update manager refuses to upgrade kernel to newer version

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:00:35 +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote:
>hi,
>Am Freitag, den 12.02.2016, 17:21 +0100 schrieb Tom H:
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Ralf Mardorf
>> <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:  
>> >
>> > A workaround is described here:
>> >
>> > http://edoceo.com/notabene/grub-probe-error-cannot-find-device-for-root  
>> 
>> Warning! The script on this page assumes that "/" is an extX
>> filesystem on "/dev/sda1".
>>   
>yeah, that has potential to just destroy the thin client server
>altogether :) 
>also i'm not so sure i would recommend to just curl some random
>grub-probe.sh script from the internet to
>replace /usr/sbin/grub-probe ;)

It describes a valid workaround, to replace the bin by a script. Users
running in such a chroot issue usually aren't complete novices, so
unlikely will download something with root privileges to /usr/sbin/ and
similar locations. Not all users are intellectually disabled. You might
notice that I first recommended to purge GRUB2 completely, long time
before you mentioned it. However, for some users the workaround to
replace the bin by a script could be helpful. Just because you hate me,
don't discourage users to care about useful workarounds, just because I
posted the link. That's childish.