GRUB-MKSTANDALONE(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay bestie 💖 this is grub-mkstandalone(1) from the User Commands manual — the page for making a memdisk-based GRUB image. That's the NAME, and it is literally the whole assignment. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

grub-mkstandalone [OPTION...] [OPTION] SOURCE...

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Generate a standalone image (containing all modules) in the selected format. It's giving "all modules included, one standalone image, selected format" — and honestly? Iconic. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --compress=no|xz|gz|lzo — compress GRUB files [optional].
• --disable-shim-lock — disable shim_lock verifier.
• --dtb=FILE — embed a specific DTB.
• -d, --directory=DIR — use images and modules under DIR [default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>].
• --fonts=FONTS — install FONTS [default=unicode].
• --install-modules=MODULES — install only MODULES and their dependencies [default=all].
• -k, --pubkey=FILE — embed FILE as public key for signature checking.
• --locale-directory=DIR — use translations under DIR [default=/usr/share/locale].
• --locales=LOCALES — install only LOCALES [default=all].
• --modules=MODULES — pre-load specified modules MODULES.
• --sbat=FILE — SBAT metadata.
• --themes=THEMES — install THEMES [default=starfield].
• -v, --verbose — print verbose messages.
• --core-compress=xz|none|auto — choose the compression to use for core image.
• -o, --output=FILE — save output in FILE [required]. Not me pointing at the [required] like it's a warning label — bestie, it literally is. 💀
• -O, --format=FILE — 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-coreboot-vexpress, arm-coreboot-veyron, arm-efi, arm64-efi, loongarch64-efi, riscv32-efi, riscv64-efi.
• -?, --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. iykyk — same energy for the short versions. 💅

Also: Graft point syntax (E.g. /boot/grub/grub.cfg=./grub.cfg) is accepted 🦋.

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🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. Do it, bestie — the maintainers want the tea. 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

grub-mkimage(1)

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

info grub-mkstandalone

should give you access to the complete manual.

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Okay that's the whole page, bestie — footer energy and all. This lil manual page is from GRUB 2.12-1ubuntu7.3, dated March 2025, and its footer says GRUB-MKSTANDALONE(1). Stay slay, read your manpages, and may your standalone image contain every module it needs. Periodt. 💅✨