Grub v2 manual

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(8)GRUB-MKDEVICEMAP - Generate a device map file automatically for grub.

SYNOPSIS

grub-mkdevicemap [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

grub-mkdevicemap automatically generate a device.map file for grub (the file containing the mapping between a GRUB device name, and the system device name. That file is used at installation time, not at boot time).

-m, --device-map=FILE

Use FILE as oputput device map [default=/boot/grub/device.map, or /grub/device.map on *BSD* systems)

--no-floppy

Do not probe any floppy drive.

-s, --probe-second-floppy

Probe the second floppy drive.

-v, --verbose

Print verbose messages.

-h, --help

Print help page and exit.

-V, --version

Print the version information and exit.

AUTHOR

Program Written by Yoshinori K. Okuji, Robert Millan, Marco Gerards and others (see AUTHORS file).

Manpage Written by Franklin Piat.

BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.

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