GRUB-SPARC64-SETUP(8)

💖 grub-sparc64-setup(8) — the girlies' guide to making a SPARC box boot 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to grub-sparc64-setup from the System Administration Utilities squad ✨ this is the moment where we point a device at GRUB and say "you. you're gonna boot now." 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

grub-sparc64-setup — literally just set up a device to boot using GRUB. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

grub-sparc64-setup [OPTION...] DEVICE

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the tea is: this sets up images to boot from DEVICE. iconic, i know.

🚨 real talk bestie: you should not normally run this program directly. use grub-install instead. like, this is the backstage crew, not the main character. 🙈

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -a, --allow-floppy — makes the drive also bootable as floppy (this is the default for fdX devices, fyi). lowkey may break on some BIOSes tho, so proceed with caution 💀
• -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/grub2] 📁
• -f, --force — install even if problems are detected. yolo energy, but like, carefully 🔥
• -m, --device-map=FILE — use FILE as the device map [default=/boot/grub2/device.map] 🗺️
• --no-rs-codes — do not apply any reed-solomon codes when embedding core.img. heads up: this option is only available on x86 BIOS targets, so if you're on anything else it's not gonna slay for you 💀
• -s, --skip-fs-probe — do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE. skip the vibe check, straight to business ✨
• -v, --verbose — print verbose messages. she's chatty and we love her 💬
• -?, --help — give this help list 🫶
• --usage — give a short usage message 📝
• -V, --version — print program version 👑

💡 also important: mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. no cap, that's just how it works.

and one more thing bestie: DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. /dev/sda). like an actual device device. 🖥️

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? report it to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. be nice, be specific, be iconic 💌

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• grub-install(8)
• grub-mkimage(1)
• grub-mkrescue(1)

the full documentation for grub-sparc64-setup is maintained as a Texinfo manual 📚 if the info and grub-sparc64-setup programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info grub-sparc64-setup

should give you access to the complete manual. periodt. 💖

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 this was GRUB2 2.12, dated September 2026 — mwah, go boot something slay 💜🌈

✨ the end, bestie ✨