https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779534 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=779534#c0 Summary: /usr/sbin/grub2-install failed with code 256 and output: source_dir doesn't exist Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: alinm.elena@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/23.0.1255.0 Safari/537.8 SUSE/23.0.1255.0 I have installed grub2 on a 12.2 system then updated to a factory... The error I get is de facto on the factory system... though it may be possible it is present on 12.2 too... [root@abbaton:/home/alin]: mkinitrd Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.0-rc4-3-desktop Initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.6.0-rc4-3-desktop Root device: UUID=2348b6ab-f8ea-486c-8556-f40036e1eae4 (/dev/sda5) (mounted on / as btrfs) Kernel Modules: thermal_sys thermal processor fan ata_generic scsi_dh scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh_rdac libcrc32c zlib_deflate btrfs xhci-hcd hid-logitech-dj crc32c-intel Features: acpi plymouth block usb btrfs resume.userspace resume.kernel Perl-Bootloader: 2012-09-10 12:51:09 ERROR: Command '/usr/sbin/grub2-install --force --skip-fs-probe /dev/sda3 >/var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader 2>&1' failed with code 256 and output: source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory There was an error generating the initrd (1) [root@abbaton:/home/alin]: zypper se -is grub2 Retrieving repository 'localRPMs' metadata .............................................................................................................[done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+-------------------------+---------+----------------------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------- i | grub2 | package | 2.00-7.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-12.3-1.9 i | grub2-branding-openSUSE | package | 12.2-136.1 | noarch | home:rwooninck:UNSTABLE_KDE4 (KDE_Qt48_openSUSE_Factory) i | grub2-efi | package | 2.00-7.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-12.3-1.9 i | kcm-grub2 | package | 0.5.60git.1343231658-111.1 | x86_64 | home:rwooninck:UNSTABLE_KDE4:Playground (home_rwooninck_UNSTABLE_KDE4_Qt48) [root@abbaton:/home/alin]: zypper se -is mkinitrd Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+------------------+---------+-------------+--------+------------------ i | mkinitrd | package | 2.7.1-1.5 | x86_64 | openSUSE-12.3-1.9 i | splashy-mkinitrd | package | 0.3.13-37.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-12.3-1.9 I have installed grub2-efi later but the error was present before too... Alin Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.