grub sees 2 out of 3 systems...lucky me

[Robert Holtzman]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Goh Lip wrote:

> Bob, the syslinks, vmlinuz and initrd.img are indeed in '/' and are
> linked from the kernel in /boot. But /vmlinuz-2.6.28-18-generic
>  and /initrd.img-2.6.28-18-generic *are* the kernel and initrd and they
> are in /boot. So the UUID should be referring to /boot. Try amending the
> UUID to /boot and see if it works.

Please don't take this as me being argumentative but, to me, 
understanding why is as important as getting 9.04 to boot.

I can't dispute what you say and will try it in a day or so  when I get
some time and report back. Having said that, there are a couple of 
things I can't get through my head. First, given the existence of the 
links in /, why would it be necessary to point to /boot? I know that's
where the kernel and initrd are but the links should lead you there. 
Second, since both 8.04 (on the desktop and also the laptop) and Debian
have no problem booting from / thru the links to the files in /boot,
what's different about this 9.04 installation?

Many thanks for the great patience you have shown.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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