GRUB-INSTALL

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NAME

grub-install – install GRUB to a device
 

SYNOPSIS

grub-install

[,OPTION/…] [,OPTION/] [,INSTALL_DEVICE/]
 

DESCRIPTION

Install GRUB on your drive.

–compress[=,no/,xz,gz,lzo]
compress GRUB files [optional]
-d, –directory=,DIR/
use images and modules under DIR
[default=/usr/lib/grub/]

–fonts=,FONTS/
install FONTS [default=unicode]
–install-modules=,MODULES/
install only MODULES and their dependencies
[default=all]
-k, –pubkey=,FILE/
embed FILE as public key for signature checking
–locale-directory=,DIR/ use translations under DIR
[default=/usr/share/locale]
–locales=,LOCALES/
install only LOCALES [default=all]
–modules=,MODULES/
pre-load specified modules MODULES
–themes=,THEMES/
install THEMES [default=starfield]
-v, –verbose
print verbose messages.
–allow-floppy
make the drive also bootable as floppy (default
for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
–boot-directory=,DIR/
install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub
instead of the boot/grub directory
–bootloader-id=,ID/
the ID of bootloader. This option is only
available on EFI and Macs.
–core-compress=,xz/|none|auto
choose the compression to use for core image
–disk-module=,MODULE/
disk module to use (biosdisk or native). This
option is only available on BIOS target.
–efi-directory=,DIR/
use DIR as the EFI System Partition root.
–force
install even if problems are detected
–force-extra-removable
force installation to the removable media path
also. This option is only available on EFI.
–force-file-id
use identifier file even if UUID is available
–label-bgcolor=,COLOR/
use COLOR for label background
–label-color=,COLOR/
use COLOR for label
–label-font=,FILE/
use FILE as font for label
–macppc-directory=,DIR/ use DIR for PPC MAC install.

–no-bootsector
do not install bootsector
–no-nvram
don’t update the `boot-device’/`Boot*’ NVRAM
variables. This option is only available on EFI
and IEEE1275 targets.
–no-rs-codes
Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when
embedding core.img. This option is only available
on x86 BIOS targets.
–no-uefi-secure-boot
do not install an image usable with UEFI Secure
Boot, even if the system was currently started
using it. This option is only available on EFI.
–product-version=,STRING/
use STRING as product version
–recheck
delete device map if it already exists
–removable
the installation device is removable. This option
is only available on EFI.
-s, –skip-fs-probe
do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
Usage: grub-install [OPTION…] [OPTION] [INSTALL_DEVICE]

Install GRUB on your drive.

–compress[=,no/,xz,gz,lzo]
compress GRUB files [optional]
-d, –directory=,DIR/
use images and modules under DIR
[default=/usr/lib/grub/]

–fonts=,FONTS/
install FONTS [default=unicode]
–install-modules=,MODULES/
install only MODULES and their dependencies
[default=all]
-k, –pubkey=,FILE/
embed FILE as public key for signature checking
–locale-directory=,DIR/ use translations under DIR
[default=/usr/share/locale]
–locales=,LOCALES/
install only LOCALES [default=all]
–modules=,MODULES/
pre-load specified modules MODULES
–themes=,THEMES/
install THEMES [default=starfield]
-v, –verbose
print verbose messages.
–allow-floppy
make the drive also bootable as floppy (default
for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
–boot-directory=,DIR/
install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub
instead of the boot/grub directory
–bootloader-id=,ID/
the ID of bootloader. This option is only
available on EFI and Macs.
–core-compress=,xz/|none|auto
choose the compression to use for core image
–disk-module=,MODULE/
disk module to use (biosdisk or native). This
option is only available on BIOS target.
–efi-directory=,DIR/
use DIR as the EFI System Partition root.
–force
install even if problems are detected
–force-extra-removable
force installation to the removable media path
also. This option is only available on EFI.
–force-file-id
use identifier file even if UUID is available
–label-bgcolor=,COLOR/
use COLOR for label background
–label-color=,COLOR/
use COLOR for label
–label-font=,FILE/
use FILE as font for label
–macppc-directory=,DIR/ use DIR for PPC MAC install.

–no-bootsector
do not install bootsector
–no-nvram
don’t update the `boot-device’/`Boot*’ NVRAM
variables. This option is only available on EFI
and IEEE1275 targets.
–no-rs-codes
Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when
embedding core.img. This option is only available
on x86 BIOS targets.
–no-uefi-secure-boot
do not install an image usable with UEFI Secure
Boot, even if the system was currently started
using it. This option is only available on EFI.
–product-version=,STRING/
use STRING as product version
–recheck
delete device map if it already exists
–removable
the installation device is removable. This option
is only available on EFI.
-s, –skip-fs-probe
do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
–target=,TARGET/
install GRUB for TARGET platform
[default=i386-pc]
–uefi-secure-boot
install an image usable with UEFI Secure Boot.
This option is only available on EFI and if the
grub-efi-amd64-signed package is installed.
-?, –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.

INSTALL_DEVICE must be system device filename.
grub-install copies GRUB images into boot/grub. On some platforms, it may
also install GRUB into the boot sector.
 

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