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.TH GRUB-MKIMAGE "1" "December 2015" "grub-mkimage (GRUB) 1.99-27+deb7u3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
grub-mkimage \- make a bootable image of GRUB
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B grub-mkimage
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIMODULES\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Make a bootable image of GRUB.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIR\fR
use images and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/@platform@]
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fIDIR\fR
set grub_prefix directory [default=/boot/grub]
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-memdisk\fR=\fIFILE\fR
embed FILE as a memdisk image
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR=\fIFILE\fR
embed FILE as boot config
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-note\fR
add NOTE segment for CHRP Open Firmware
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
output a generated image to FILE [default=stdout]
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
generate an image in format
available formats: i386\-coreboot, i386\-multiboot, i386\-pc, i386\-pc\-pxe, i386\-efi, i386\-ieee1275, i386\-qemu, x86_64\-efi, mipsel\-yeeloong\-flash, mipsel\-yeeloong\-elf, powerpc\-ieee1275, sparc64\-ieee1275\-raw, sparc64\-ieee1275\-aout
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-compression=\fR(xz|none|auto)
choose the compression to use
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this message and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
print verbose messages
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-grub@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR grub-install (8),
.BR grub-setup (8),
.BR grub-mkrescue (1),
.BR grub-mknetdir (8)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B grub-mkimage
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B grub-mkimage
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info grub-mkimage
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.