02-28-2008
SYSBAKP - Create emercency boot disk
Hi,
I am hoping someone can assist me please!
I need to create an emerceny boot disk after performing a SYSBAKP however I don't have a floppy drive on the server. Previously, someone created one to a CD to me however I don't know however I don't know how to do this.
Any feedback would be greatly apprecaited
as I am quite unsure at the moment!
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
grub-install
GRUB-INSTALL(8) System Administration Utilities GRUB-INSTALL(8)
NAME
grub-install - install GRUB to a device
SYNOPSIS
grub-install [OPTION] install_device
DESCRIPTION
Install GRUB on your drive.
-h, --help
print this message and exit
-v, --version
print the version information and exit
--modules=MODULES
pre-load specified modules MODULES
--boot-directory=DIR
install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub instead of the /boot/grub directory
--grub-setup=FILE
use FILE as grub-setup
--grub-mkimage=FILE
use FILE as grub-mkimage
--grub-mkrelpath=FILE
use FILE as grub-mkrelpath
--grub-mkdevicemap=FILE use FILE as grub-mkdevicemap
--grub-probe=FILE
use FILE as grub-probe
--no-floppy
do not probe any floppy drive
--allow-floppy
Make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
--recheck
probe a device map even if it already exists
--force
install even if problems are detected
--disk-module=MODULE
disk module to use
INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.
grub-install copies GRUB images into /boot/grub, and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot sector.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
grub-mkconfig(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-setup(8), grub-mkrescue(1)
The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-install programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info grub-install
should give you access to the complete manual.
grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-12ubuntu5 October 2011 GRUB-INSTALL(8)