc4a26 could not be found
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There is no disk with UUID=3ad2f993-cd06-4982-a4e0-1db8f3fc4a26 on system
The correct UUID is 6a98b6c0-9ccf-477b-b197-d73c4162f581 for the disk with the root on it.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Commit Log for Thu Jan 7 07:55:11 2010

Upgraded the following packages:
google-chrome-unstable (4.0.266.0-r33992) to 4.0.288.1-r35555
linux-generic (2.6.31.16.29) to 2.6.31.17.30
linux-headers-generic (2.6.31.16.29) to 2.6.31.17.30
linux-image-generic (2.6.31.16.29) to 2.6.31.17.30
linux-libc-dev (2.6.31-16.53) to 2.6.31-17.54

Installed the following packages:
linux-headers-2.6.31-17 (2.6.31-17.54)
linux-headers-2.6.31-17-generic (2.6.31-17.54)
linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic (2.6.31-17.54)

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

$ blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="30D8EF5AD8EF1CBA" LABEL="C_WINXP" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="502E5E672E5E45DE" LABEL="KISE-005.250GB.P2.NTFS" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="150.1.P1.UB.EXT3" UUID="6a98b6c0-9ccf-477b-b197-d73c4162f581" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="WIN-SWAP" UUID="045D-3460" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="D602FFF702FFDB07" LABEL="C_VISTA" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdc2: UUID="7458404f-4c17-4edd-aef1-e4a4d34215d0" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdd1: TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdd2: LABEL="500.1.P1.TEST" UUID="ed06315c-ea99-cae4-8921-45c95943258f" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sde1: TYPE="swap"
/dev/sde2: LABEL="LINUX_SCRATCH" UUID="0c7b55ec-65b9-e162-e045-c84ed9dd0a15" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdf1: LABEL="WIN_SWAP_2" UUID="C3BD-D2D8" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdf2: UUID="6A5CE632D344ED0E" LABEL="WIN_SCRATCH" TYPE="ntfs"

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Workaround:
1] Boot from CD; ubuntu live, knoppix ⋯, or similar.
2] Open terminal, logon as superuser
3] Verify UUID with blkid command
4] Mount partition with /boot
5] Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst replacing specious UUID with correct UUID
6] Shutdown and remove boot CD
6] Reboot system

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Maybe related?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/426027

[Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia)]

Sorry that the issue got unattended at the time of report. Please feel free to reopen by marking the status as "new" if you see this in current versions of update-manager.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]