grub-install
install GRUB to a device
see also :
grub-mkconfig - grub-mkimage - grub-mkrescue
Synopsis
grub-install
[OPTION] [INSTALL_DEVICE]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
sudo grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda3 --force
&& sudo update-grub2
source
if [ "$DISK" ]; then
grub-install /dev/sda > $LOGFILE
else
grub-install /dev/hda > $LOGFILE
fi
echo "Se a guardado un
registro de la operacion en $LOGFILE"
source
echo "chroot /mnt
grub-install --force $hdPath"
echo "chroot /mnt
update-grub"
chroot /mnt grub-install --force $hdPath
source
$ROOTCMD grub-install
--no-floppy "(hd0)"
exit $error
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
--target=TARGET
install GRUB for TARGET
platform [default=current]
--directory=DIR
use GRUB images from DIR. Takes
precedence over target
--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-probe=FILE
use FILE as
grub-probe
--allow-floppy
make the drive also bootable as
floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some
BIOSes.
--recheck
delete device map if it already
exists
--force
install even if problems are
detected
--force-file-id
use identifier file even if
UUID is available
--disk-module=MODULE
disk module to use (biosdisk or
native). This option is only available on BIOS target.
--no-nvram
don’t update the
’boot-device’ NVRAM variable. This option
is only available on IEEE1275 targets.
--removable
the installation device is
removable. This option is only available on EFI.
--bootloader-id=ID
the ID of bootloader. This
option is only available on EFI.
--efi-directory=DIR
use DIR as the EFI System
Partition root.
--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.
--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.
INSTALL_DEVICE
must be 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[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org>.
see also
grub-mkconfig ,
grub-mkimage , grub-setup,
grub-mkrescue
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.