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GRUB-INSTALL

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NAME

grub-install − install GRUB on your drive

SYNOPSIS

grub-install [OPTION] install_device

DESCRIPTION

Install GRUB on your drive.
−h, −−help

print this message and exit

−v, −−version

print the version information and exit

−−root−directory=DIR

install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory

−−grub−shell=FILE

use FILE as the grub shell

−−no−floppy

do not probe any floppy drive

−−force−lba

force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS

−−recheck

probe a device map even if it already exists

INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

grub−install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by −−root−directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the boot sector.

The grub source distribution carries this script to ease the installation of grub as a boot loader. In Suse Linux however, grub installation is much better handled by Yast; use of this script is generally discouraged and therefore unsupported. Consequently, the script has been renamed to grub−install.unsupported.

In order to (re−)install grub for the currently running system, simply use Yast. For an installation aiming at a differing system, the crafting of an appropriate device.map and grub shell script is strongly advised, e.g. "grub −−batch −−device−map=target−device.map < target−grub.conf"

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