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GRUB-INSTALL(8)		System Administration Utilities	       GRUB-INSTALL(8)

NAME
       grub-install - install GRUB to a device

SYNOPSIS
       grub-install [OPTION] [INSTALL_DEVICE]

DESCRIPTION
       Install GRUB on your drive.

       -h, --help
	      print this message and exit

       --modules=MODULES
	      pre-load specified modules MODULES

       --install-modules=MODULES
	      install only MODULES and their dependencies [default=all]

       --themes=THEMES
	      install THEMES [default=starfield]

       --fonts=FONTS
	      install FONTS [default=unicode]

       --locales=LOCALES
	      install only LOCALES [default=all]

       --compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]
	      compress GRUB files [optional]

       -d, --directory=DIR
	      use  images  and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/<plat‐
	      form>]

       --grub-mkimage=FILE
	      use FILE as grub-mkimage

       -v, --version
	      print the version information and exit

       --boot-directory=DIR
	      install GRUB images under the directory  DIR//grub2  instead  of
	      the /boot/grub2 directory

       --target=TARGET
	      install GRUB for TARGET platform [default=current]

       --grub-setup=FILE
	      use FILE as grub-setup

       --grub-mkrelpath=FILE
	      use FILE as grub-mkrelpath

       --grub-probe=FILE
	      use FILE as grub-probe

       --grub-editenv=FILE
	      use FILE as grub-editenv

       --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 avail‐
	      able 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.

       INSTALL_DEVICE must be system device filename.

       grub-install  copies  GRUB images into /boot/grub2.  On some platforms,
       it may also install GRUB into the boot sector.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO
       grub-mkconfig(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-mkrescue(1)

       The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo man‐
       ual.   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.

grub-install (GRUB) 2.00	 January 2014		       GRUB-INSTALL(8)

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