Public bug reported: I have an external drive which I am booting from. when running grub-install after update-grub, it fails. $ sudo grub-install /dev/sdb source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory
$ mount /dev/sdb6 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) ... As a rusult of this, there is no option to boot from the newest installed kernels at the grub boot menu. It must be possible to hand edit something, but grub-install is supposed to work. I don't mind repeating information that has been provided on the forum already. If anyone wants to look there though: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2200335&page=4&p=12911643#post12911643 also: http://askubuntu.com/questions/408076/update-grub-doesnt-help-boot-new-kernels-on-external-drive package: grub2-common: /usr/sbin/grub-install 1.) $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.10 Release: 13.10 2.) $ apt-cache policy grub2-common grub2-common: Installed: 2.00-19ubuntu2.1 Candidate: 2.00-19ubuntu2.1 Version table: *** 2.00-19ubuntu2.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.00-19ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 3.) I expected to be able to install the new boot options found by update-grub 4.) instead I received an error: source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory This is a security vulnerability to the extent that there is a security vulnerability driving the update to newer kernels, and this impedes the use of the new and improved kernels. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1273054 Title: grub-install fails when using external drive /dev/sdb To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1273054/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
