[Bug 384633] Re: Grub Installer uses device name instead of UUID, leading to unbootable system

[donlassini]

I installed 12.10 on a totally blank computer with a new media and had the same problem.
It has a CF slot, hence I'm installing 12.10 on the CF card from a USB key.
At first reboot after installation, i get the same problem, namely 
This is the case no matter if the usb key is inserted or not.

Using snippets from http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2011/09/09/how-to-
fix-grub-rescue-prompt-without-live-cd-for-grub2/ I am trying to at
least boot once and get into a proper shell, and not just "grub rescue",
but that's in vain.

I tried
>ls
(hd0) (hd0,msdos1)
>set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub
>insmod (hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub/linux.mod
error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'.

*sigh*
I've always hated grub2.

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Title:
  Grub Installer uses device name instead of UUID, leading to unbootable
  system

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  After completing a fresh install, the grub.cfg on the target system
  uses the device name as the root= kernel parameter instead of the
  UUID, causing the system to fail to boot if the devices are enumerated
  differently.  Running update-grub on the target system regenerates the
  config file correctly using the UUID.

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