grub2-mkrescue (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

grub-mkrescue — Generate a GRUB rescue image using GNU Xorriso.

SYNOPSIS

grub-mkrescue [-o | –output=FILE] [–modules=MODULES]

[–install-modules=MODULES] [–themes=THEMES]

[–fonts=FONTS] [–locales=LOCALES]

[–compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]] [-d | –directory=DIR]

[–grub-mkimage=FILE] [–rom-directory=DIR]

[–xorriso=FILE] [–grub-glue-efi=FILE]

[–grub-render-label=FILE] [–label-font=FILE]

[–label-color=COLOR] [–label-bgcolor=FILE]

[–product-name=STRING] [–product-version=STRING]

[–sparc-boot] [–arcs-boot]

DESCRIPTION

grub-mkrescue can be used to generate a rescue image with the GRUB bootloader.

OPTIONS

–output=FILE

Write the generated file to FILE. The default is to write to standard output.

–modules=MODULES

Pre-load modules specified by MODULES.

–install-modules=MODULES

Install only MODULES and their dependencies. The default is to install all available modules.

–themes=THEMES

Install THEMES. The default is to install the starfield theme, if available.

–fonts=FONTS

Install FONTS. The default is to install the unicode font.

–locales=LOCALES

Install only locales listed in LOCALES. The default is to install all available locales.

–compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]

Compress GRUB files using the specified compression algorithm.

–directory=DIR

Use images and modules in DIR.

–grub-mkimage=FILE

Use FILE as grub-mkimage(1). The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkimage.

–rom-directory=DIR

Save ROM images in DIR.

–xorriso=FILE

Use FILE as xorriso.

–grub-glue-efi=FILE

Use FILE as grub-glue-efi(3).

–grub-render-label=FILE

Use FILE as grub-render-label(3).

–label-font=FILE

Use FILE as the font file for generated labels.

–label-color=COLOR

Use COLOR as the color for generated labels.

–label-bgcolor=COLOR

Use COLOR as the background color for generated labels.

–product-name=STRING

Use STRING as the product name in generated labels.

–product-version=STRING

Use STRING as the product version in generated labels.

–sparc-boot

Enable booting the SPARC platform. This disables HFS+, APM, ARCS, and "boot as disk image" on the i386-pc target platform.

–arcs-boot

Enable ARCS booting. This is typically for big-endian MIPS machines, and disables HFS+, APM, sparc64, and "boot as disk image" on the i386-pc target platform.

—

All options after a — will be passed directly to xorriso’s command line when generating the image.

SEE ALSO

info grub

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