Manpages - grub-bios-setup.8

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

grub-bios-setup [/OPTION/…] DEVICE

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).

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

*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.