Comment 18 for bug 376879

Colin Watson wrote:
> grub2 was released in jaunty for testing only...

The instructions for upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 warns that there are problems with some systems when identifying the root partition via UUID. The instructions imply that although this impacts both grub legacy and grub2, the workaround appears far cleaner in grub2. Therefore it is a logical preparation step for a 9.10 upgrade to start by first upgrading to grub2, then applying the setting not to use UUID, and confirming that all works before doing the dist upgrade.

Given this, I was surprised when I found this known bug to still be present in 9.04. Fortunately I had already read about the workaround in these grub2 upgrade guides:
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-grub-2-on-ubuntu-9.04
http://www.ubuntu-inside.me/2009/06/howto-upgrade-to-grub2-on-ubuntu-jaunty.html

So I'll add another vote for getting this resolved on 9.04.