GRUB-MKRESCUE

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2016
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NAME

grub-mkrescue - make a GRUB rescue image

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Make GRUB CD-ROM, disk, pendrive and floppy bootable image.

--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.
--arcs-boot: enable ARCS (big-endian mips machines, mostly SGI) boot. Disables HFS+, APM, sparc64 and boot as disk image for i386-pc
--core-compress=,xz/|none|auto: choose the compression to use for core image
--label-bgcolor=,COLOR/: use COLOR for label background
--label-color=,COLOR/: use COLOR for label
--label-font=,FILE/: use FILE as font for label
-o, --output=,FILE/: save output in FILE [required]
--product-name=,STRING/: use STRING as product name
--product-version=,STRING/: use STRING as product version
--rom-directory=,DIR/: save ROM images in DIR [optional]
--sparc-boot: enable sparc boot. Disables HFS+, APM, ARCS and boot as disk image for i386-pc
--xorriso=,FILE/: use FILE as xorriso [optional]
-?, --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.

Generates a bootable CD/USB/floppy image. Arguments other than options to this program are passed to xorriso, and indicate source files, source directories, or any of the mkisofs options listed by the output of `xorriso -as mkisofs -help'.

Option -- switches to native xorriso command mode.

Mail xorriso support requests to <bug-xorriso@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS

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