grub can't find the right location for kernel at boot time

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Stuart Jansen wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 22:49 -0600, info wrote:
>   
>> Byron Clark wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:24:50PM -0600, Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> ## default grub root device
>>>> ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
>>>> # groot=(hd2,0)
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> You'll want to change this line to read:
>>> # groot=(hd0,0)
>>>
>>> Then run update-grub.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I think you need to remove the # from the line so that update-grub 
>> recognizes it as a command that it needs to process.
>>
>> groot=(hd0,0)
>>     
>
> No, update-grub is a custom Debian tool independent of grub. It is
> "overloading" the config file with its own settings hidden from grub as
> comments.
>
>   
ah... Sorry....  (Slowly slinks away...)

:-)