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

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
> 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?

Just wandering, but could it be that, with all these multiple
re-installations, not all of your systems use the same custom /boot
partition?

L.

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