[Bug 1069178] Re: grub-install doesn't work (it says "source_dir doesn't exist")

[Phillip Susi]

Can you recall when you installed the first time what the menu first
looked like when you booted the install cd?  Was it the more plain
looking grub text menu, or the graphical syslinux menu with more
options?

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Title:
  grub-install doesn't work (it says "source_dir doesn't exist")

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  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)

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