Bug#423268: grub-pc: system unbootable when /boot and separate partion, doesnt detect other installed OSes.

[Otavio Salvador]

Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> writes:

> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:06:12AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> writes:
>> 
>> >> > After upgrading to the newer version of Grub2, postinst runs update-grub which
>> >> > uses hooks in /etc/grub.d/. If /boot is mounted on separate partition the
>> >> > grub.cfg still retains /boot/vmlinuz-* as the location for the kernel and
>> >> > similarly for initrd. This renders the system unbootable.
>> >> 
>> >> This bug has already been fixed on development version.
>> >
>> > Are you sure?  I don't see any updates in SVN or CVS that indicate this is
>> > fixed.
>> 
>> I said that since you said you have spoted it out. That's why.
>
> I spotted it, but since it's not trivial I left it for later.  Sorry :-)

Can you explain what you've found?

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