carta
grub-floppy(8)

grub-floppy8

Program to do build a generic grub boot disc

Usage

grub-floppy [options] <block_device> ...

Overview

grub-floppy is a program to build a generic grub boot disc. The boot disc when booted provides the grub command line (also referred to as the grub shell).

For more information on using the grub command line, see info grub

Options

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

Note

It is possible to create a grub boot disc using grub-install, although the boot disc created will be specific to the computer it is created on. Using grub-floppy will create a more generic floppy only limited by architecture.

History

  • Debian 4.0 (Etch): the text shown here
  • Debian 3.1 (Sarge) to Debian 3.0 (Woody)

Author

This manual page was written by Jason Thomas <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From grub 0.97-27etch1 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.