GRUB-MKDEVICEMAP(8)

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version 2.12 · 11 versions
, in ubuntu noble

💅 GRUB-MKDEVICEMAP 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the grub-mkdevicemap page — it's chilling in section 8 of the System Administration Utilities manual, and honestly? it's a little legend. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, let's get into it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

grub-mkdevicemap — bestie, it makes a device map file automatically. that's the whole vibe. no cap. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

grub-mkdevicemap [OPTION]...

literally just the command and then as many options as your heart desires 💖

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so what it does: it generates a device map file, automatically. main character energy, zero manual labour required 👑

here's the full lineup of flags — every single one, i'm not skipping a thing, periodt:

  • -n, --no-floppy — do not probe any floppy drive. like, we are not checking the floppy. we simply are not. 🙈
  • -s, --probe-second-floppy — probe the second floppy drive. yes, the second one. someone out there is running two floppies and this flag is for them 💀
  • -m, --device-map=FILE — use FILE as the device map. default? [default=/boot/grub/device.map] — that's the spot if you don't say otherwise 🗺️
  • -h, --help — display this message and exit. your classic "help me help you" moment 🫶
  • -V, --version — print version information and exit. knowing the version is lowkey important, iykyk ⭐
  • -v, --verbose — print verbose messages. it will talk. a lot. and we love that for it 🗣️

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, bestie — report it to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. they genuinely want to hear it fr fr 💌

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

also!! the full documentation for grub-mkdevicemap is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if info and grub-mkdevicemap are both properly installed at your site, running this:

info grub-mkdevicemap

should give you access to the complete manual — the whole lore, unabridged 📚✨

ok that's the whole page, nothing skipped, nothing invented, every flag accounted for 💅

and finally, the cute little sign-off: this was GRUB 2.12-1ubuntu7.3, dated March 2025, and it ate. no notes. bye bestie 🦋💖

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