GRUB-MKRESCUE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2016
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NAME

grub-mkrescue - make a GRUB rescue image  

SYNOPSIS

grub-mkrescue [,OPTION/...] [,OPTION/] ,SOURCE/...  

DESCRIPTION

Make GRUB CD-ROM, disk, pendrive and floppy bootable image.

--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.

--arcs-boot

enable ARCS (big-endian mips machines, mostly SGI) boot. Disables HFS+, APM, sparc64 and boot as disk image for i386-pc

--core-compress=,xz/|none|auto

choose the compression to use for core image

--label-bgcolor=,COLOR/

use COLOR for label background

--label-color=,COLOR/

use COLOR for label

--label-font=,FILE/

use FILE as font for label

-o, --output=,FILE/

save output in FILE [required]

--product-name=,STRING/

use STRING as product name

--product-version=,STRING/

use STRING as product version

--rom-directory=,DIR/

save ROM images in DIR [optional]

--sparc-boot

enable sparc boot. Disables HFS+, APM, ARCS and boot as disk image for i386-pc

--xorriso=,FILE/

use FILE as xorriso [optional]

-?, --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.

Generates a bootable CD/USB/floppy image. Arguments other than options to this program are passed to xorriso, and indicate source files, source directories, or any of the mkisofs options listed by the output of `xorriso -as mkisofs -help'.

Option -- switches to native xorriso command mode.

Mail xorriso support requests to <bug-xorriso@gnu.org>.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.  

SEE ALSO

grub-mkimage(1)

The full documentation for grub-mkrescue is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-mkrescue programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-mkrescue

should give you access to the complete manual.

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