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GRUB-INSTALL

Section: System Administration Utilities (8)
Updated: September 2012
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NAME

grub-install - install GRUB to a device  

SYNOPSIS

grub-install [OPTION] install_device  

DESCRIPTION

Install GRUB on your drive.

-h, --help

print this message and exit

-v, --version

print the version information and exit

--modules=MODULES

pre-load specified modules MODULES

--boot-directory=DIR

install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub instead of the /boot/grub directory

--grub-setup=FILE

use FILE as grub-setup

--grub-mkimage=FILE

use FILE as grub-mkimage

--grub-mkrelpath=FILE

use FILE as grub-mkrelpath

--grub-mkdevicemap=FILE use FILE as grub-mkdevicemap

--grub-probe=FILE

use FILE as grub-probe

--no-floppy

do not probe any floppy drive

--allow-floppy

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

--recheck

probe a device map even if it already exists

--force

install even if problems are detected

--disk-module=MODULE

disk module to use

INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

grub-install copies GRUB images into /boot/grub, and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot sector.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.  

SEE ALSO

grub-mkconfig(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-setup(8), grub-mkrescue(1)

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.

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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

REPORTING BUGS

SEE ALSO

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