GRUB-MKRESCUE
Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: Wed Feb 26 2014
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NAME
grub-mkrescue --- Generate a GRUB rescue image using GNU Xorriso.
SYNOPSIS
grub-mkrescue [-o | --output=
FILE] [--modules=
MODULES]
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[--install-modules=MODULES] [--themes=THEMES]
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[--fonts=FONTS] [--locales=LOCALES]
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[--compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]] [-d | --directory=DIR]
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[--grub-mkimage=FILE] [--rom-directory=DIR]
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[--xorriso=FILE] [--grub-glue-efi=FILE]
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[--grub-render-label=FILE] [--label-font=FILE]
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[--label-color=COLOR] [--label-bgcolor=FILE]
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[--product-name=STRING] [--product-version=STRING]
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[--sparc-boot] [--arcs-boot]
DESCRIPTION
grub-mkrescue can be used to generate a rescue image with the GRUB bootloader.
OPTIONS
- --output=FILE
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Write the generated file to FILE. The default is to write to standard output.
- --modules=MODULES
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Pre-load modules specified by MODULES.
- --install-modules=MODULES
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Install only MODULES and their dependencies. The default is to install all available modules.
- --themes=THEMES
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Install THEMES. The default is to install the starfield theme, if available.
- --fonts=FONTS
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Install FONTS. The default is to install the unicode font.
- --locales=LOCALES
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Install only locales listed in LOCALES. The default is to install all available locales.
- --compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]
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Compress GRUB files using the specified compression algorithm.
- --directory=DIR
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Use images and modules in DIR.
- --grub-mkimage=FILE
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Use FILE as grub-mkimage(1). The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkimage.
- --rom-directory=DIR
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Save ROM images in DIR.
- --xorriso=FILE
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Use FILE as xorriso.
- --grub-glue-efi=FILE
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Use FILE as grub-glue-efi(3).
- --grub-render-label=FILE
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Use FILE as grub-render-label(3).
- --label-font=FILE
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Use FILE as the font file for generated labels.
- --label-color=COLOR
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Use COLOR as the color for generated labels.
- --label-bgcolor=COLOR
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Use COLOR as the background color for generated labels.
- --product-name=STRING
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Use STRING as the product name in generated labels.
- --product-version=STRING
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Use STRING as the product version in generated labels.
- --sparc-boot
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Enable booting the SPARC platform. This disables HFS+, APM, ARCS, and "boot as disk image" on the i386-pc target platform.
- --arcs-boot
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Enable ARCS booting. This is typically for big-endian MIPS machines, and disables HFS+, APM, sparc64, and "boot as disk image" on the i386-pc target platform.
- --
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All options after a -- will be passed directly to xorriso's command line when generating the image.
SEE ALSO
info grub