grub-probe(8)

grub-probe8

Probe device information for grub

Usage

grub-probe [OPTION ...] [OPTION] ... [{PATH | DEVICE}]

Overview

Probe device information for a given path (or device, if the -d option is given).

-0

separate items in output using ASCII NUL characters

-d, --device

given argument is a system device, not a path

-m, --device-map=FILE

use FILE as the device map [default=/boot/grub/device.map]

-t, --target=TARGET

print TARGET available targets: abstraction, arc_hints, baremetal_hints, bios_hints, compatibility_hint, cryptodisk_uuid, device, disk, drive, efi_hints, fs, fs_label, fs_uuid, gpt_parttype, hints_string, ieee1275_hints, msdos_parttype, partmap, partuuid, zero_check [default=fs]

-v, --verbose

print verbose messages (pass twice to enable debug printing).

-?, --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.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13
  9. Arch

--usage since Debian 8 (Jessie); -0 since Debian 9 (Stretch); -? since Debian 8 (Jessie).

-h until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From grub 2:2.16-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.