BOOTINFOSCRIPT(8)BOOTINFOSCRIPT(8)NAME
bootinfoscript - tool for debugging bootloader problems
SYNOPSIS
bootinfoscript [options]
INTRODUCTION
bootinfoscript inspects your boot environment, that is your partitions and your boot loader. It produces a report which is easy to read and
easy to send to someone else who might be able to help you if you can't fix the problem yourself.
OPTIONS -v
Show version and exit.
-h
Show help text and exit.
-g or --gzip
Gzip report file after creation. The plain text file will be kept, too.
--this
Force bootinfoscript to run, even if you have another copy of bootinfoscript in your local directory.
SEE ALSO gzip(1), grub-install(8).
AUTHOR
This man page was written by Christian Hofstaedtler.
05/07/2012 BOOTINFOSCRIPT(8)
Check Out this Related Man Page
GRUB-SETUP(8) System Administration Utilities GRUB-SETUP(8)NAME
grub-setup - set up a device to boot using GRUB
SYNOPSIS
grub-setup [OPTION...] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
Set up images to boot from DEVICE.
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
-a, --allow-floppy
Make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
-b, --boot-image=FILE
Use FILE as the boot image [default=boot.img]
-c, --core-image=FILE
Use FILE as the core image [default=core.img]
-d, --directory=DIR
Use GRUB files in the directory DIR [default=/boot/grub]
-f, --force
Install even if problems are detected
-m, --device-map=FILE
Use FILE as the device map [default=/boot/grub/device.map]
-r, --root-device=DEV
Use DEV as the root device [default=guessed]
-s, --skip-fs-probe
Do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
-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 corresponding short options.
DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. /dev/sda).
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO grub-install(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-mkrescue(1)
The full documentation for grub-setup is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-setup programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info grub-setup
should give you access to the complete manual.
grub-setup (GRUB) 1.99-12ubuntu5 October 2011 GRUB-SETUP(8)