NAME¶

grub-mkimage - make a bootable image of GRUB

SYNOPSIS¶

grub-mkimage [ OPTION]... [MODULES]

DESCRIPTION¶

Make a bootable image of GRUB.

-d, --directory=DIR

use images and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/@platform@]

-p, --prefix=DIR

set grub_prefix directory [default=/boot/grub]

-m, --memdisk=FILE

embed FILE as a memdisk image

-c, --config=FILE

embed FILE as boot config

-n, --note

add NOTE segment for CHRP Open Firmware

-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-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

-C, --compression=(xz|none|auto)

choose the compression to use

-h, --help

display this message and exit

-V, --version

print version information and exit

-v, --verbose

print verbose messages

REPORTING BUGS¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

grub-install(8), grub-setup(8), grub-mkrescue(1), grub-mknetdir(8) The full documentation for grub-mkimage is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-mkimage programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-mkimage

should give you access to the complete manual.