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GRUB-MKRESCUE(3) Library Functions Manual GRUB-MKRESCUE(3)

NAME

grub-mkrescue — Generate a GRUB rescue image using GNU Xorriso.

SYNOPSIS

grub-mkrescue [-o | --output=FILE] [--modules=MODULES]

[--install-modules=MODULES] [--themes=THEMES]
[--fonts=FONTS] [--locales=LOCALES]
[--compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]] [-d | --directory=DIR]
[--grub-mkimage=FILE] [--rom-directory=DIR]
[--xorriso=FILE] [--grub-glue-efi=FILE]
[--grub-render-label=FILE] [--label-font=FILE]
[--label-color=COLOR] [--label-bgcolor=FILE]
[--product-name=STRING] [--product-version=STRING]
[--sparc-boot] [--arcs-boot]

DESCRIPTION

grub-mkrescue can be used to generate a rescue image with the GRUB bootloader.

OPTIONS

Write the generated file to FILE. The default is to write to standard output.

Pre-load modules specified by MODULES.

Install only MODULES and their dependencies. The default is to install all available modules.

Install THEMES. The default is to install the starfield theme, if available.

Install FONTS. The default is to install the unicode font.

Install only locales listed in LOCALES. The default is to install all available locales.

Compress GRUB files using the specified compression algorithm.

Use images and modules in DIR.

Use FILE as grub-mkimage(1). The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkimage.

Save ROM images in DIR.

Use FILE as xorriso.

Use FILE as grub-glue-efi(3).

Use FILE as grub-render-label(3).

Use FILE as the font file for generated labels.

Use COLOR as the color for generated labels.

Use COLOR as the background color for generated labels.

Use STRING as the product name in generated labels.

Use STRING as the product version in generated labels.

Enable booting the SPARC platform. This disables HFS+, APM, ARCS, and "boot as disk image" on the i386-pc target platform.

Enable ARCS booting. This is typically for big-endian MIPS machines, and disables HFS+, APM, sparc64, and "boot as disk image" on the i386-pc target platform.

--
All options after a -- will be passed directly to xorriso's command line when generating the image.

SEE ALSO

info grub

Wed Feb 26 2014