GRUB-BIOS-SETUP
Section: System Administration Utilities (8)
Updated: March 2019
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NAME
grub-bios-setup - set up a device to boot using GRUB
SYNOPSIS
grub-bios-setup
[
,OPTION/...]
,DEVICE/
DESCRIPTION
Set up images to boot from DEVICE.
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
- -a, --allow-floppy
-
make the drive also bootable as floppy (default
for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
- -b, --boot-image=,FILE/
-
use FILE as the boot image [default=boot.img]
- -c, --core-image=,FILE/
-
use FILE as the core image [default=core.img]
- -d, --directory=,DIR/
-
use GRUB files in the directory DIR
[default=/boot/grub]
- -f, --force
-
install even if problems are detected
- -m, --device-map=,FILE/
-
use FILE as the device map
[default=/boot/grub/device.map]
- --no-rs-codes
-
Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when
embedding core.img. This option is only available
on x86 BIOS targets.
- -s, --skip-fs-probe
-
do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
- -v, --verbose
-
print verbose messages.
- -?, --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.
DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. ,/dev/sda/).
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <
bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
grub-install(8),
grub-mkimage(1),
grub-mkrescue(1)
The full documentation for
grub-bios-setup
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
grub-bios-setup
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info grub-bios-setup
should give you access to the complete manual.