Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.17-6-686
with the update from kernel-image-2.6.17-5 to -6, the grub config has obviously changed. menu.lst now misses the root=/dev/sdaX parameter does is needed at least on my system (SataI, more details below) to make the kernel know where he finds the root partition. Result: grub is booting the kernel, then nothing happens since the kernel is searching for the root partition. Since the parameters for the -5 kernel are also replaced with this new paramters, the system is unbootable (doh). This is menu.lst before: title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-5-686 root (hd0,7) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-5-686 root=/dev/sda8 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-5-686 quiet savedefault boot and after the latest update: title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-6-686 root (hd0,7) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-6-686 root=UUID=xxxx6943-4775-4afd-837d-xxxxa96fea8f ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-6-686 boot (I changed the UUID numbers a little bit, dunno if they need to be kept a secret :-) Here are my system specs: Motherboard is a ASRock DualSATAII, drive is a SATA-I drive. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cwolf# lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1695 K8 Northbridge [PCI Express and HyperTransport] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [40] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface Capabilities: [5c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Capabilities: [68] HyperTransport: UnitID Clumping Capabilities: [74] HyperTransport: Interrupt Discovery and Configuration Capabilities: [7c] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI Express Root Port (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: f4700000-fe7fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: c7f00000-d7efffff Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+ Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0 Capabilities: [7c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Capabilities: [88] HyperTransport: Revision ID: 1.05 00:02.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI Express Root Port (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: fe800000-fe8fffff Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+ Capabilities: [58] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0 Capabilities: [7c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Capabilities: [88] HyperTransport: Revision ID: 1.05 00:04.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1689 K8 Northbridge [Super K8 Single Chip] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [40] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Interrupt Discovery and Configuration Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation AGP8X Controller (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64 Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff 00:06.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation M5249 HTT to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=32 Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1563 HyperTransport South Bridge (rev 70) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 1563 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:07.1 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 7101 Flags: medium devsel 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 20) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 0850 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 74 I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Memory at febff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: ALi Corporation M5263 Ethernet Controller (rev 40) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 5263 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 58 I/O ports at e400 [size=256] Memory at febfec00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 00:12.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c7) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 5229 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 209 I/O ports at ff00 [size=16] 00:12.1 IDE interface: ALi Corporation ULi 5289 SATA (rev 10) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 5289 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 209 I/O ports at ec00 [size=8] I/O ports at e080 [size=4] I/O ports at e000 [size=8] I/O ports at dc00 [size=4] I/O ports at d880 [size=16] 00:13.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 5237 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 225 Memory at febfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 00:13.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 5237 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 233 Memory at febfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 00:13.2 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 5237 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 50 Memory at febfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 00:13.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 5239 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 217 Memory at febfe800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] Debug port 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Flags: fast devsel 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Flags: fast devsel 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Flags: fast devsel 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 3125 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 66 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] Memory at c8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at fd000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Expansion ROM at fe7e0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint IRQ 0 04:06.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01) Subsystem: Unknown device 1948:3c01 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 233 Memory at feafe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 ** Affects: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed ** Tags added: edgy -- grub kernel parameter missing the path to root partition https://launchpad.net/bugs/57881 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs