Jim Cromie wrote:
IOW - its not even seeing /dev/sda, so autocompletes right past that choice.
ANY IDEA WHY ?
solved writing to someone else almost always helps - even iff you dont send, ie wait long enough..
I just added '(hd1) /dev/sda' to /boot/grub/device.map, now it shows up on the grub-console, testing actual boot next.