[Bug 913554] [NEW] Directories are identified as files

[Florian R,]

Public bug reported:

After newly installing Kubuntu 11.10 to a usb-drive, i get

"error: not a directory"
"rescue shell>"

The new root is on "hd0,msdos1", so if i do "ls (hd0,msdos1)/" i get a
list of files and directories but the strange thing is, that some
directories are shown up wrongly as files (/boot, /lib and some others)?

It seems, that grub can't access it's directory /boot/grub because it
identifies /boot as a file instead of a directory?

I tried boot-repair, i tried update-grub from a chroot, but nothing
worked out...

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Directories are identified as files

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After newly installing Kubuntu 11.10 to a usb-drive, i get

  "error: not a directory"
  "rescue shell>"

  The new root is on "hd0,msdos1", so if i do "ls (hd0,msdos1)/" i get a
  list of files and directories but the strange thing is, that some
  directories are shown up wrongly as files (/boot, /lib and some
  others)?

  It seems, that grub can't access it's directory /boot/grub because it
  identifies /boot as a file instead of a directory?

  I tried boot-repair, i tried update-grub from a chroot, but nothing
  worked out...

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