No, this is not a bug. Device names are assigned by the kernel in the order they are detected in, which can change from boot to boot. It looks like there was some discussion about adding uuid support to grub to be able to deal with this, which has been done in grub2.
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Invalid -- S-ATA Hard drives swapped https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225175 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