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.TH GRUB-SETUP "8" "December 2015" "grub-setup (GRUB) 1.99-27+deb7u3" "System Administration Utilities"
.SH NAME
grub-setup \- set up a device to boot using GRUB
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B grub-setup
[\fIOPTION\fR...] \fIDEVICE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Set up images to boot from DEVICE.
.PP
You should not normally run this program directly.  Use grub\-install instead.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-allow\-floppy\fR
Make the drive also bootable as floppy (default
for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-boot\-image\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Use FILE as the boot image [default=boot.img]
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-core\-image\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Use FILE as the core image [default=core.img]
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Use GRUB files in the directory DIR
[default=/boot/grub]
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
Install even if problems are detected
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-device\-map\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Use FILE as the device map
[default=/boot/grub/device.map]
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-root\-device\fR=\fIDEV\fR
Use DEV as the root device [default=guessed]
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-skip\-fs\-probe\fR
Do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print verbose messages.
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print program version
.PP
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
.PP
DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. /dev/sda).
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-grub@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR grub-install (8),
.BR grub-mkimage (1),
.BR grub-mkrescue (1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B grub-setup
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B grub-setup
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info grub-setup
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.