eduardo,
On February 18, 2026 5:29:11 PM CST, Eduardo Mercovich <[email protected]>
wrote:
...
>> Things you can check....
>> - When at the grub prompt move over the debian line and press 'e' to sanity
>> check the generated grub entry. [...]
>
>OK, this made it work, we are almost there!!! :)
>
>The "e" over the debian entry shows that the UUID string is cut by a space in
>the middle in what grub was understanding and about to use as parameter.
>Deleting that space made debian boot. :)
I am glad to hear that it is working.
>What is strange is that there is no space in the configuration file!
>The entry says (+1 line before and after):
>
>--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (linux "/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-27-amd64")
> (linux-arguments '("root=UUID=6fe52b2e-dd43-4a9b-b5e9-4c05fdc5975f
> ro quiet"))
> (initrd "/boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-27-amd64"))
>--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>So, what could be changing this UUID line
>(6fe52b2e-dd43-4a9b-b5e9-4c05fdc5975f) into 2 parts?
My guess is that it is an unprintable character in the file at the point of the
break. But I am biased since that scenario has bitten my multiple times.
- If you want to confirm you can run 'od -a config.scm | less' and see if
there is a special character at the break point.
- If you just want to try to get it to work and it is an unprintable
character. In an editor put your cursor on the character after the break, back
space until you delete the character before the break, and then retype them.
Cheers,
W
