adding new hard drive and then beta

[ray field]

I started with new installs with 9.10 after upgrading every 6 months in place from 6.06. Upgrades always seemed to have some issue so they were not the end all best way.

But I found with clean installs I was doing the same thing over & over. I configured my Laptop to be similar to my Desktop and was doing it all twice. So then I decided to try to do as much as I could from command line, listed history & copied commands into a bash file. After some edits I had a personalized install routine.

this is very wise & I think is going to be how I do things going forward. by the time Precise goes gold I should be up to speed & will have an install routine ready for the netbook -- which really *needs* something like Unity, since right now too much screen real estate is taken up with menus and launchers.

I installed fall-back and find it close enough to the old style gnome2. I also so not remember names, believe if using keyboard I should do everything there, or if using mouse should be able to only use mouse. I do not like having to type in a file name to launch a program when using mouse.

I have not tried this yet in 12.04 as I keep trying to learn a bit about Unity. But will install it soon in my test version.

I think the key to not hating Unity is waiting till it got out of alpha. certainly if Compiz is as thoroughly integrated as it seems to be from my first impression, it should be fine. in fact it is starting to look to me like a sort of inevitable evolution rather than some crazed notion of Shuttleworth's.

thanks to all for the guidance (handholding).

[ray field]

okay, I've been playing around with Precise and doing a little tweaking.

however, though Update Manager has installed another kernel

/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae

it doesn't come up on the grub menu on reboot -- only 3.2.0-19 is there (maybe .17 sometimes as well). I'm pretty sure I set Grub to boot from the first hard disk since it was more important for me to work on the Lucid side. I tried to run update-grub from there, and it seemed to be aware of the kernel on /dev/sdb but didn't seem willing to add 3.2.0-20.

how can I make sure grub updates the grub menu I use all the time, the one on /dev/hda, or am I missing something? searching I came across this from good old Fred:

Grub can be nasty on which MBR it installs. It wants to install to sda or the boot drive. They are updating and it seems to change.

to get grub to remember where to reinstall on updates:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc

however when I tried to run this in a terminal, I got

/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: grub-pc is broken or not fully installed

and when I tried to install grub-pc through synaptic, I got

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  casper kde-l10n-de libdiscover2 kde-l10n-engb squashfs-tools xresprobe
  discover user-setup kde-l10n-zhcn liblzo2-2 discover-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  grub-gfxpayload-lists grub2-common
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  grub remastersys
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  grub-gfxpayload-lists grub-pc grub2-common

which seems a little drastic to me, especially since I plan on using remastersys.

[jmore9]

As far as master / slave on my machine i have to go into the bios and select which sata drive is to be booted from. Otherwise nothing will happen as far that. It will go back to the pata drive controller and look there.

[ray field]

drive booting is fine, no concern there.

what's baffling me is why my grub menu won't show the latest installed kernel.

here is the result of running update-grub under Precise:

Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic-pae
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae
Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

here is /boot/grub/menu.lst from the Precise disk

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
##      indomU=true
##      indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-20-generic-pae
uuid		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro quiet splash 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-20-generic-pae

title		Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-20-generic-pae (recovery mode)
uuid		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-20-generic-pae

title		Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-19-generic-pae
uuid		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro quiet splash 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-19-generic-pae

title		Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-19-generic-pae (recovery mode)
uuid		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-19-generic-pae

title		Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-17-generic-pae
uuid		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro quiet splash 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-17-generic-pae

title		Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-17-generic-pae (recovery mode)
uuid		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-17-generic-pae

title		Chainload into GRUB 2
root		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/grub/core.img

title		Ubuntu precise (development branch), memtest86+
uuid		45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

here is the Lucid /boot.grub/grub.cfg

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-13-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-13-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-13-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-13-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.38-13-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-13-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-13-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-12-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-12-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-12-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-12-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.38-12-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-12-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-12-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-11-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-11-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-40-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-40-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-40-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-40-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-40-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-40-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-40-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-39-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-39-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-39-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-39-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-39-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-39-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-38-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-38-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-38-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-38-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-38-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-37-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-37-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-37-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-37-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-37-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-37-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-37-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-36-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-36-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-36-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-36-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-36-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-36-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-36-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-35-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-35-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-35-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-35-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-35-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-35-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-34-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-34-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-34-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-34-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-generic-pae root=UUID=c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-34-generic-pae
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,6)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c9b2fa81-cb35-4f66-92bc-73de7c949bc7
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 367C57DA7C579409
	drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
	chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-20-generic-pae (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro quiet splash
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-20-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-20-generic-pae (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro single
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-20-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-19-generic-pae (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro quiet splash
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-19-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-19-generic-pae (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro single
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-19-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-17-generic-pae (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro quiet splash
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-17-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-17-generic-pae (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be ro single
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-17-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Chainload into GRUB 2 (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/grub/core.img 
}
menuentry "Ubuntu precise (development branch), memtest86+ (on /dev/sdb1)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 45732781-962e-4e76-9cc8-9aabe50be5be
	linux /boot/memtest86+.bin 
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

yet the startup grub menu NEVER shows 3.2.0-20-generic-pae, instead it shows vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic-pae as the very first & highlighted selection.

[oldfred]

You are showing both grub legacy & grub2. A sudo update-grub only updates one or the other not both. Best to uninstall both and cleaning install the one you want. I suggest keeping grub2.

You can skip the chroot steps but make sure you have Internet working as you need to redown load the grub2 packages.

chroot & grub uninstall & reinstall -drs305
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099

[ray field]

that fixed it. thanks, Fred, you are heaven-sent.