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GRUB-INSTALL
Section: FSF (8)Updated: June 2006
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NAME
grub-install - install GRUB on your driveSYNOPSIS
grub-install [OPTION] install_deviceDESCRIPTION
Install GRUB on your drive.- -h, --help
- print this message and exit
- -v, --version
- print the version information and exit
- --root-directory=DIR
- install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory
- --grub-shell=FILE
- use FILE as the grub shell
- --no-floppy
- do not probe any floppy drive
- --force-lba
- force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS
- --recheck
- probe a device map even if it already exists
INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.
grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by --root-directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the boot sector.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.SEE ALSO
The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-install programs are properly installed at your site, the command- info grub-install
should give you access to the complete manual.