GRUB-INSTALL

Section: System Administration Utilities (8)
Updated: March 2016
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NAME

grub-install - install GRUB to a device

SYNOPSIS

grub-install [,OPTION/...] [,OPTION/] [,INSTALL_DEVICE/]

DESCRIPTION

Install GRUB on your drive.

--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.
--allow-floppy: make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
--boot-directory=,DIR/: install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub instead of the boot/grub directory
--bootloader-id=,ID/: the ID of bootloader. This option is only available on EFI and Macs.
--core-compress=,xz/|none|auto: choose the compression to use for core image
--disk-module=,MODULE/: disk module to use (biosdisk or native). This option is only available on BIOS target.
--efi-directory=,DIR/: use DIR as the EFI System Partition root.
--force: install even if problems are detected
--force-file-id: use identifier file even if UUID is available
--label-bgcolor=,COLOR/: use COLOR for label background
--label-color=,COLOR/: use COLOR for label
--label-font=,FILE/: use FILE as font for label
--macppc-directory=,DIR/ use DIR for PPC MAC install.
--no-bootsector: do not install bootsector
--no-nvram: don't update the `boot-device'/`Boot*' NVRAM variables. This option is only available on EFI and IEEE1275 targets.
--no-rs-codes: Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when embedding core.img. This option is only available on x86 BIOS targets.
--product-version=,STRING/: use STRING as product version
--recheck: delete device map if it already exists
--removable: the installation device is removable. This option is only available on EFI.
-s, --skip-fs-probe: do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
--target=,TARGET/: install GRUB for TARGET platform [default=i386-pc]; available targets: arm-efi, arm-uboot, arm64-efi, i386-coreboot, i386-efi, i386-ieee1275, i386-multiboot, i386-pc, i386-qemu, i386-xen, ia64-efi, mips-arc, mips-qemu_mips, mipsel-arc, mipsel-loongson, mipsel-qemu_mips, powerpc-ieee1275, sparc64-ieee1275, x86_64-efi, x86_64-xen
-?, --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.

INSTALL_DEVICE must be system device filename. grub-install copies GRUB images into boot/grub. On some platforms, it may also install GRUB into the boot sector.

REPORTING BUGS

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