Manpages - grub-bios-setup.8

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NAME

grub-bios-setup - set up a device to boot using GRUB

SYNOPSIS

grub-bios-setup [/OPTION/…] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION

Set up images to boot from DEVICE.

You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.

-a, –allow-floppy
make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
-b, *–boot-image*=/FILE/
use FILE as the boot image [default=boot.img]
-c, *–core-image*=/FILE/
use FILE as the core image [default=core.img]
-d, *–directory*=/DIR/
use GRUB files in the directory DIR [default=//boot/grub]
-f, –force
install even if problems are detected
-m, *–device-map*=/FILE/
use FILE as the device map [default=//boot/grub/device.map]
–no-rs-codes
Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when embedding core.img. This option is only available on x86 BIOS targets.
-s, –skip-fs-probe
do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
-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.

DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. /dev/sda).

REPORTING BUGS

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

SEE ALSO

*grub-install*(8), *grub-mkimage*(1), *grub-mkrescue*(1)

The full documentation for grub-bios-setup is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-bios-setup programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-bios-setup

should give you access to the complete manual.

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-20 Sun 09:55