I found the original grub.cfg file from a USB hard disk install. It does use UUIDs on the linux line, just the hdx references are wrong. This probably would have booted Maverick successfully, but maybe not Windows, which does the search with UUID, but used the bad hd1 for the drvemap. The fstab file also used UUID for the root and swap, just having the "leftover" comments about the devices being on /dev/sdcx at install (comments which no longer appear in the grub.cfg file). grub.cfg from a maverick created 2G USB installer to a USB hard disk target -- only hx? references are wrong but may still boot linux.but probably not Windows: # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub #
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then set have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0" if [ "${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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } function load_video { insmod vbe insmod vga } insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 load_video insmod gfxterm fi terminal_output gfxterm insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 set locale_dir=($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 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 158ce293-1d71-4883-b2e9-8a0d5dfc0170 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sdb1)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='(hd1,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 637d775958635993 drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} chainloader +1 } menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (on /dev/sdb2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod fat set root='(hd1,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ec6-2e70 drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} chainloader +1 } menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (on /dev/sdb3)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='(hd1,msdos3)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 60d45d0ed45ce834 drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} chainloader +1 } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (on /dev/sdc2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdc2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (on /dev/sdc2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdc2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (on /dev/sdc2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdc2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd2,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d3a61730-532b-4d7d-a87a-df9ce2b1f325 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-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. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### -- Grub Installer gets devices wrong when running from live USB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384633 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