grub2-mkrescue (1) Linux Manual Page
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.