In the manual, it says, if you want to install GRUB you type "grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda". I only got it working when I typed "grub-install /dev/hda", WITHOUT the "--root-directory"-parameter. I suppose "grub-install --root-directory=/ /dev/hda" would work too, but I haven't tested. It seems that the root directory is the root of linux, NOT of GRUB. I am not certain, linux newbie, but this is how I got it working. If you do as said in the manual, it creates another boot directory in boot, so grub is installed in /boot/boot/grub, which is not what we want, probably. Hopefully it's helpful. :) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda 2. GRUB is now installed into /boot/boot/grub, which is wrong. Actual Results: GRUB is now installed into /boot/boot/grub, which is wrong. Expected Results: Install into /boot/grub None.
Inside grub-install, "--root-directory" is stored in ${rootdir}. The ${bootdir} is then defined as "${rootdir}/boot" and ${grubdir} is "${bootdir}/grub". Then, later on, the ${grubdir_device} is found from ${grubdir} using the find_device function, which uses df(1) which should be okay given the fact that we've copied the /proc/mounts over. So yes, it's indeed not needed. In case you're wondering why I put this in here, it's because I'll probably forget otherwise and now I have something to return to :)
Good. Makes me kind of proud I found a bug, don't know why.. :D Glad to help. :) Regards
