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FS#38731 - GRUB2 uses wrong UUID for grub.cfg by default

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Kai Wienberg (kaiomatico) - Thursday, 30 January 2014, 18:17 GMT
Last edited by Ronald van Haren (pressh) - Thursday, 06 February 2014, 15:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Architecture i686
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I tried installing a fresh arch i686 on my acer c720 chromebook. Used dos partition table with only one root partition. Installing grub 1:2.02.beta2-1 and running grub-install /dev/sda uses some UUID which is not the one from /dev/sda1. After a reboot to the newly installed system booting of course fails (could not find linux-image etc...)

Workaround: Uncomment #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID="true" from /etc/default/grub and run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Note: I have not labeled my root partition, I assumed and also expected that grub uses the root=/dev/sda1 convention by default scince it's said to be faster anyway
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Closed by  Ronald van Haren (pressh)
Thursday, 06 February 2014, 15:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  User did not create config file as instructed by install message/wiki
Comment by Ronald van Haren (pressh) - Thursday, 06 February 2014, 15:31 GMT
Read the install message, it states that you need to create a config file (and gives you a hint how to do so automatically). Also the wiki states so, and so does the install guide I suspect.

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