Public bug reported: Binary package hint: os-prober
OS prober insists on identifying one of my installations by /dev/sdXY notation, even though it's told to use UUIDs. All the rest of them are correctly identified by UUID. Here is the grub.cfg file. # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then saved_entry=${chosen} save_env saved_entry fi } function recordfail { set recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=en insmod gettext if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.34-020634rc5-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-020634rc5-generic root=UUID=d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-020634rc5-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.34-020634rc5-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.34-020634rc5-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-020634rc5-generic root=UUID=d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-020634rc5-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d458c1cf-f605-477d-84de-305d54731aee linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 root=UUID=675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 root=UUID=675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686 } menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-686 root=UUID=675f6d2c-0119-4eac-81c8-e8e00fd8598b ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-686 } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (on /dev/sda3)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,3)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9b5b6654-a0a0-4a62-bd59-a6b61e3d7197 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=9b5b6654-a0a0-4a62-bd59-a6b61e3d7197 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda3)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,3)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9b5b6654-a0a0-4a62-bd59-a6b61e3d7197 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=9b5b6654-a0a0-4a62-bd59-a6b61e3d7197 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS (8.04) (on /dev/sdc6)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,6)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2dd04c68-6a98-456d-b7fc-fb4255ac090c linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-27-generic root=/dev/sdc6 <<-- *This is the culprit. initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-27-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. menuentry "Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS (8.04) (manual)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,6)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2dd04c68-6a98-456d-b7fc-fb4255ac090c linux /vmlinuz root=UUID=2dd04c68-6a98-456d-b7fc-fb4255ac090c ro quiet splash <<--this is my workaround initrd /initrd.img } ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: os-prober 1.38 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Apr 28 08:49:54 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_NZ.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: os-prober ** Affects: os-prober (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid -- OS prober chooses /dev/sdX notation when UUIDs requested https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570947 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs