Grub install broken after kernel update

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 14:56 -0700, Guy Fraser wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-15-02 at 00:31 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > > All I did was add a drive, and grub would not work any more.
> > > Saying grub has nothing to do with it is complete BULL SHIT.
> > 
> > i said it might not be related. 
> > 
> 
> Actually you said :
> <QUOTE>
> > 
> > grub has no reliability concerns really. your problem may not been
> > even related to it. if you think its a grub bug then file a bug
> > report.
> </QUOTE>
> 
> Since it is difficult to figure out exactly what you were trying 
> to say, I could only guess that the message appeared to say grub is 
> not the problem.
> 
> > 
> > > The sheer volume of people that are having problems with
> > > grub, should be an indicator that it is not making life
> > > easier for the Fedora community.
> > 
> > i dont agree with this
> > 
> 
> Whether you agree or not, many people are having trouble with 
> the way grub handles drive assignments, and is one of the 
> main reasons for attrition from FC. 
> 
Please provide facts/numbers/statistics before you make such a blanket
statement.  Many people are having trouble, they do not understand
labels-vs-device names but they are hardly the majority of users and I
would wager a very small minority.  To say it is one of the main reasons
for attrition from FC does require a few facts in support.

> > > Rahul : If you don't have something that can help me, then
> > > do not respond. I have probably been using Linux longer than
> > > you, until grub and SATA drives came out I never had problems
> > > I could not fix. If you are a Red Hat developer then, I
> > > certainly hope the other developers are reading your idiotic
> > > remarks and have you removed.
> > 
> > name calling wont help you. if I get removed for suggesting you file
> > bug reports against grub instead of ranting here then that would be
> > very ironic
> > 
> 
> Did I hurt your feelings?
> I'm so sorry.
> 
Guy,

That is hardly the way to provide good will or encourage people in the
community to _want_ to provide aid.  Have you not heard the phrase "You
catch more files with sugar than with vinegar??

> There are dozens of bug reports, for exactly the same problem, none 
> of them have answers, and many appeared to have been closed.
> 
> I booted off the rescue disk, then shuffled around my data so I 
> could boot off a PATA drive, then reinstalled onto that drive.
> 
> I can now run FC3 again, and will not attempt to install onto a SATA 
> drive again until I hear a bunch of success stories. Grub doesn't 
> seem to be able to handle a mixture of drive types, and until it 
> can there should be an alternate boot loader.
> 
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> > Rahul Sundaram
> 
> Guy Fraser
> 
>