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GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(8) System Administration Utilities GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(8)

grub-bios-setup - set up a device to boot using GRUB

grub-bios-setup [OPTION...] DEVICE

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).

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

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.

April 2022 GRUB 2.02~beta2

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