grub2-mkimage - Man Page
make a bootable image of GRUB
Synopsis
grub-mkimage [OPTION...] [OPTION]... [MODULES]
Description
Make a bootable image of GRUB.
- -c, --config=FILE
embed FILE as an early config
- -C, --compression=(xz|none|auto)
choose the compression to use for core image
- --disable-shim-lock
disable shim_lock verifier
- -d, --directory=DIR
use images and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]
- -D, --dtb=FILE
embed FILE as a device tree (DTB)
- -k, --pubkey=FILE
embed FILE as public key for PGP signature checking
- -m, --memdisk=FILE
embed FILE as a memdisk image
Implies `-p (memdisk)/boot/grub' and overrides
- any prefix supplied previously, but the prefix
itself can be overridden by later options
- -n, --note
add NOTE segment for CHRP IEEE1275
- -o, --output=FILE
output a generated image to FILE [default=stdout]
- -O, --format=FORMAT
generate an image in FORMAT available formats: i386-coreboot, i386-multiboot, i386-pc, i386-xen_pvh, i386-pc-pxe, i386-pc-eltorito, i386-efi, i386-ieee1275, i386-qemu, x86_64-efi, i386-xen, x86_64-xen, mipsel-yeeloong-flash, mipsel-fuloong2f-flash, mipsel-loongson-elf, powerpc-ieee1275, sparc64-ieee1275-raw, sparc64-ieee1275-cdcore, sparc64-ieee1275-aout, ia64-efi, mips-arc, mipsel-arc, mipsel-qemu_mips-elf, mips-qemu_mips-flash, mipsel-qemu_mips-flash, mips-qemu_mips-elf, arm-uboot, arm-coreboot-vexpress, arm-coreboot-veyron, arm-efi, arm64-efi, loongarch64-efi, riscv32-efi, riscv64-efi
- -p, --prefix=DIR
set prefix directory
- -s, --sbat=FILE
SBAT metadata
- -S, --appended-signature-size=SIZE
Add a note segment reserving SIZE bytes for an appended signature
- -v, --verbose
print verbose messages.
- -x, --x509=FILE
embed FILE as an x509 certificate for appended signature checking
- -?, --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.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
See Also
grub-install(8), grub-mkrescue(1), grub-mknetdir(8)
The full documentation for grub-mkimage is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-mkimage programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info grub-mkimage
should give you access to the complete manual.