I cannot reproduce this. On a reasonably current installation, this updates grub just fine. But I do have a /boot/grub/ directory; can you check (in the root shell) whether that exists for you?
** Tags removed: systemd-boot ** Changed in: friendly-recovery (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1438862 Title: Using grub in Recovery Menu fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1438862/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs