This problem goes back to grub1, and grub 2 did not fix it entirely. UUIDs helped, but they are not used for every disk reference. I use the normal desktop gui install, from a 2G "live" usb, to a 4G usb target on a standard Windows laptop, The created grub.cfg still has wrong device references for things like root=(hd2 instead of hd1 even though the UUID is used on the kernel line -- so it does not boot. At the first target reboot after installation, I edit the boot command to reduce the hd2 to hd1, and after successful boot, run update-grub to get the whole grub.cfg fixed. UUIDs are NOT used 100% of the time, Within the last 24 hrs, a Maverick install from a Maverick created live usb to a 4G pqi "smart" stick created fstab with /dev/sdc as /. (how can this even boot?) The grub.cfg file had the hd2 to hd1 edit to boot, and the kernel line did have the UUID. My first Maverick install was from a Lucid created live usb to a 4G hp (older) stick, and had to do the F6 ... text install. This created an fstab with a UUID, but the grub.cfg had /sdc on the kernel line, as well as the usual wrong hd2 references. Maybe this install was an odd ball given the manual intervention necessary to get the install to work. The cause is obvious, grub2 writes its first install configuration with all the devices, including the install media, which is not going to be present at the first reboot. hd0 is windows on the hard disk, hd1 is the usb install media, and hd2 is the target. Remove the install media, and hd0 is still windows, but hd2 does not exist, since the target is now hd1. I haven't been saving bad grob.cfg files for awhile, but I could do another install and grab one. As I recall, there were comments about the devices that were also referring to the sdc device for the linux boot paragraphs.
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