[Bug 628536] Re: grub fails to display important error messages (eg "the initrd is too big") when booting from the menu

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[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  grub fails to display important error messages (eg "the initrd is too
  big") when booting from the menu

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  After installing Ubuntu, I got the dreaded "Kernel Panic - not
  syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0)" message.
  I spent a long time trying to figure out what was wrong to no avail
  until I tried manually entering all of the boot commands at the grub
  command line.  At that point, I got an error message saying "The
  initrd is too big" which enabled me to solve the problem.  It would
  have saved a lot of time if grub had just printed the "The initrd is
  too big" error message when it was booting from the menu instead of
  silently ignoring it.

  Ubuntu release: 10.04.1
  grub version: 0.97-29ubuntu60

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