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GRUB-BIOS-SETUP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO

NAME

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@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.