[Bug 495123] Re: grub-probe: error: not a directory

[Pete Misik]

Fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.2 and ran a sudo apt-get update.  
Grub2 failed to install.  Keeps pointing to a directory.

My lsblk:
[pete at pete-Latitude-E6420 ~]$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 931.5G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   350M  0 part 
├─sda2   8:2    0 635.1G  0 part 
├─sda3   8:3    0     1K  0 part 
├─sda5   8:5    0 512.1M  0 part /boot
├─sda6   8:6    0    16G  0 part [SWAP]
├─sda7   8:7    0  20.5G  0 part /
└─sda8   8:8    0 259.1G  0 part /home

Computer is a Latitude e6420:
Core i5 Sandy bridge
8GB Ram
1TB spinning drive

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Title:
  grub-probe: error: not a directory

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  I just updated packages using Synaptic, nothing special...

  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Dec 10 17:55:05 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic 2.6.31-16.53
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.52-generic
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic 2.6.31-16.53 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64

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