This is not a Xen-only issue as qemu-kvm is also affected. My current work-around is to use OpsCode Chef to detect if grub1 in installed and replace /usr/sbin/update-grub with a working version.
* QEMU guest environment: $ lsb_release -sd Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS $ uname -srv Linux 2.6.38-11-server #50~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13 22:10:53 UTC 2011 $ cat /boot/grub/device.map (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/vda $ dpkg -l | awk '/grub/ {print $2 " " $3}' grub 0.97-29ubuntu60.10.04.1 grub-common 1.98-1ubuntu12 * Before replacing /usr/sbin/grub-update $ sudo update-grub ... Ignoring Xen kernel on non-Xen host: vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-server ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692691 Title: update-grub thinks my kernel is a xen one To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/692691/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs