[Bug 1565226] Re: update-grub overenthusiastically places root=UUID=XXX (xenial)

Steve Langasek steve.langasek at canonical.com
Sat Apr 2 09:05:06 UTC 2016


Your bug report indicates that you are using the grub1 package, which
has not been supported for new installs since before 14.04.  Please
upgrade to grub2 by installing the grub-pc package, and if you still
experience problems, file a bug against that package.

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  update-grub overenthusiastically places root=UUID=XXX (xenial)

Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  The xenial initramfs will not mount the root partition using the
  UUID=XXX format when the root drive is mapped (e.g., through a LVM).

  update-grub builds its menu.lst file with kernel command line parameters for root= as, e.g.,
  kernel          /vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic root=UUID=2dddd69e-e70b-45c2-a262-abcdabcdabcdabcd ro quiet splash 

  Solution is to change UUID to /dev/mapper format, e.g.,
  kernel          /vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic root=/dev/mapper/mylvm-root ro quiet splash 
  by changing the kopt line in /boot/grub/menu.lst and re-running update-grub.

  Note: tested with /etc/fstsab using /dev/mapper/ mount points.

  (Upgraded from wily -> xenial.)

  Description:    Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
  Release:        16.04
  Linux X200s 4.4.0-16-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 24 22:38:01 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  Package: initramfs-tools
  Version: 0.122ubuntu6

  Package: grub
  Version: 0.97-29ubuntu68

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: grub 0.97-29ubuntu68
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sat Apr  2 00:48:58 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-16 (595 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  SourcePackage: grub
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-01 (1 days ago)

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