grub-bios-setup (8) Linux Manual Page
grub-bios-setup – set up a device to boot using GRUB
Synopsis
grub-bios-setup [,OPTION/…] ,DEVICE/
Description
Set up images to boot from DEVICE.
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
-a,–allow-floppy- make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
-b,–boot-image=,FILE/- use FILE as the boot image [default=boot.img]
-c,–core-image=,FILE/- use FILE as the core image [default=core.img]
-d,–directory=,DIR/- use GRUB files in the directory DIR [default=/boot/grub]
-f,–force- install even if problems are detected
-m,–device-map=,FILE/- use FILE as the device map [default=/boot/grub/device.map]
–no-rs-codes- Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when embedding core.img. This option is only available on x86 BIOS targets.
-s,–skip-fs-probe- do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
-v,–verbose- print verbose messages.
- -?,
–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.
DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. ,/dev/sda/).
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <bug-grub [at] gnu.org>.
See Also
grub-install(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-mkrescue(1) The full documentation for grub-bios-setup is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-bios-setup programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info grub-bios-setup
should give you access to the complete manual.