[Bug 222421] Re: initrd not configured in menu.lst after upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04

[Steve Langasek]

This bug was rediscovered recently as bug #959700 and should now be
fixed in 12.04.

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Released

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Title:
  initrd not configured in menu.lst after upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 to
  8.04

Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  Ubuntu 8.04, i386, alternate install CD.

  I upgraded from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04. I used alternate CD, I upgraded
  from working 7.10 that was up and running. I inserted CD with 8.04 and
  upgrade was offered to me and I accepted it. Upgrade took long time
  but after several hours system was finally upgraded. After reboot I
  saw updated grub menu and when I selected default option, I met kernel
  panic after several seconds.

  After investigation I found that initrd line was missing in
  /boot/grub/menu.lst in new records for 8.04

  state of menu.lst after upgrade, notice missing initrd line in
  2.6.24-16-generic records:

  title           Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
  root            (hd0,5)
  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=1976de10-e52e-4bdf-bab4-fc2a5b948825 ro quiet splash
  quiet
  savedefault

  title           Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
  root            (hd0,5)
  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=1976de10-e52e-4bdf-bab4-fc2a5b948825 ro single

  title           Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
  root            (hd0,5)
  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=1976de10-e52e-4bdf-bab4-fc2a5b948825 ro quiet splash
  initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
  quiet
  savedefault

  title           Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
  root            (hd0,5)
  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=1976de10-e52e-4bdf-bab4-fc2a5b948825 ro single
  initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

  title           Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
  root            (hd0,5)
  kernel          /boot/memtest86+.bin
  quiet

  I added line with initrd and problem is fixed. An example:

  title           Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
  root            (hd0,5)
  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=1976de10-e52e-4bdf-bab4-fc2a5b948825 ro quiet splash
  initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
  quiet
  savedefault

  This is a critical bug for new Linux users they cannot recover from my
  point of view... I am not sure if this bug is in grub package or in
  other package.

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