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## NAME
       grub-mkimage - make a bootable image of GRUB

## SYNOPSIS
       **grub-mkimage** [_OPTION_...] [_OPTION_]... [_MODULES_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Make a bootable image of GRUB.

### -c --config
              embed FILE as an early config

### -C --compression=
              choose the compression to use for core image

### -d --directory
              use images and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]

### --disable-shim-lock
              disable shim_lock verifier

### -D --dtb
              embed FILE as a device tree (DTB)

### -k --pubkey
              embed FILE as public key for signature checking

### -m --memdisk
              embed FILE as a memdisk image

       Implies `-p (memdisk)/boot/grub' and overrides

       any prefix supplied previously, but the prefix
              itself can be overridden by later options

### -n --note
              add NOTE segment for CHRP IEEE1275

### -o --output
              output a generated image to FILE [default=stdout]

### -O --format
              generate an image in FORMAT available formats: i386-coreboot, i386-multiboot, i386-pc,
              i386-xen_pvh,  i386-pc-pxe,  i386-pc-eltorito,  i386-efi,  i386-ieee1275,   i386-qemu,
              x86_64-efi,   i386-xen,   x86_64-xen,  mipsel-yeeloong-flash,  mipsel-fuloong2f-flash,
              mipsel-loongson-elf, powerpc-ieee1275, sparc64-ieee1275-raw,  sparc64-ieee1275-cdcore,
              sparc64-ieee1275-aout,    ia64-efi,    mips-arc,   mipsel-arc,   mipsel-qemu_mips-elf,
              mips-qemu_mips-flash, mipsel-qemu_mips-flash, mips-qemu_mips-elf, arm-uboot, arm-core‐
              boot-vexpress, arm-coreboot-veyron, arm-efi, arm64-efi, riscv32-efi, riscv64-efi

### -p --prefix
              set prefix directory

### -s --sbat
              SBAT metadata

### -v --verbose
              print verbose messages.

       -?, **--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 corre‐
       sponding short options.

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

## SEE ALSO
       [**grub-install**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/grub-install/8/markdown), [**grub-mkrescue**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/grub-mkrescue/1/markdown), [**grub-mknetdir**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/grub-mknetdir/8/markdown)

       The full documentation for **grub-mkimage** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the  **info**  and
       **grub-mkimage** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              **info** **grub-mkimage**

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GRUB 2.06-2ubuntu7.2                        December 2022                            [GRUB-MKIMAGE(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GRUB-MKIMAGE/1/markdown)