Actually, there was a little mistake in the last comment. The automagic section is written at install time, and it contained the hda1 part, so that is why every new kernel release uses it. My mistake...
Still, the install-time problem is a bug, and it should be fixed. -- IDE Drive is Listed as SATA with Feisty Live CD and install causes GRUB to be improperly configured (Error 15 on boot) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107798 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs