At above URL, issuing the command as per the docs: grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda Will result in grub being installed in /boot/boot/grub. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Change the amd64 documentation, --root-directory=/boot should be --root-directory=/ Actual Results: It worked. Expected Results: Install grub into /boot, not /boot.
/boot/boot should be a symlink to /boot, so /boot/boot/grub = /boot/grub. grub cannot determine mount points, so the --root-directory=/boot is necessary for people who have /boot on a seperate partition - otherwise grub would look on the wrong partition for the image files. the symlink keeps things simple. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html#q11
The command is correct
Didn't mean to just put "works" :) The command doesn't hurt as per Ryan's comment. For people with separate boot partitions it is vital, but for others it's just redundant.
