GRUB-MKCONFIG(8)

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version 2.12 · 6 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

🌸 GRUB-MKCONFIG 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for grub-mkconfig, and it lives in the System Administration Utilities corner of the GRUB 2.12 era (dated April 2026, mark the calendar 🗓️✨). It's a section 8 page, so it's for the admin girlies. Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

grub-mkconfig — generate a GRUB configuration file 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

grub-mkconfig [OPTION]

that's it. one binary, one bracket, endless possibilities, no cap.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Generate a grub config file. That's the whole vibe. It makes the config file. ✨

and here's the part you actually came for — the options, bestie, all of them, in order:

  • -o, --output=FILE — write the generated config out to FILE. the default is stdout, so if you don't say anything it's just gonna yell the config at your terminal, which is lowkey iconic but highkey a lot of scrolling 📜😭
  • --no-grubenv-update — do NOT update the variables in the grubenv file. like, hands off the grubenv, bestie 🙈
  • -h, --help — prints this message and exits. the classic. the escape hatch. 🫶
  • -V, --version — prints the version information and exits. little flex, but make it official 💅

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? not the cute kind? 🐛 report it to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. they want to hear from you, fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • grub-install(8) — the other half of your GRUB journey, go read her too 🫶

the full documentation for grub-mkconfig is maintained as a Texinfo manual. and the way that this is so useful — if the info and grub-mkconfig programs are properly installed at your site, then this command:

info grub-mkconfig

should give you access to the complete manual. periodt. 📖✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! GRUB 2.12, April 2026, written by the System Administration Utilities girlies, and delivered to you with love, backticks intact, and every single flag accounted for. mwah 💋🎀💖

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