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GRUB-INSTALL(1)             General Commands Manual            GRUB-INSTALL(1)

NAME
       grub-install -- Install GRUB on a device.

SYNOPSIS
       grub-install [--modules=MODULES] [--install-modules=MODULES]
                     [--themes=THEMES] [--fonts=FONTS] [--locales=LOCALES]
                     [--compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]] [-d | --directory=DIR]
                     [--grub-mkimage=FILE] [--boot-directory=DIR]
                     [--target=TARGET] [--grub-setup=FILE]
                     [--grub-mkrelpath=FILE] [--grub-probe=FILE]
                     [--allow-floppy] [--recheck] [--force] [--force-file-id]
                     [--disk-module=MODULE] [--no-nvram] [--removable]
                     [--bootloader-id=ID] [--efi-directory=DIR] INSTALL_DEVICE

DESCRIPTION
       grub-install  installs  GRUB onto a device.  This includes copying GRUB
       images into the target directory (generally /boot/grub),  and  on  some
       platforms may also include installing GRUB onto a boot sector.

OPTIONS
       --modules=MODULES
              Pre-load modules specified by MODULES.

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

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

       --fonts=FONTS
              Install FONTS.  The default is to install the unicode font.

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

       --compress=no,xz,gz,lzo
              Compress GRUB files using the specified compression algorithm.

       --directory=DIR
              Use images and modules in DIR.

       --grub-mkimage=FILE
              Use FILE as grub-mkimage.  The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkimage.

       --boot-directory=DIR
              Use DIR as the boot directory.  The default is /boot.  GRUB will
              put its files in a subdirectory of this directory named grub.

       --target=TARGET
              Install  GRUB  for TARGET platform.  The default is the platform
              grub-install is running on.

       --grub-setup=FILE
              Use FILE as grub-setup.  The default is /usr/bin/grub-setup.

       --grub-mkrelpath=FILE
              Use FILE as grub-mkrelpath.  The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkrel-
              path.

       --grub-probe=FILE
              Use FILE as grub-probe.  The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkrelpath.

       --allow-floppy
              Make  the  device also bootable as a floppy.  This option is the
              default for /dev/fdX devices. Some BIOSes will not  boot  images
              created with this option.

       --recheck
              Delete  any  existing  device map and create a new one if neces-
              sary.

       --force
              Install even if problems are detected.

       --force-file-id
              Use identifier file even if UUID is available.

       --disk-module=MODULE
              Use MODULE for disk access.  This allows you to manually specify
              either  biosdisk  or  native  disk  access.  This option is only
              available on the BIOS target platform.

       --no-nvram
              Do not update the boot-device NVRAM variable.   This  option  is
              only available on IEEE1275 target platforms.

       --removable
              Treat  the target device as if it is removeable.  This option is
              only available on the EFI target platform.

       --bootloader-id=ID
              Use ID as the bootloader ID.  This opption is only available  on
              the EFI target platform.

       --efi-directory=DIR
              Use  DIR as the EFI System Partition root.  This opption is only
              available on the EFI ta rget platform.

       INSTALL_DEVICE
              Install GRUB to the block device INSTALL_DEVICE.

SEE ALSO
       info grub

                                Wed Feb 26 2014                GRUB-INSTALL(1)