How to setup GRUB for dual booting OS X and arch?

So I am reading the wiki, and there is a command I need to run, but for whatever reason I'm getting an error.  The command is,
grub-mkstandalone -o bootx64.efi -d usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi -O x86_64-efi -C xz boot/grub/grub.cfg
and error I'm getting is,
grub-mkstandalone: -C: (PROGRAM ERROR) Option should have been recognized!?
Google searching the error yielded 2 results
Last edited by ipatch (2014-05-22 18:35:32)

Looks like the -C flag has been deprecated:
claire ~ % grub-mkstandalone --help
Usage: grub-mkstandalone [OPTION...] [OPTION] SOURCE...
Generate a standalone image (containing all modules) in the selected format
--compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo] compress GRUB files [optional]
-d, --directory=DIR use images and modules under DIR
[default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]
--fonts=FONTS install FONTS [default=unicode]
--install-modules=MODULES install only MODULES and their dependencies
[default=all]
-k, --pubkey=FILE embed FILE as public key for signature checking
--locale-directory=DIR use translations under DIR
[default=/usr/share/locale]
--locales=LOCALES install only LOCALES [default=all]
--modules=MODULES pre-load specified modules MODULES
--themes=THEMES install THEMES [default=starfield]
-v, --verbose print verbose messages.
--core-compress=xz|none|auto
choose the compression to use for core image
-o, --output=FILE save output in FILE [required]
-O, --format=FILE generate an image in FORMAT
available formats: i386-coreboot, i386-multiboot,
i386-pc, i386-pc-pxe, i386-pc-eltorito, i386-efi,
i386-ieee1275, i386-qemu, x86_64-efi, i386-xen,
x86_64-xen, mipsel-yeeloong-flash,
mipsel-fuloong2f-flash, mipsel-loongson-elf,
powerpc-ieee1275, sparc64-ieee1275-raw,
sparc64-ieee1275-cdcore, sparc64-ieee1275-aout,
ia64-efi, mips-arc, mipsel-arc,
mipsel-qemu_mips-elf, mips-qemu_mips-flash,
mipsel-qemu_mips-flash, mips-qemu_mips-elf,
arm-uboot, arm-efi, arm64-efi
-?, --help give this help list
--usage give a short usage message
-V, --version print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
Graft point syntax (E.g. /boot/grub/grub.cfg=./grub.cfg) is accepted
Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
I couldn't find -C in the man-page either.

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