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GRUB-MKSTANDALONE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2016
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grub-mkstandalone - make a memdisk-based GRUB image

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

Generate a standalone image (containing all modules) in the selected format

--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.
--core-compress=,xz/|none|auto: choose the compression to use for core image
-o, --output=,FILE/: save output in FILE [required]
-O, --format=,FILE/: generate an image in FORMAT available formats: i386-coreboot, i386-multiboot, i386-pc, i386-pc-pxe, i386-pc-eltorito, i386-efi, i386-ieee1275, i386-qemu, x86_64-efi, i386-xen, x86_64-xen, mipsel-yeeloong-flash, mipsel-fuloong2f-flash, mipsel-loongson-elf, powerpc-ieee1275, sparc64-ieee1275-raw, sparc64-ieee1275-cdcore, sparc64-ieee1275-aout, ia64-efi, mips-arc, mipsel-arc, mipsel-qemu_mips-elf, mips-qemu_mips-flash, mipsel-qemu_mips-flash, mips-qemu_mips-elf, arm-uboot, arm-efi, arm64-efi
-?, --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.

Graft point syntax (E.g. ,/boot/grub/grub/.cfg=./grub.cfg) is accepted

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