Public bug reported:
When I run:
sudo grub-install /dev/sda
I get:
source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory
and even setting the directory doesn't work:
sudo grub-install --directory=/boot/ /dev/sda
/usr/sbin/grub-install: 357: .: Can't open /boot//modinfo.sh
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: grub2-common 2.00-7ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 20 21:53:07 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity
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grub-install doesn't work (it says "source_dir doesn't exist")
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