Man1 - grub-mkimage.1

NAME

grub-mkimage - make a bootable image of GRUB

grub-mkimage [/OPTION/…] [/OPTION/]… [/MODULES/]

Make a bootable image of GRUB.

-c, *–config*=/FILE/: embed FILE as an early config
-C, *–compression=*(xz|none|auto): choose the compression to use for core image
-d, *–directory*=/DIR/: use images and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]
–disable-shim-lock: disable shim_lock verifier
-D, *–dtb*=/FILE/: embed FILE as a device tree (DTB)
-k, *–pubkey*=/FILE/: embed FILE as public key for signature checking
-m, *–memdisk*=/FILE/: embed FILE as a memdisk image

Implies `-p (memdisk)/boot/grub’ and overrides

any prefix supplied previously, but the prefix: itself can be overridden by later options
-n, –note: add NOTE segment for CHRP IEEE1275
-o, *–output*=/FILE/: output a generated image to FILE [default=stdout]
-O, *–format*=/FORMAT/: generate an image in FORMAT available formats: i386-coreboot, i386-multiboot, i386-pc, i386-xen_pvh, i386-pc-pxe, i386-pc-eltorito, i386-efi, i386-ieee1275, i386-qemu, x86_64-efi, i386-xen, x86_64-xen, mipsel-yeeloong-flash, mipsel-fuloong2f-flash, mipsel-loongson-elf, powerpc-ieee1275, sparc64-ieee1275-raw, sparc64-ieee1275-cdcore, sparc64-ieee1275-aout, ia64-efi, mips-arc, mipsel-arc, mipsel-qemu_mips-elf, mips-qemu_mips-flash, mipsel-qemu_mips-flash, mips-qemu_mips-elf, arm-uboot, arm-coreboot-vexpress, arm-coreboot-veyron, arm-efi, arm64-efi, riscv32-efi, riscv64-efi
-p, *–prefix*=/DIR/: set prefix directory
-s, *–sbat*=/FILE/: SBAT metadata
-v, –verbose: print verbose messages.
-?, –help: give this help list
–usage: give a short usage message
-V, –version: print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.