System Grab Bag

Name

Synopsis

Description

--compress=\,no\/|xz|gz|lzo compress GRUB files [optional]

--disable-shim-lock disable shim_lock verifier

--dtb=\,FILE\/ embed a specific DTB

-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

--sbat=\,FILE\/ SBAT metadata

--themes=\,THEMES\/ install THEMES [default=starfield]

-v, --verbose print verbose messages.

--allow-floppy make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.

--boot-directory=\,DIR\/ install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub instead of the boot/grub directory

--bootloader-id=\,ID\/ the ID of bootloader. This option is only available on EFI and Macs.

--core-compress=\,xz\/|none|auto choose the compression to use for core image

--disk-module=\,MODULE\/ disk module to use (biosdisk or native). This option is only available on BIOS target.

--efi-directory=\,DIR\/ use DIR as the EFI System Partition root.

--force install even if problems are detected

--force-file-id use identifier file even if UUID is available

--label-bgcolor=\,COLOR\/ use COLOR for label background

--label-color=\,COLOR\/ use COLOR for label

--label-font=\,FILE\/ use FILE as font for label

--macppc-directory=\,DIR\/ use DIR for PPC MAC install.

--no-bootsector do not install bootsector

--no-extra-removable Do not install bootloader code to the removable media path. This option is only available on EFI.

--no-nvram don't update the `boot-device'/`Boot*' NVRAM variables. This option is only available on EFI and IEEE1275 targets.

--no-rs-codes Do not apply any reed-solomon codes when embedding core.img. This option is only available on x86 BIOS targets.

--no-uefi-secure-boot do not install an image usable with UEFI Secure Boot, even if the system was currently started using it. This option is only available on EFI.

--product-version=\,STRING\/ use STRING as product version

--recheck delete device map if it already exists

--removable the installation device is removable. This option is only available on EFI.

-s, --skip-fs-probe do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE

--target=\,TARGET\/ install GRUB for TARGET platform [default=i386-pc]; available targets: arm-coreboot, arm-efi, arm-uboot, arm64-efi, i386-coreboot, i386-efi, i386-ieee1275, i386-multiboot, i386-pc, i386-qemu, i386-xen, i386-xen_pvh, ia64-efi, mips-arc, mips-qemu_mips, mipsel-arc, mipsel-loongson, mipsel-qemu_mips, powerpc-ieee1275, riscv32-efi, riscv64-efi, sparc64-ieee1275, x86_64-efi, x86_64-xen

--uefi-secure-boot install an image usable with UEFI Secure Boot. This option is only available on EFI and if the grub-efi-amd64-signed package is installed.

-?, --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.

INSTALL_DEVICE must be system device filename. grub-install copies GRUB images into boot/grub. On some platforms, it may also install GRUB into the boot sector.

Reporting Bugs

See Also

The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-install programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-install

should give you access to the complete manual.