grub-mkrescue1
Make a grub rescue image
Usage
grub-mkrescue [OPTION ...]
[OPTION]
SOURCE ...
Overview
Make GRUB CD-ROM, disk, pendrive and floppy bootable image.
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--appended-signature-size=SIZE -
Add a note segment reserving SIZE bytes for an appended signature
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--compress=no|xz|gz|lzo -
compress GRUB files [optional]
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--disable-cli -
disabled command line interface access
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--disable-shim-lock -
disable shim_lock verifier
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--dtb=FILE -
embed a specific DTB
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-d, --directory=DIR -
use images and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]
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--fonts=FONTS -
install FONTS [default=unicode]
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--install-modules=MODULES -
install only MODULES and their dependencies [default=all]
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-k, --pubkey=FILE -
embed FILE as public key for signature checking
--locale-directory=DIR use translations under DIR-
[default=/usr/share/locale]
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--locales=LOCALES -
install only LOCALES [default=all]
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--modules=MODULES -
pre-load specified modules MODULES
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--sbat=FILE -
SBAT metadata
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--themes=THEMES -
install THEMES [default=starfield]
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-v, --verbose -
print verbose messages.
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-x, --x509key=FILE -
embed FILE as an x509 certificate for appended signature checking
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--arcs-boot -
enable ARCS (big-endian mips machines, mostly SGI) boot. Disables HFS+, APM, sparc64 and boot as disk image for i386-pc
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--core-compress=xz|none|auto -
choose the compression to use for core image
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--label-bgcolor=COLOR -
use COLOR for label background
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--label-color=COLOR -
use COLOR for label
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--label-font=FILE -
use FILE as font for label
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-o, --output=FILE -
save output in FILE [required]
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--product-name=STRING -
use STRING as product name
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--product-version=STRING -
use STRING as product version
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--rom-directory=DIR -
save ROM images in DIR [optional]
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--sparc-boot -
enable sparc boot. Disables HFS+, APM, ARCS and boot as disk image for i386-pc
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--xorriso=FILE -
use FILE as xorriso [optional]
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-?, --help -
give this help list
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--usage -
give a short usage message
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-V, --version -
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Generates a bootable CD/USB/floppy image. Arguments other than options to this program are passed to xorriso, and indicate source files, source directories, or any of the mkisofs options listed by the output of `xorriso -as mkisofs -help'.
Option -- switches to native xorriso command mode.
Mail xorriso support requests to <[email protected]>.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 9 times.
--appended-signature-size since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--arcs-boot since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--compress since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--core-compress since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--directory since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--disable-cli since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--disable-shim-lock since Debian 10 (Buster);
--dtb since Debian 10 (Buster);
--fonts since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--install-modules since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--label-bgcolor since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--label-color since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--label-font since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--locales since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--output since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--product-name since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--product-version since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--pubkey since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--rom-directory since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--sbat since Debian 10 (Buster);
--sparc-boot since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--themes since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--usage since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--verbose since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--x509key since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--xorriso since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-? since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-V since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-d since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-k since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-o since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-x since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.
--diet until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--emulation until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--grub-mkimage until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--image-type until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--overlay until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--pkglibdir until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-h until Debian 7 (Wheezy).