[Bug 902719] [NEW] Invalid menu.lst file was created

[LukeKendall]

Public bug reported:

Over Sun 4th - Wed 7th I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04.  I chose
the option "use the package-provider's menu.lst".  It created a menu.lst
that could not boot.  The problem was that it consistently used invalid
syntax for each "root" stanza, e.g.:

title           Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-36-generic-pae
root            /dev/sda6
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-36-generic-pae root=/dev/sda6 quiet
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-36-generic-pae
quiet

By editing the grub commandline from inside grub, to provide instead
root            (hd0,5)
the system booted.

Later, when I edited menu.lst to correct the problem permanently, I
found that every root line for each kernel used the Linux device name
instead of the grub device syntax.

Sorry, I can't easily provide details (lsb_release -rd and update-manager versions) on the 9.10 system as I'm not running it anymore.
(If it's important to know, let me know, and I'll see if I can boot it up - I saved a copy of / onto another partition before doing the system upgrade.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-36.79-generic-pae 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-36-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 11 17:36:01 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 LC_COLLATE=C
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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Title:
  Invalid menu.lst file was created

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Over Sun 4th - Wed 7th I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04.  I chose
  the option "use the package-provider's menu.lst".  It created a
  menu.lst that could not boot.  The problem was that it consistently
  used invalid syntax for each "root" stanza, e.g.:

  title           Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-36-generic-pae
  root            /dev/sda6
  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-36-generic-pae root=/dev/sda6 quiet
  initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-36-generic-pae
  quiet

  By editing the grub commandline from inside grub, to provide instead
  root            (hd0,5)
  the system booted.

  Later, when I edited menu.lst to correct the problem permanently, I
  found that every root line for each kernel used the Linux device name
  instead of the grub device syntax.

  Sorry, I can't easily provide details (lsb_release -rd and update-manager versions) on the 9.10 system as I'm not running it anymore.
  (If it's important to know, let me know, and I'll see if I can boot it up - I saved a copy of / onto another partition before doing the system upgrade.)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-36.79-generic-pae 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-36-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Dec 11 17:36:01 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   LC_COLLATE=C
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager

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