GRUB-MKRESCUE
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2019
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NAME
grub-mkrescue - make a GRUB rescue image
SYNOPSIS
grub-mkrescue
[
,OPTION/...] [
,OPTION/]
,SOURCE/...
DESCRIPTION
Make GRUB CD-ROM, disk, pendrive and floppy bootable image.
- --compress=,no/|xz|gz|lzo
-
compress GRUB files [optional]
- -d, --directory=,DIR/
-
use images and modules under DIR
[default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]
- --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.
- --arcs-boot
-
enable ARCS (big-endian mips machines, mostly
SGI) boot. Disables HFS+, APM, sparc64 and boot
as disk image for i386-pc
- --core-compress=,xz/|none|auto
-
choose the compression to use for core image
- --label-bgcolor=,COLOR/
-
use COLOR for label background
- --label-color=,COLOR/
-
use COLOR for label
- --label-font=,FILE/
-
use FILE as font for label
- -o, --output=,FILE/
-
save output in FILE [required]
- --product-name=,STRING/
-
use STRING as product name
- --product-version=,STRING/
-
use STRING as product version
- --rom-directory=,DIR/
-
save ROM images in DIR [optional]
- --sparc-boot
-
enable sparc boot. Disables HFS+, APM, ARCS and
boot as disk image for i386-pc
- --xorriso=,FILE/
-
use FILE as xorriso [optional]
- -?, --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.
Generates a bootable CD/USB/floppy image. Arguments other than options to
this program are passed to xorriso, and indicate source files, source
directories, or any of the mkisofs options listed by the output of `xorriso
-as mkisofs -help'.
Option -- switches to native xorriso command mode.
Mail xorriso support requests to <bug-xorriso@gnu.org>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <
bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
grub-mkimage(1)
The full documentation for
grub-mkrescue
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
grub-mkrescue
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info grub-mkrescue
should give you access to the complete manual.