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  14   <h1>The rEFInd Boot Manager:<br />Installing rEFInd</h1>
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  16 <p class="subhead">by Roderick W. Smith, <a
  17 href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
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  19 <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
  20 9/19/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.2</p>
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 128
 129 <p>This page is part of the documentation for the rEFInd boot manager. If a Web search has brought you here, you may want to start at the <a href="index.html">main page.</a></p>
 130
 131 <hr />
 132
 133 <div style="float:right; width:55%">
 134
 135 <p><b>Don't be scared by the length of this page!</b> Only portions of this page apply to any given user, and most people can install rEFInd from an RPM or Debian package in a matter of seconds or by using the <tt>refind-install</tt> script in minute or two.</p>
 136
 137 <p>Once you've obtained a rEFInd binary file, as described on <a href="getting.html">the preceding page,</a> you must install it to your computer's EFI System Partition (ESP) (or conceivably to some other location). The details of how you do this depend on your OS and your computer (UEFI-based PC vs. Macintosh). The upcoming sections provide details. See the Contents sidebar to the left for links to specific installation procedures. For most Linux users, an RPM or Debian package is the best way to go. If your Linux system doesn't support these formats, though, or if you're running OS X, using the <tt>refind-install</tt> script can be a good way to go. If you're using Windows, you'll have to install manually.</p>
 138
 139 <p class="sidebar" style="width:95%"><b>Important:</b> A rEFInd zip file, when uncompressed, creates a directory called <tt>refind-<i>version</i></tt>, where <tt><i>version</i></tt> is the version number. This directory includes a subdirectory called <tt>refind</tt> that holds the rEFInd binary along with another that holds documentation, as well as miscellaneous files in <tt>refind-<i>version</i></tt> itself. When I refer to "the <tt>refind</tt> directory" on this page, I mean the directory with that precise name, not the <tt>refind-<i>version</i></tt> directory that is its parent.</p>
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 141 </div>
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 143 <div class="navbar">
 144
 145 <h4 class="tight">Contents</h4>
 146
 147 <ul class="tight">
 148
 149 <li class="tight"><a href="#packagefile">Installing rEFInd using an RPM or Debian package file</a></li>
 150
 151 <li class="tight"><a href="#installsh">Installing rEFInd Using <tt>refind-install</tt> under Linux or Mac OS X</a>
 152
 153    <ul class="tight">
 154
 155    <li class="tight"><a href="#quickstart">Quick <tt>refind-install</tt> Instructions</a></li>
 156
 157    <li class="tight"><a href="#extra_installsh">Extra <tt>refind-install</tt> Instructions</a></li>
 158
 159    </ul></li>
 160
 161 <li class="tight"><a href="#manual">Installing rEFInd Manually</a>
 162
 163    <ul>
 164
 165    <li class="tight"><a href="#linux">Installing rEFInd Manually Using Linux</a></li>
 166
 167    <li class="tight"><a href="#osx">Installing rEFInd Manually Using Mac OS X</a></li>
 168
 169    <li class="tight"><a href="#windows">Installing rEFInd Manually Using Windows</a></li>
 170
 171    <li class="tight"><a href="#efishell">Installing rEFInd Manually Using an EFI Shell</a></ul></li>
 172
 173 <li class="tight"><a href="#naming">Alternative Naming Options</a>
 174
 175    <ul>
 176
 177    <li class="tight"><a href="#mvrefind">Using <tt>mvrefind</tt></li>
 178
 179    <li class="tight"><a href="#manual_renaming">Renaming Files Manually</li>
 180
 181    </ul></li>
 182
 183 <li class="tight"><a href="#upgrading">Upgrading rEFInd</a></li>
 184
 185 <li class="tight"><a href="#addons">Installing Additional Components</a></li>
 186
 187 <li class="tight"><a href="#sluggish">Fixing a  Macintosh Boot</a>
 188
 189    <ul>
 190
 191    <li class="tight"><a href="#shortform">Using the <tt>--shortform</tt> Option</a></li>
 192
 193    <li class="tight"><a href="#fallback">Using the Fallback Filename</a></li>
 194
 195    <li class="tight"><a href="#moving">Moving rEFInd to an HFS+ Volume</a></li>
 196
 197    <li class="tight"><a href="#clearing">Clearing the NVRAM Entries</a></li>
 198
 199    <li class="tight"><a href="#wakeprobs">Fixing Wake Problems</a></li>
 200
 201    <li class="tight"><a href="#nolinux">Fixing a Failure to Find Linux</a></li>
 202
 203    </ul></li>
 204
 205 <li class="tight"><a href="#winprob">Fixing Windows Boot Problems</a></li>
 206
 207 <li class="tight"><a href="#uninstalling">Uninstalling rEFInd</a>
 208
 209    <ul>
 210
 211    <li class="tight"><a href="#uinst_linux">Uninstalling rEFInd from Linux</a></li>
 212
 213    <li class="tight"><a href="#uinst_osx">Uninstalling rEFInd from OS X</a></li>
 214
 215    <li class="tight"><a href="#uinst_windows">Uninstalling rEFInd from Windows</a></li>
 216
 217    <li class="tight"><a href="#post_uninst">Post-Uninstallation Activity (UEFI-Based PCs)</a></li>
 218
 219 </ul></ul></li>
 220
 221 </div>
 222
 223 <a name="packagefile">
 224 <h2>Installing rEFInd Using an RPM or Debian Package File</h2>
 225 </a>
 226
 227 <p>I provide RPM and Debian package files for rEFInd; and starting with version 0.8.1, I'm maintaining an Ubuntu PPA for rEFInd. If you have a working RPM-based or Debian-based Linux installation that boots in EFI mode, using one of these files is likely to be the easiest way to install rEFInd: You need only download the file and issue an appropriate installation command. In some cases, double-clicking the package in your file manager will install it. If that doesn't work, a command like the following will install the RPM on an RPM-based system:</p>
 228
 229 <pre class="listing"># <tt class="userinput">rpm -Uvh refind-0.9.2-1.x86_64.rpm</tt></pre>
 230
 231 <p>On a Debian-based system, the equivalent command is:</p>
 232
 233 <pre class="listing"># <tt class="userinput">dpkg -i refind_0.9.2-1_amd64.deb</tt></pre>
 234
 235 <p>Either command produces output similar to that described for <a href="#installsh">using the <tt>refind-install</tt> script,</a> so you can check it for error messages and other signs of trouble. The package file installs rEFInd and registers it with the EFI to be the default boot loader. The script that runs as part of the installation process tries to determine if you're using Secure Boot, and if so it will try to configure rEFInd to launch using shim; however, this won't work correctly on all systems. Ubuntu 12.10 users who are booting with Secure Boot active should be wary, since the resulting installation will probably try to use Ubuntu's version of shim, which won't work correctly with rEFInd. The shim program provided with more recent versions of Ubuntu should work correctly.</p>
 236
 237 <a name="ppa">
 238 <p>If you're using Ubuntu, you should be able to install the PPA as follows:</p></a>
 239
 240 <pre class="listing">$ <tt class="userinput">sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind</tt>
 241 $ <tt class="userinput">sudo apt-get update</tt>
 242 $ <tt class="userinput">sudo apt-get install refind</tt></pre></pre>
 243
 244 <p>The PPA version will update automatically with your other software, which you might or might not want to have happen. It's also built with GNU-EFI rather than with TianoCore. This last detail <i>should</i> have no practical effects, but it might be important if you've got a buggy EFI or if there's some undiscovered rEFInd bug that interacts with the build environment.</p>
 245
 246 <p>Since version 0.6.3, the installation script makes an attempt to install rEFInd in a bootable way even if you run the script from a BIOS-mode boot, and therefore the RPM and Debian packages do the same. I cannot guarantee that this will work, though, and even if it does, some of the tricks that <tt>refind-install</tt> uses might not persist for long. You might therefore want to use <tt><a href="#mvrefind">mvrefind</a></tt> to move your rEFInd installation to another name after you boot Linux for the first time from rEFInd.</p>
 247
 248 <p>Since version 0.6.2-2, my package files have installed the rEFInd binaries to <tt>/usr/share/refind-<tt class="variable">version</tt></tt>, the documentation to <tt>/usr/share/doc/refind-<tt class="variable">version</tt></tt>, and a few miscellaneous files elsewhere. (The PPA package omits the version number from the file paths.) Upon installation, the package runs the <tt>refind-install</tt> script to copy the files to the ESP. This enables you to re-install rEFInd after the fact by running <tt>refind-install</tt>, should some other tool or OS wipe the ESP or should the installation go awry. In such cases you can <a href="#installsh">use <tt>refind-install</tt></a> or <a href="#manual">install manually.</a></p>
 249
 250 <a name="installsh">
 251 <h2>Installing rEFInd Using <tt>refind-install</tt> under Linux or Mac OS X</h2>
 252
 253 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> If you're using a Macintosh, you should run <tt>refind-install</tt> from Mac OS X rather than from Linux. If run from Linux, rEFInd is unlikely to be fully installed. The reason is that Apple uses non-standard methods to enable a boot loader, and the Linux functions in <tt>refind-install</tt> assume standard EFI installation methods.</p>
 254
 255 <p>If you're using Linux or Mac OS X, the easiest way to install rEFInd is to use the <tt>refind-install</tt> script. This script automatically copies rEFInd's files to your ESP or other target location and makes changes to your firmware's NVRAM settings so that rEFInd will start the next time you boot. If you've booted to OS X or in non-Secure-Boot EFI mode to Linux on a UEFI-based PC, <tt>refind-install</tt> will probably do the right thing, so you can get by with the quick instructions. If your setup is unusual, if your computer uses Secure Boot, or if you want to create a USB flash drive with rEFInd on it, you should read the <a href="#extra_installsh">extra instructions</a> for this utility.</p>
 256
 257 <a name="quickstart">
 258 <h3>Quick <tt>refind-install</tt> Instructions</h3>
 259 </quickstart>
 260
 261 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> I've received reports that the OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan") beta has made changes to the OS that break the rEFInd installation procedure. This problem has been publicly reported as a bug in <tt>bless</tt>&mdash;see, for instance, <a href="http://www.openradar.me/22397509">here</a> and <a href="http://www.openradar.me/22170141">here.</a> It seems to be related to a new feature called System Integrity Protection. If possible, I recommend using OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite") or earlier to install rEFInd until this issue is resolved. It's reportedly possible to disable this feature by booting to recovery mode (by holding down Alt while booting) and typing <tt class="userinput">csrutil disable</tt> in a Terminal. After installing rEFInd, you can re-enable this feature by repeating the process, but typing <tt class="userinput">csrutil enable</tt>.</p>
 262
 263 <p>By default, the <tt>refind-install</tt> script installs rEFInd to your disk's ESP. Under Mac OS X, you can instead install rEFInd to your current OS X boot partition by passing the script the <tt>--notesp</tt> option, or to a non-boot HFS+ partition by using the <tt>--ownhfs <tt class="variable">devicefile</tt></tt> option. Under either OS, you can install to something other than the currently-running OS by using the <tt>--root <tt class="variable">/mountpoint</tt></tt> option. (See <a href="#table1">Table 1</a> for details.)</p>
 264
 265 <p>Under Linux, <tt>refind-install</tt> will be most reliable if your ESP is already mounted at <tt>/boot</tt> or <tt>/boot/efi</tt>, as described in more detail in the <a href="#linux">Installing rEFInd Manually Using Linux</a> section. (If you installed Linux in EFI mode, chances are your ESP is properly mounted.) If your ESP is not so mounted, <tt>refind-install</tt> will attempt to locate and mount an ESP, but this action is not guaranteed to work correctly. If you run <tt>refind-install</tt> from a BIOS/legacy-mode boot, particularly on a computer that also runs Windows, you should be aware that the tricks the script uses to install itself from BIOS mode are rather delicate. You can convert to a more conventional configuration using the <a href="#mvrefind"><tt>mvrefind</tt> script</a> after you've booted in EFI mode.</p>
 266
 267 <p>Prior to version 0.8.4, <tt>refind-install</tt> installed rEFInd to the OS X root partition by default. I changed this because the default configuration for OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite") makes this placement unusable. Instead, <tt>refind-install</tt> now installs to the ESP under OS X, just as it does under Linux. <i>If you're upgrading a working install of rEFInd to the OS X root partition, it's best to pass the <tt>--notesp</tt> option to <tt>refind-install</tt>.</i> This option is described in more detail shortly.</p>
 268
 269 <p>A sample run under Linux looks something like this:</p>
 270
 271 <pre class="listing">
 272 # <tt class="userinput">./refind-install</tt>
 273 Installing rEFInd on Linux....
 274 ESP was found at /boot/efi using vfat
 275 Installing driver for ext4 (ext4_x64.efi)
 276 Copied rEFInd binary files
 277
 278 Copying sample configuration file as refind.conf; edit this file to configure
 279 rEFInd.
 280
 281
 282 Installation has completed successfully.</pre>
 283
 284 <p>The output under OS X is a bit different:</p>
 285
 286 <pre class="listing">
 287 $ <tt class="userinput">./refind-install</tt>
 288 Not running as root; attempting to elevate privileges via sudo....
 289 Password:
 290 Installing rEFInd on OS X....
 291 Installing rEFInd to the partition mounted at /Volumes/ESP
 292 Found suspected Linux partition(s); installing ext4fs driver.
 293 Installing driver for ext4 (ext4_ia32.efi)
 294 Copied rEFInd binary files
 295
 296 Copying sample configuration file as refind.conf; edit this file to configure
 297 rEFInd.
 298
 299
 300 WARNING: If you have an Advanced Format disk, *DO NOT* attempt to check the
 301 bless status with 'bless --info', since this is known to cause disk corruption
 302 on some systems!!
 303
 304
 305 Installation has completed successfully.
 306
 307 Unmounting install dir</pre>
 308
 309 <p>In either case, the details of the output differ depending on your existing configuration and how you ran the program. Unless you see an obvious warning or error, you shouldn't be concerned about minor deviations from these examples. If you run into such a situation, or if you want to install in an unusual way, read on....</p>
 310
 311 <p>Note that the change to an ESP location for rEFInd with version 0.8.4 means that, if you upgrade rEFInd from an earlier version, you may notice a rEFInd boot option in the rEFInd menu. This option will boot the old version of rEFInd (or the new one, if something went wrong and the old version continues to boot). You can rid yourself of the unwanted boot menu by deleting the old files or by using <tt>dont_scan_dirs</tt> or <tt>dont_scan_files</tt> in <tt>refind.conf</tt>. Before you do this, you should use rEFInd to identify the unwanted files&mdash;the filename and volume identifier appear under the icons when you highlight the option. You can then locate and delete them from within OS X. Before you delete the old files, though, you may want to copy over any changes you've made to the rEFInd configuration, icons, and other support files.</p>
 312
 313 <a name="extra_installsh">
 314 <h3>Extra <tt>refind-install</tt> Instructions</h3>
 315 </a>
 316
 317 <p>Some details that can affect how the script runs include the following:</p>
 318
 319 <ul>
 320
 321 <li>If you run the script as an ordinary user, it attempts to acquire
 322     <tt>root</tt> privileges by using the <tt>sudo</tt> command. This works
 323     on Mac OS X and some Linux installations (such as under Ubuntu or if
 324     you've added yourself to the <tt>sudo</tt> users list), but on some
 325     Linux installations this will fail. On such systems, you should run
 326     <tt>refind-install</tt> as <tt>root</tt>.</li>
 327
 328 <li>Under OS X, you can run the script with a mouse by opening a Terminal
 329     session and then dragging-and-dropping the <tt>refind-install</tt> file to
 330     the Terminal window. You'll need to press the Return or Enter key to
 331     run the script.</li>
 332
 333 <li>If you're using OS X 10.7's Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) feature, or the
 334     loogical volumes feature in OS X 10.10, you <i>must</i> install rEFInd
 335     to the ESP or to a separate HFS+ partition. The default in rEFInd 0.8.4
 336     and later is to install to the ESP. If you prefer to use a separate
 337     HFS+ volume, the <tt>--ownhfs <tt
 338     class="variable">device-file</tt></tt> option to <tt>refind-install</tt> is
 339     required.</li>
 340
 341 <li>If you're <i>not</i> using WDE or logical volumes, you can install
 342     rEFInd to the OS X root (<tt>/</tt>) partition by using the
 343     <tt>--notesp</tt> option to <tt>refind-install</tt>. Using this option is
 344     recommended when upgrading from a working rEFInd installation in this
 345     location.</li>
 346
 347 <li>If you're replacing rEFIt with rEFInd on a Mac, there's a chance that
 348     <tt>refind-install</tt> will warn you about the presence of a program
 349     called <tt>/Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser</tt> and ask if you want
 350     to delete it. This program is designed to keep rEFIt set as the boot
 351     manager by automatically re-blessing it if the default boot manager
 352     changes. This is obviously undesirable if you install rEFInd as your
 353     primary boot manager, so it's generally best to remove this program. If
 354     you prefer to keep your options open, you can answer <tt
 355     class="userinput">N</tt> when <tt>refind-install</tt> asks if you want to
 356     delete rEFItBlesser, and instead manually copy it elsewhere. If you
 357     subsequently decide to go back to using rEFIt as your primary boot
 358     manager, you can restore rEFItBlesser to its place.</li>
 359
 360 <li>If you're using OS X and an Advanced Format disk, heed the warning that
 361     <tt>refind-install</tt> displays and <i><b>do not</b></i> use <tt>bless
 362     --info</tt> to check your installation status; this combination has
 363     been reported to cause disk corruption on some Macs!</li>
 364
 365 <li>If you intend to boot BIOS-based OSes on a UEFI-based PC, you
 366     <i>must</i> edit the <tt>refind.conf</tt> file's <tt>scanfor</tt> line
 367     to enable the relevant searches. This is <i>not</i> necessary on Macs,
 368     though; because of the popularity of dual boots with Windows on Macs,
 369     the BIOS/legacy scans are enabled by default on Macs.</li>
 370
 371 <li>On Linux, <tt>refind-install</tt> checks the filesystem type of the
 372     <tt>/boot</tt> directory and, if a matching filesystem driver is
 373     available, installs it. Note that the "<tt>/boot</tt> directory" may be
 374     on a separate partition or it may be part of your root (<tt>/</tt>)
 375     filesystem, in which case the driver for your root filesystem is
 376     installed. This feature is unlikely to work properly from an emergency
 377     system, although it might if you have a separate <tt>/boot</tt>
 378     partition and if you mount that partition at <tt>/boot</tt> in your
 379     emergency system, and the ESP at <tt>/boot/efi</tt>.</li>
 380
 381 <li>On OS X, <tt>refind-install</tt> checks your partition tables for signs of
 382     a Linux installation. If such a sign is found, the script installs the
 383     EFI filesystem driver for the Linux ext4 filesystem. This will enable
 384     rEFInd to read your Linux kernel <i>if</i> it's on an ext2, ext3, or
 385     ext4 filesystem. Note that some configurations will require a
 386     <tt>/boot/refind_linux.conf</tt> file, which can be reliably generated
 387     only under Linux. (The <tt>mkrlconf</tt> script that comes with
 388     rEFInd will do this job once you've booted Linux.) In the meantime, you
 389     can launch GRUB from rEFInd or press F2 or Insert twice after
 390     highlighting the Linux option in rEFInd. This will enable you to enter
 391     a <tt>root=/dev/<tt class="variable">whatever</tt></tt> specification,
 392     where <tt>/dev/<tt class="variable">whatever</tt></tt> is the device
 393     identifier of your Linux root (<tt>/</tt>) filesystem.
 394
 395 <li>If you run <tt>refind-install</tt> on Linux and if
 396     <tt>/boot/refind_linux.conf</tt> doesn't already exist,
 397     <tt>refind-install</tt> creates this file and populates it with a few
 398     sample entries. If <tt>/boot</tt> is on a FAT partition (or HFS+ on a
 399     Mac), or if it's on an ext2fs, ext3fs, ext4fs, ReiserFS, or HFS+
 400     partition and you install an appropriate driver, the
 401     result is that rEFInd will detect your kernel and will probably boot it
 402     correctly. Some systems will require manual tweaking to
 403     <tt>refind_linux.conf</tt>, though&mdash;for instance, to add
 404     <tt>dolvm</tt> to the boot options on Gentoo systems that use LVM.</li>
 405
 406 <li>If you pass the <tt>--shim</tt> option to the script (along with a
 407     filename for a shim binary), the script sets up for a Secure Boot
 408     configuration via shim. By default, this causes the rEFInd binary to be
 409     renamed as <tt>grubx64.efi</tt>. Recent versions of shim support
 410     passing the name of the follow-on program to shim via a parameter,
 411     though. If you want to use this feature, you can pass the
 412     <tt>--keepname</tt> option to <tt>refind-install</tt>.</li>
 413
 414 </ul>
 415
 416 <p>In addition to these quirks, you should be aware of some options that <tt>refind-install</tt> supports to enable you to customize your installation in various ways. The syntax for <tt>refind-install</tt> is as follows:</p>
 417
 418 <pre class="listing">
 419 refind-install [--notesp | --usedefault <tt class="variable">device-file</tt> | --root <tt class="variable">mount-point</tt> | \
 420             --ownhfs <tt class="variable">device-file</tt> ] [--keepname ] \
 421            [--nodrivers | --alldrivers] [--shim <tt class="variable">shim-filename</tt>] [--localkeys] [--yes]
 422 </pre>
 423
 424 <p>The details of the options are summarized in <a href="#table1">Table 1.</a> Broadly speaking, they come in four classes: installation location options (<tt>--notesp</tt>, <tt>--usedefault</tt>, and <tt>--root</tt>), driver options (<tt>--nodrivers</tt> and <tt>--alldrivers</tt>), Secure Boot options (<tt>--shim</tt> and <tt>--localkeys</tt>), and a user input option (<tt>--yes</tt>). Using some of these options in unusual conditions can generate warnings and prompts to confirm your actions. In particular, using <tt>--shim</tt> or <tt>--localkeys</tt> when you're <i>not</i> booted in Secure Boot mode, or failing to use <tt>--shim</tt> when you <i>are</i> booted in Secure Boot mode, will generate a query and a request to confirm your installation. Consult the <a href="secureboot.html">Managing Secure Boot</a> page for more on this topic.</p>
 425
 426 <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2" summary="Table 1: Options to <tt>refind-install</tt>"><a name="table1"><caption><b>Table 1: Options to <tt>refind-install</tt></b></caption></a>
 427 <tr>
 428    <th>Option</th>
 429    <th>Explanation</th>
 430 </tr>
 431 <tr>
 432    <td><tt>--notesp</tt></td>
 433    <td>This option, which is valid only under OS X, tells <tt>refind-install</tt> to install rEFInd to the OS X root partition rather than to the ESP. This behavior was the default in rEFInd 0.8.3 and earlier, so you may want to use it when upgrading installations of that version, unless you used <tt>--esp</tt> (which is now the default behavior, although the <tt>--esp</tt> option no longer exists) or <tt>--ownhfs</tt>. You may also want to use <tt>--notesp</tt> on new installations if you're sure you're <i>not</i> using whole-disk encryption or logical volumes.</td>
 434 </tr>
 435 <tr>
 436    <td><tt>--usedefault <tt class="variable">device-file</tt></tt></td>
 437    <td>You can install rEFInd to a disk using the default/fallback filename of <tt>EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi</tt> (and <tt>EFI/BOOT/bootia32.efi</tt>, if the 32-bit build is available) using this option. The <tt class="variable">device-file</tt> should be an <i>unmounted</i> ESP, or at least a FAT partition, as in <tt>--usedefault /dev/sdc1</tt>. Your computer's NVRAM entries will <i>not</i> be modified when installing in this way. The intent is that you can create a bootable USB flash drive or install rEFInd on a computer that tends to "forget" its NVRAM settings with this option. This option is mutually exclusive with <tt>--notesp</tt> and <tt>--root</tt>.</td>
 438 </tr>
 439 <tr>
 440    <td><tt>--ownhfs <tt class="variable">device-file</tt></tt></td>
 441    <td>This option should be used <i>only</i> under OS X. It's used to install rEFInd to an HFS+ volume <i>other than</i> a standard Mac boot volume. The result should be that rEFInd will show up in the Mac's own boot manager. More importantly, suspend-to-RAM operations may work correctly. Note that this option requires an HFS+ volume that is <i>not</i> currently an OS X boot volume. This can be a data volume or a dedicated rEFInd partition. The ESP might also work, if it's converted to use HFS+.</td>
 442 </tr>
 443 <tr>
 444    <td><tt>--root <tt class="variable">/mount-point</tt></tt></td>
 445    <td>This option is intended to help install rEFInd from a "live CD" or other emergency system. To use it, you should mount your regular installation at <tt class="variable">/mount-point</tt>, including your <tt>/boot</tt> directory (if it's separate) at <tt class="variable">/mount-point</tt><tt>/boot</tt> and (on Linux) your ESP at that location or at <tt class="variable">/mount-point</tt><tt>/boot/efi</tt>. The <tt>refind-install</tt> script then installs rEFInd to the appropriate location&mdash;on Linux, <tt class="variable">/mount-point</tt><tt>/boot/EFI/refind</tt> or <tt class="variable">/mount-point</tt><tt>/boot/efi/EFI/refind</tt>, depending on where you've mounted your ESP. Under OS X, this option is only useful in conjunction with <tt>--notesp</tt>, in which case rEFInd will install to <tt class="variable">/mount-point</tt><tt>/EFI/refind</tt>. The script also adds an entry to your NVRAM for rEFInd at this location. You cannot use this option with <tt>--usedefault</tt>. Note that this option is <i>not</i> needed when doing a dual-boot Linux/OS X installation; just install normally in OS X.</td>
 446 </tr>
 447 <tr>
 448    <td><tt>--nodrivers</tt></td>
 449    <td>Ordinarily <tt>refind-install</tt> attempts to install the driver required to read <tt>/boot</tt> on Linux. This attempt works only if you're using ext2fs, ext3fs, ext4fs, or ReiserFS on the relevant partition. If you want to forego this driver installation, pass the <tt>--nodrivers</tt> option. This option is the implicit when you use <tt>--usedefault</tt>.</td>
 450 </tr>
 451 <tr>
 452    <td><tt>--alldrivers</tt></td>
 453    <td>When you specify this option, <tt>refind-install</tt> copies <i>all</i> the driver files for your architecture. You may want to remove unused driver files after you use this option, especially if your computer uses Secure Boot. Note that some computers hang or fail to work with any drivers if you use this option, so use it with caution.</td>
 454 </tr>
 455 <tr>
 456    <td><tt>--shim <tt class="variable">shim-filename</tt></tt> or <tt>--preloader <tt class="variable">preloader-filename</tt></tt></td>
 457    <td>If you pass this option to <tt>refind-install</tt>, the script will copy the specified shim program file to the target directory, copy the <tt>MokManager.efi</tt> file from the shim program file's directory to the target directory, copy the 64-bit version of rEFInd as <tt>grubx64.efi</tt>, and register shim with the firmware. (If you also specify <tt>--usedefault</tt>, the NVRAM registration is skipped. If you also use <tt>--keepname</tt>, the renaming to <tt>grubx64.efi</tt> is skipped.) When the target file is identified as PreLoader, much the same thing happens, but <tt>refind-install</tt> copies <tt>HashTool.efi</tt> instead of <tt>MokManager.efi</tt> and copies rEFInd as <tt>loader.efi</tt> rather than as <tt>grubx64.efi</tt>. The intent is to simplify rEFInd installation on a computer that uses Secure Boot; when so set up, rEFInd will boot in Secure Boot mode, with one caveat: The first time you boot, MokManager/HashTool will launch, and you must use it to locate and install a public key or register rEFInd as a trusted application. The rEFInd public key file will be located in the rEFInd directory's <tt>keys</tt> subdirectory under the name <tt>refind.cer</tt>. Note that I'm not providing a shim binary myself, but you can download one from <a href="http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/shim-signed/">here.</a> Some distributions also provide their own shim programs, so can point to them&mdash;for instance, in <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/shim.efi</tt>.</td>
 458 </tr>
 459 <tr>
 460    <td><tt>--localkeys</tt></td>
 461    <td>This option tells <tt>refind-install</tt> to generate a new Machine Owner Key (MOK), store it in <tt>/etc/refind.d/keys</tt> as <tt>refind_local.*</tt>, and re-sign all the 64-bit rEFInd binaries with this key before installing them. This is the preferable way to install rEFInd in Secure Boot mode, since it means your binaries will be signed locally rather than with my own key, which is used to sign many other users' binaries; however, this method requires that both the <tt>openssl</tt> and <tt>sbsign</tt> binaries be installed. The former is readily available in most distributions' repositories, but the latter is not, so this option is not the default.</td>
 462 </tr>
 463 <tr>
 464    <td><tt>--keepname</tt></td>
 465    <td>This option is useful only in conjunction with <tt>--shim</tt>. It tells <tt>refind-install</tt> to keep rEFInd's regular filename (typically <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt>) when used with shim, rather than rename the binary to <tt>grubx64.efi</tt>. This change cuts down on the chance of confusion because of filename issues; however, this feature requires that shim be launched with a command-line parameter that points to the rEFInd binary under its real name. versions of shim prior to 0.7 do not properly support this feature. (Version 0.4 supports it but with a buggy interpretation of the follow-on loader specification.) If your NVRAM variables become corrupted or are forgotten, this feature may make rEFInd harder to launch. This option is incompatible with <tt>--usedefault</tt> and is unavailable when run under OS X or without the <tt>--shim</tt> option. If the script discovers an existing rEFInd installation under <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> or <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt> and no other rEFInd installation when this option is used, it will abort.</td>
 466 </tr>
 467 <tr>
 468    <td><tt>--yes</tt></td>
 469    <td>This option causes the script to assume a <tt>Y</tt> input to every yes/no prompt that can be generated under certain conditions, such as if you specify <tt>--shim</tt> but <tt>refind-install</tt> detects no evidence of a Secure Boot installation. This option is intended mainly for use by scripts such as those that might be used as part of an installation via an RPM or Debian package.</td>
 470 </tr>
 471 </table>
 472
 473 <p>After you run <tt>refind-install</tt>, you should peruse the script's output to ensure that everything looks OK. <tt>refind-install</tt> displays error messages when it encounters errors, such as if the ESP is mounted read-only or if you run out of disk space. You may need to correct such problems manually and re-run the script. In some cases you may need to fall back on manual installation, which gives you better control over details such as which partition to use for installation.</p>
 474
 475 <a name="manual">
 476 <h2>Installing rEFInd Manually</h2>
 477 </a>
 478
 479 <p>Sometimes the <tt>refind-install</tt> script just won't do the job, or you may need to install using an OS that it doesn't support, such as Windows. In these cases, you'll have to install rEFInd the old-fashioned way, using file-copying commands and utilities to add the program to your EFI's boot loader list. I describe how to do this with <a href="#linux">Linux</a>, <a href="#osx">OS X</a>, <a href="#windows">Windows</a>, and <a href="#efishell">the EFI shell.</a></p>
 480
 481 <a name="linux">
 482 <h3>Installing rEFInd Manually Using Linux</h3>
 483 </a>
 484
 485 <p>On a UEFI-based PC, you'll normally install rEFInd to the ESP, which is usually mounted at <tt>/boot/efi</tt>. You can verify that this is the case by using the <tt>df</tt> command:</p>
 486
 487 <pre class="listing">
 488 $ <b>df /boot/efi</b>
 489 Filesystem     1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
 490 /dev/sda1         191284 16604    174681   9% /boot/efi
 491 </pre>
 492
 493 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> If you're running Linux on a Mac, I recommend you install rEFInd under OS X. The Mac's boot process deviates a bit from EFI standards, so you'll probably have to use a tool called <tt>bless</tt> under Mac OS to do the job. Alternatively, there's a new Linux program, <tt>hfs-bless</tt>, part of the <a href="http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/mactel-boot/"><tt>mactel-boot</tt></a> RPM package or as part of the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~detly/+archive/ubuntu/mactel-utils">mactel-utils PPA for Ubuntu</a>, that's supposed to work with <tt>efibootmgr</tt> to make a Mac HFS partition bootable. I've not yet tried it, though. There are also reports that the <tt>efibootmgr</tt> tool used under Linux can corrupt some Macs' firmware. Although I've seen some vague suggestions that this problem has been fixed under 3.<i>x</i> kernels, I haven't tested this claim.</p>
 494
 495 <p>This example shows that <tt>/dev/sda1</tt> is mounted at <tt>/boot/efi</tt>, which is a typical configuration. (The ESP can be on another disk or partition, but <tt>/dev/sda1</tt> is the most common place for an ESP.) If your output shows <tt>/boot</tt> or <tt>/</tt> under the <tt>Mounted on</tt> column, then your ESP isn't mounted. (An exception is if you're mounting the ESP at <tt>/boot</tt>. This is an unusual configuration. If you're using it, you can proceed, making suitable adjustments to subsequent commands.) If you get a <tt>df: `/boot/efi': No such file or directory</tt> error message, then the <tt>/boot/efi</tt> directory doesn't even exist. In such cases, you may need to jump through some extra hoops, as described on my <a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/installation.html">EFI Boot Loader Installation</a> page.</p>
 496
 497 <p>Assuming the ESP is mounted at <tt>/boot/efi</tt>, you can install the rEFInd files as follows (you must be <tt>root</tt> to issue these commands, or precede each of them with <tt><b>sudo</b></tt>):</p>
 498
 499 <ol>
 500
 501 <li>Type <tt><b>cp -r refind /boot/efi/EFI/</b></tt> from the <tt>refind-<i>version</i></tt> directory in which the <tt>refind</tt> directory exists. This copies all the files that rEFInd needs to work. Note that this includes <i>all</i> of rEFInd's drivers. This command also copies the rEFInd binaries as signed by me; if you prefer to re-sign the binaries yourself, you'll have to do so before or during the copy operation, as described on the <a href="secureboot.html">Managing Secure Boot</a> page.</li>
 502
 503 <li>Type <tt><b>cd /boot/efi/EFI/refind</b></tt> to change into rEFInd's new directory on the ESP.</li>
 504
 505 <li>Type <tt><b>rm refind_ia32.efi</b></tt> to remove the IA32 binary if you're using an <i>x</i>86-64 (64-bit) system; or type <tt><b>rm refind_x64.efi</b></tt> to remove the <i>x</i>86-64 binary if you're using an <i>x</i>86 (32-bit) system. (Note that you must keep the version that's the correct bit width for your EFI; if you've installed a 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit PC with a 64-bit EFI, you'd keep <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt>.</li>
 506
 507 <li>Optionally, type <tt class="userinput">rm -r drivers_ia32</tt> to remove the <i>x</i>86 drivers from an <i>x</i>86-64 system, or <tt class="userinput">rm -r drivers_x64</tt> to remove the <i>x</i>86-64 drivers from a 32-bit <i>x</i>86 system. You may also want to remove some or all of the drivers for the architecture you are using. If you don't need them, they'll slow down the start process, and worse, loading unnecessary drivers can cause some systems to hang or interfere with the drivers you do need. See the <a href="drivers.html">page on drivers</a> for more on this topic.</li>
 508
 509 <li>Rename the configuration file by typing <tt><b>mv refind.conf-sample refind.conf</b></tt>. Consult the <a href="configfile.html">Editing the rEFInd Configuration File</a> page for information on how to adjust your options.</li>
 510
 511 <p class="sidebar"><b>Weird:</b> A <a href="http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/20187.html">bug exists</a> in some Lenovo computers (and perhaps in some others, too) that causes the firmware's boot manager to refuse to boot any boot loader that doesn't have the name <tt>Windows Boot Manager</tt> or <tt>Red Hat Enterprise Linux</tt>. If you have such a system, you must pass one of those names (in quotes) rather than <tt>rEFInd</tt> to <tt>efibootmgr</tt> via its <tt>-L</tt> option. This bug was reported to Lenovo in mid-November 2012, and by late 2013, at least some Lenovos were mercifully free of this bug.</p>
 512
 513 <a name="efibootmgr">
 514 <li>On a UEFI-based system, type <tt><b>efibootmgr -c -l \\EFI\\refind\\refind_x64.efi -L rEFInd</b></tt> to add rEFInd to your EFI's list of available boot loaders, which it stores in NVRAM. Adjust the path to the binary as required if you install somewhere else. You may also need to include additional options if your ESP isn't on <tt>/dev/sda1</tt> or if your configuration is otherwise unusual; consult the <tt>efibootmgr</tt> man page for details. You may need to install this program on some systems; it's a standard part of most distributions' repositories. Also, if you're installing in Secure Boot mode, you must normally register <tt>shim.efi</tt> rather than the rEFInd binary, and rename <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt> to <tt>grubx64.efi</tt>. Shim 0.7 and later enables you to keep rEFInd's usual name by adding a <tt>-u "shim.efi refind_x64.efi"</tt> option to your <tt>efibootmgr</tt> command line, though. Change the filenames to the ones used by your actual Shim and rEFInd binaries, respectively.</li>
 515 </a>
 516
 517 <li>If other boot loaders are already installed, you can use <tt>efibootmgr</tt> to adjust their boot order. For instance, <b><tt>efibootmgr -o 3,7,2</tt></b> sets the firmware to try boot loader #3 first, followed by #7, followed by #2. (The program should have displayed a list of boot loaders when you added yours in the preceding step.) Place rEFInd's number first to set it as the default boot program.</li>
 518
 519 </ol>
 520
 521 <p>Note the use of doubled-up backslashes (<tt>\\</tt>) rather than forward slashes (<tt>/</tt>) in the directory separators when using <tt>efibootmgr</tt>. This command will work on most systems that are already booted into EFI mode; however, it won't work if you're booted in BIOS mode. You may also need to add options if your ESP is in some unusual location or if your system is unusual in some way. Consult the <tt>efibootmgr</tt> man page if you need help.</p>
 522
 523 <p>On some systems, <tt>efibootmgr</tt> won't do what you expect. On such systems, you may have better luck renaming the rEFInd files, as described in the <a href="#naming">Alternative Naming Options</a> section.</p>
 524
 525 <a name="osx">
 526 <h3>Installing rEFInd Manually Using Mac OS X</h3>
 527 </a>
 528
 529 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> I've received reports that the OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan") beta has made changes to the OS that break the rEFInd installation procedure. This problem has been publicly reported as a bug in <tt>bless</tt>&mdash;see, for instance, <a href="http://www.openradar.me/22397509">here</a> and <a href="http://www.openradar.me/22170141">here.</a> It seems to be related to a new feature called System Integrity Protection. If possible, I recommend using OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite") or earlier to install rEFInd until this issue is resolved. It's reportedly possible to disable this feature by booting to recovery mode (by holding down Alt while booting) and typing <tt class="userinput">csrutil disable</tt> in a Terminal. After installing rEFInd, you can re-enable this feature by repeating the process, but typing <tt class="userinput">csrutil enable</tt>.</p>
 530
 531 <p>Before installing rEFInd on a Mac, you must determine whether it uses a 32-bit or 64-bit EFI implementation. Most Intel-based Macs have 64-bit EFIs, so you should use the <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt> file with them; but very early Intel-based Macs have 32-bit EFIs (and sometimes 32-bit CPUs), which require the <tt>refind_ia32.efi</tt> file. You can determine whether your Mac needs the <i>x</i>86-64 or IA32 build by typing the following command in a Mac Terminal window:</p>
 532
 533 <pre class="listing">
 534 $ <b>ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi</b>
 535 </pre>
 536
 537 <p>The result should include either <tt>EFI32</tt> or <tt>EFI64</tt>, indicating that you should use the <tt>refind_ia32.efi</tt> or <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt> binary, respectively.</p>
 538
 539 <p>You should also be aware of your OS X version and installation options. If you used whole-disk encryption (WDE) or a logical volume for installation, you <i>cannot</i> install to the OS X root partition; you <i>must</i> install to the ESP or to a separate HFS+ partition. WDE became an option with OS X 10.7 and logical volumes are the default in OS X 10.10. If in doubt, proceed with an installation to the ESP or to a separate HFS+ partition.</p>
 540
 541 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> Numerous rEFIt bug reports indicate disk corruption problems on disks over about 500 GiB. <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3218104&group_id=161917&atid=821764">This</a> report on the problem, and particularly the post by mic-marchen, suggests that the problem is related to a bug in OS X's <tt>bless</tt> utility, and particularly its <tt>--info</tt> option, that causes it to corrupt data on disks with 4 KiB sectors. These <i>Advanced Format</i> disks are becoming increasingly common, particularly at larger disk sizes. Therefore, I <i>strongly</i> recommend that you <i>not</i> type <tt class="userinput">sudo bless --info</tt> to check the status of your installation if you have such a disk, or even if you suspect you might have such a disk. (I've seen Advanced Format disks as small as 320 GB.)</p>
 542
 543 <p>The procedure for installing rEFInd on a Mac is similar to that for installing it under Linux, except that you must use the <tt>bless</tt> utility rather than <tt>efibootmgr</tt> to register the program with the firmware. Also, you'll probably have to mount your ESP manually, since that's not done by default under OS X. To be precise, you should follow these steps:</p>
 544
 545 <ol>
 546
 547 <li>Open a Terminal window in which you'll type the following
 548     commands.</li>
 549
 550 <li>If you want to install rEFInd on your ESP, you must first mount it. You
 551     can do this by typing <b><tt>mkdir /Volumes/esp</tt></b> followed by
 552     <b><tt>sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/esp</tt></b>. Note
 553     that you may need to change <tt>/dev/disk0s1</tt> to something else if
 554     your ESP is at an unusual location. Type <tt class="userinput">diskutil
 555     list</tt> or use a tool such as my <a
 556     href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/">GPT fdisk (<tt>gdisk</tt>)</a>
 557     to examine your partition table to find your ESP if necessary.</li>
 558
 559 <li>Type <b><tt>sudo mkdir -p /Volumes/esp/efi/refind</tt></b> to create a
 560     suitable directory for rEFInd. If you want to place rEFInd on the OS X
 561     root partition, you should adjust the pathname appropriately, as in
 562     <tt>/efi/refind</tt>. Alternatively, you can use the Finder to create
 563     the directory.</li>
 564
 565 <li>Copy the files in the <tt>refind</tt> subdirectory of the rEFInd binary
 566     package to the like-named directory you've just created. You can do
 567     this in the Finder or by typing <b><tt>sudo cp -r refind/*
 568     /Volumes/esp/efi/refind/</tt></b> in your Terminal window after
 569     changing into the rEFInd package's main directory.</li>
 570
 571 <li>Remove the file for the version of rEFInd you're not using, as in
 572     <b><tt>sudo rm Volumes/esp/efi/refind/refind_ia32.efi</tt></b> on a Mac
 573     with a 64-bit EFI or <b><tt>sudo rm
 574     /Volumes/esp/efi/refind/refind_x64.efi</tt></b> on a Mac with a 32-bit
 575     EFI.</li>
 576
 577 <li>Optionally, remove the drivers directory for the architecture you're
 578     not using&mdash;<tt>/Volumes/esp/efi/refind/drivers_ia32</tt> or
 579     <tt>/Volumes/esp/efi/refind/drivers_x64</tt>, as appropriate. You may
 580     also want to remove some or all of the drivers for the architecture you
 581     are using; if you don't need them, they'll slow down the start process.
 582     See the <a href="drivers.html">page on drivers</a> for more on this
 583     topic. Note that Apple's firmware includes its own HFS+ driver, so the
 584     HFS+ driver provided with rEFInd is useless on Macs.</li>
 585
 586 <li>If this is your first installation, type <b><tt>sudo mv
 587     /Volumes/esp/efi/refind/refind.conf-sample
 588     /Volumes/esp/efi/refind/refind.conf</tt></b> (adjusting the path as
 589     necessary) to rename the sample configuration file so that it will
 590     serve as a real configuration file. (Again, you can do this with the
 591     Finder, if you prefer.)</li>
 592
 593 <li>"Bless" rEFInd by typing one of the following two commands:
 594     <ul>
 595     <li>If you're installing rEFInd on the ESP, type <tt
 596         class="userinput">sudo bless --mount /Volumes/esp --setBoot --file
 597         /Volumes/esp/efi/refind/refind_x64.efi --shortform</tt>, adjusting
 598         the mount point and exact path to the file as appropriate for your
 599         installation.</li>
 600     <li>If you're installing rEFInd to an ordinary HFS+ volume, type <tt
 601         class="userinput">sudo bless --setBoot --folder /efi/refind --file
 602         /efi/refind/refind_x64.efi</tt>. (Adjust the path and filename as
 603         necessary if you're placing rEFInd somewhere else or using the
 604         32-bit version.)</li>
 605     </ul>
 606     As per the Warning earlier, <i>do not</i> use <tt>bless</tt>'s
 607     <tt>--info</tt> option to try to confirm the change to the boot status
 608     unless you're certain you do <i>not</i> have an Advanced Format hard
 609     disk.</li>
 610
 611 <li>If you don't want to reboot immediately after installing rEFInd, you
 612     may optionally unmount the ESP by typing <tt class="userinput">sudo
 613     umount /dev/disk0s1</tt> or <tt class="userinput">sudo umount
 614     /Volumes/esp</tt>. This step isn't strictly required, but if you want
 615     to keep the ESP out of your directory tree, it can be useful.</li>
 616
 617 </ol>
 618
 619 <p>When you reboot, your Mac should bring up the rEFInd menu, and should continue to do so thereafter. If you make changes that break this association, you can re-run the <tt>bless</tt> command (if necessary, restoring the rEFInd files first). This might be necessary after installing system updates from Apple or if you upgrade rEFInd to a newer version.</p>
 620
 621 <p>If you're replacing rEFIt, you may discover that rEFInd works on the first boot, but the system reverts back to rEFIt or a direct boot to OS X on the second boot. To fix this problem, you can remove the rEFItBlesser program, which is located at <tt>/Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser</tt>. This program attempts to keep rEFIt set as the default boot loader, but it also has the purpose of protecting the computer from launching the wrong OS after waking from sleep. If you want that protection, my suggestion is to install rEFIt and rEFItBlesser and then replace the <tt>refit.efi</tt> file with <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt> or <tt>refind_ia32.efi</tt> (renaming it to <tt>refit.efi</tt>). Used in this way, rEFInd will still look for its own configuration file, <tt>refind.conf</tt>, so you'll need to move it but <i>not</i> rename it. If you don't move the icons from the rEFInd package, your icons will continue to look like rEFIt icons, and you'll be missing the new icons for specific Linux distributions that rEFInd provides. One final caveat: It's conceivable that rEFItBlesser is what's causing filesystem corruption for some users, so if you've been having this problem with rEFIt, it might be worth disabling this program and not using it with rEFInd.</p>
 622
 623 <p>If you want to remove rEFInd from your system, you can delete its files. The Mac will revert to booting using whatever standard boot loader it can find. Alternatively, you can use <tt>bless</tt> to bless another EFI boot loader. The GUI Startup Disk utility in System Preferences provides a simplified interface that enables you to select which OS X installation to boot, but it doesn't look for non-Apple boot loaders, so you can't use it to enable rEFInd.</p>
 624
 625 <a name="windows">
 626 <h3>Installing rEFInd Manually Using Windows</h3>
 627 </a>
 628
 629 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> Windows 8 implements a fast shutdown feature that helps speed up shutdown and startup operations on a single-boot computer. Unfortunately, this feature can cause filesystem corruption if it's used on a multi-boot computer. You can disable the feature by launching an Administrator Command Prompt window and typing <tt class="userinput">powercfg /h off</tt> in it.</p>
 630
 631 <p>I know relatively little about Windows EFI management tools; however, I do know that at least two relevant tools exist: the standard <tt>bcdedit</tt> and the third-party <i>EasyUEFI.</i></p>
 632
 633 <p>The <a href="http://www.easyuefi.com/index-us.html">EasyUEFI tool</a> is a free (as in beer) GUI tool for managing EFI boot programs. I've only tried it once, and it seemed fairly intuitive and easy to use, but I don't have detailed instructions on how to use it. If you want to use EasyUEFI, you'll have to use it in place of <tt>bcdedit</tt> at the end of the following procedure.</p>
 634
 635 <p class="sidebar"><b>Caution:</b> I've received reports that Windows 10 has made changes that make the following instructions not work. If you're using this OS, until I have a chance to investigate and update these instructions, your best bet may be to install rEFInd using a Linux live disk, such as an Ubuntu installation disk in its "try before installing" mode.</p>
 636
 637 <p>Attempt this method of installation only on a UEFI-based PC; this method will not work on Windows that's installed on a Mac in BIOS/CSM/legacy mode. To install rEFInd under Windows, you must first find a way to access the ESP, which Windows normally hides from view. One way to accomplish this goal, and to proceed forward once the ESP is accessible, is as follows:</p>
 638
 639 <ol>
 640
 641 <li>Locate Command Prompt in the Start menu, right-click it, and select Run as Administrator. This action opens a Command Prompt window with administrative privileges.</li>
 642
 643 <li>Type <b><tt>mountvol S: /S</tt></b> in the Administrator Command Prompt window. This makes the ESP accessible as drive <tt>S:</tt> from that window. (You can use a drive identifier other than <tt>S:</tt> if you like.)</li>
 644
 645 <li>Change into the main rEFInd package directory, so that the <tt>refind</tt> subdirectory is visible when you type <b><tt>dir</tt></b>.</li>
 646
 647 <li>Type <b><tt>xcopy /E refind S:\EFI\refind\</tt></b> to copy the <tt>refind</tt> directory tree to the ESP's <tt>EFI</tt> directory. If you omit the trailing backslash from this command, <tt>xcopy</tt> will ask if you want to create the <tt>refind</tt> directory. Tell it to do so.</li>
 648
 649 <li>Type <b><tt>S:</tt></b> to change to the ESP.</li>
 650
 651 <li>Type <b><tt>cd EFI\refind</tt></b> to change into the <tt>refind</tt> subdirectory</li>
 652
 653 <li>You may want to selectively delete some of the drivers in the <tt>drivers_x64</tt> or <tt>drivers_ia32</tt> directory, depending on your architecture and needs. Unnecessary drivers will slow the rEFInd start process, and can even cause the drivers you need to not work or cause a system crash. See the <a href="drivers.html">page on drivers</a> for more on this topic.</li>
 654
 655 <li>Type <b><tt>rename refind.conf-sample refind.conf</tt></b> to rename rEFInd's configuration file.</li>
 656
 657 <p class="sidebar"><b>Note:</b> I've heard from a couple of Windows 10 users that the <tt>bcdedit</tt> commands described here don't work. I don't yet know if this is a coincidence or if Microsoft has changed <tt>bcdedit</tt> in such a way that these instructions no longer apply. If you run into this problem, either try using EasyUEFI or use another installation method, such as the <a href="#linux">Linux method</a> from a Linux emergency boot disc.</p>
 658
 659 <li>Type <b><tt>bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi</tt></b> to set rEFInd as the default EFI boot program. Note that <tt>{bootmgr}</tt> is entered as such; that's not a notation for a variable. Also, change <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt> to <tt>refind_ia32.efi</tt> on systems with 32-bit EFIs. Such computers are rare, and most of them are tablets. Check your Windows bit depth to determine which binary you should use.</li>
 660
 661 <li>If you like, type <b><tt>bcdedit /set {bootmgr} description "<i>rEFInd description</i>"</tt></b> to set a description (change <tt><i>rEFInd description</i></tt> as you see fit).</li>
 662
 663 </ol>
 664
 665 <p>At this point, when you reboot, rEFInd should appear as your new default boot program. If it doesn't work for you, you have several other options, such as:</p>
 666
 667 <ul>
 668
 669 <li>You can rename files on the ESP. as described later, in <a href="#naming">Alternative Naming Options.</a></li>
 670
 671 <li>You can boot from an optical disc into an emergency OS to do the job. Ubuntu, for instance, provides an EFI-bootable installer with a "try before installation" mode. You'll need to type <b><tt>sudo apt-get install efibootmgr</tt></b> to install <tt>efibootmgr</tt>, but you can then use that program as described <a href="#efibootmgr">earlier</a>. (If you're using Ubuntu, you'll need to precede the command with <b><tt>sudo</tt></b>. If you use an Ubuntu image, you can install rEFInd <a href="#ppa">via its PPA,</a> which is an easy way to do the job. (In fact, the rEFInd PPA depends on the <tt>efibootmgr</tt> package, so you shouldn't need to manually install it.) The PPA approach may even be easier than installing from Windows using its tools, at least if you're familiar with Linux and have an Ubuntu desktop image handy.</li>
 672
 673 <li>You may be able to use rEFInd's bootable CD image to use rEFInd to boot an OS that's been installed but rendered inoperable because of changes to your boot order. You can then use <tt>efibootmgr</tt>, <tt>bless</tt>, or some other tool to restore rEFInd as the default boot loader.</li>
 674
 675 </ul>
 676
 677 <a name="efishell">
 678 <h3>Installing rEFInd Manually Using an EFI Shell</h3>
 679 </a>
 680
 681 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> Do not attempt to use the procedure described in this section on a Macintosh. Macs have a strange EFI implementation that does not use the EFI variables that this procedure manipulates. Therefore, chances are this procedure simply won't work. It's conceivable that this procedure will actually cause problems, but I'm not curious enough to try it and risk damaging my Mac!</p>
 682
 683 <p>If you can't currently boot any OS (say, because a firmware update has wiped your NVRAM entries), you may find it convenient to install rEFInd using an EFI version 2 shell. Unfortunately, the <tt>bcfg</tt> command described here is not available in the EFI version 1 shell, and the version 2 shell is unusable on many firmware implementations prior to 2.3.1. Thus, this procedure won't work for all systems.</p>
 684
 685 <p>In addition to emergency situations, using <tt>bcfg</tt> can be desirable if <tt>efibootmgr</tt> or other OS-hosted tools don't do the job. This happens under VirtualBox, for instance. An alternative in such cases can be to use <a href="#naming">alternative names for rEFInd.</a></p>
 686
 687 <p>To begin, you must have a way to launch your shell. Unfortunately, this can pose a dilemma, since without rEFInd or some other boot manager, many EFI implementations lack the means to launch a shell. Some will do so, though, if the shell is stored as <tt>shellx64.efi</tt> (for <i>x</i>86-64) or <tt>shellia32.efi</tt> (for <i>x</i>86) in the root directory of the ESP. Thus, you can try copying your shell file there. You can obtain EFI 2 shells here:</p>
 688
 689 <ul>
 690
 691 <li><a href="https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi"><i>x</i>86-64 (64-bit) shell 2</a></li>
 692
 693 <li><a href="https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/Ia32/Shell.efi"><i>x</i>86 (32-bit) shell 2</a></li>
 694
 695 <li><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17629062/Shell2.zip">Alternate <i>x</i>86-64 (64-bit) shell 2 for older EFIs</a></li>
 696
 697 </ul>
 698
 699 <p>Note that the IA32 shell included in rEFInd's CD-R image version is a version 1 shell, so you can't use it for this purpose. You can, however, copy rEFInd's files from the CD-R. You can even launch the version 1 shell included with rEFInd and then use that to launch a version 2 shell. The <i>x</i>86-64 shell on the CD-R is the alternate shell, which should work on any <i>x</i>86-64 computer. Once you've booted the shell, you can proceed as follows:</p>
 700
 701 <ol>
 702
 703 <li>If you haven't installed rEFInd previously, unpack its zip file to a
 704     FAT partition. This can be the ESP itself or another partition, such as
 705     a USB flash drive. If you're simply repairing a lost NVRAM entry, you
 706     needn't move your existing rEFInd files.</li>
 707
 708 <li>Identify your filesystems, which are labelled with the form <tt>fs<tt
 709     style="variable">n</tt>:</tt>, as in <tt>fs0:</tt> for the first
 710     filesystem, <tt>fs1:</tt> for the second, and so on. Type the
 711     filesystem number followed by the Enter key to begin using it. You can
 712     then type <tt class="userinput">ls</tt> or <tt
 713     class="userinput">dir</tt> to see the contents of the filesystem.
 714     Chances are your ESP will be <tt>fs0:</tt>, but it could be something
 715     else. (The following steps assume your ESP is <tt>fs0:</tt>; you'll
 716     need to adjust them if it's not.) If rEFInd's source files are on
 717     another device, you must identify it, too.</li>
 718
 719 <p class="sidebar"><b>Note:</b> Skip ahead to step #12 if you're merely re-activating an already-installed rEFInd binary. If an entry exists but it's no longer the primary one, you can skip ahead to step #14.</p>
 720
 721 <li>If necessary, create a directory for rEFInd by typing <tt
 722     class="userinput">mkdir fs0:\EFI\refind</tt>. (If the <tt>fs0:\EFI</tt>
 723     directory doesn't already exist, you must create it first,
 724     though.)</li>
 725
 726 <li>Change to the directory in which rEFInd's files exist.</li>
 727
 728 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">cp refind_x64.efi fs0:\EFI\refind</tt> to
 729     copy the rEFInd binary file. (Adjust the name if you're using a 32-bit
 730     computer.)</li>
 731
 732 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">cp refind.conf-sample
 733     fs0:\EFI\refind\refind.conf</tt> to copy and rename the sample rEFInd
 734     configuration file.</li>
 735
 736 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">cp -r icons fs0:\EFI\refind\</tt> to copy
 737     rEFInd's icons.</li>
 738
 739 <li>Optionally, type <tt class="userinput">cp -r drivers_x64
 740     fs0:\EFI\refind\</tt> to copy rEFInd's 64-bit drivers. (You could
 741     instead copy the 32-bit drivers or limit yourself to just the drivers
 742     you need, of course.)</li>
 743
 744 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">fs0:</tt>, if necessary, to change to the
 745     ESP.</li>
 746
 747 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">cd \EFI\refind</tt> to change to rEFInd's
 748     installation directory.</li>
 749
 750 <li>If you want to edit rEFInd's options, type <tt class="userinput">edit
 751     refind.conf</tt> and use the shell's built-in text editor to do so.
 752     Press F2 followed by the Enter key to save your changes and F3 to
 753     exit.</li>
 754
 755 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">bcfg boot dump -b</tt> to see a list of
 756     existing NVRAM entries. Pay attention to their numbers (labelled
 757     <tt>Option:</tt> and <tt>Variable:</tt>, with the latter number
 758     preceded by the string <tt>Boot</tt>, as in <tt>Boot0007</tt>). You'll
 759     want to create a boot entry for rEFInd using a number that's not in
 760     use.</li>
 761
 762 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">bcfg boot add 3
 763     fs0:\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi "rEFInd"</tt>, adjusting the number
 764     (<tt>3</tt> in this example), filesystem (<tt>fs0:</tt>), and filename
 765     (<tt>\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi</tt>) as necessary for your system. If
 766     you're used to Linux, be sure to use backslashes (<tt>\</tt>), not
 767     Linux-style forward slashes (<tt>/</tt>), as directory separators. Note
 768     that some shells may ignore the number you entered and use another one,
 769     so watch for this possibility.</li>
 770
 771 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">bcfg boot mv <i>3</i> 0</tt>, substituting
 772     the option number for the entry you created for <tt
 773     class="variable">3</tt>. This moves rEFInd to the top of the boot
 774     order.</li>
 775
 776 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">reset</tt> to reboot the computer.</li>
 777
 778 </ol>
 779
 780 <p>With any luck, rEFInd will start up at this point. If not, you can check your settings using a shell or an emergency system for your OS of choice. In an EFI shell, you might type <tt class="userinput">bcfg boot dump -b</tt> to view your boot loader entries and verify that rEFInd appears at the top of the list. Be sure to check the pathname for typos. If you continue to have problems, you might look into giving rEFInd a <a href="#naming">fallback filename</a> that your firmware will recognize.</p>
 781
 782 <a name="naming">
 783 <h2>Alternative Naming Options</h2>
 784 </a>
 785
 786 <p>Some EFI implementations do a poor job of honoring the boot options set via Linux's <tt>efibootmgr</tt> or other tools. You may also lack access to such utilities, such as if you must install rEFInd in Windows. In such cases, you may need to change the boot loader's name so that the EFI will see it as the default boot loader. rEFInd should then boot when your NVRAM lacks information on specific boot loaders to use. Broadly speaking, there are two alternative names that are most useful:</p>
 787
 788 <ul>
 789
 790 <li><tt class="userinput">EFI/BOOT/boot<i>arch</i>.efi</tt>&mdash;This name
 791     is the official EFI fallback filename. It's most commonly used on
 792     bootable removable disks, but it can be used on hard disks. It's
 793     typically used only if no NVRAM entry points to a valid boot
 794     loader.</li>
 795
 796 <li><tt class="userinput">EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi</tt>&mdash;This
 797     filename has no official special standing in the EFI specification, but
 798     as a practical matter, many EFI implementations use it as a fallback
 799     boot loader in addition to or instead of
 800     <tt>EFI/BOOT/boot<i>arch</i>.efi</tt>. In fact, some give it such a
 801     high precedence that you can't boot anything that's not given this
 802     name!
 803
 804 </ul>
 805
 806 <p>If you need to use one of these names, or something more exotic, you can do so in either of two ways: You can <a href="#mvrefind">use the <tt>mvrefind</tt> script</a> to move your installation in one step, or you can <a href="#manual_renaming">move and rename your files manually.</a></p>
 807
 808 <a name="mvrefind">
 809 <h3>Using <tt>mvrefind</tt></h3>
 810 </a>
 811
 812 <p>The easiest way to move a rEFInd installation, at least in Linux, is to use the <tt>mvrefind</tt> script. If you installed from one of my RPM or Debian packages, this script should be installed in <tt>/usr/sbin</tt>, so you can use it like a regular Linux command; otherwise you'll need to install it to your path yourself or type its complete path. Either way, it works much like the Linux <tt>mv</tt> command, but you pass it the directory in which a rEFInd installation appears and a target location:</p>
 813
 814 <pre class="listing">
 815 # <tt class="userinput">mvrefind /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT /boot/efi/EFI/refind</tt>
 816 </pre>
 817
 818 <p>This example moves rEFInd from <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT</tt> to <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/refind</tt>. It differs from <tt>mv</tt> in several ways:
 819
 820 <ul>
 821
 822 <li>The script renames rEFInd in a way that's sensitive to its source and
 823     destination directories&mdash;for instance, <tt>mvrefind</tt> knows
 824     that rEFInd (or shim, for Secure Boot installations) must be called
 825     <tt>bootx64.efi</tt> on a 64-bit installation in
 826     <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT</tt>, so it looks for rEFInd under that name
 827     when copying from this directory, or it renames rEFInd to that name
 828     when copying to it.</li>
 829
 830 <li>The script creates a new NVRAM entry for rEFInd when it copies to any
 831     location but <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> or <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt>. It
 832     refuses to copy to such locations if it's not run from an EFI-mode
 833     boot.</li>
 834
 835 <li>The script knows enough to back up existing boot loaders stored in
 836     <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> or <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt> when copying to these
 837     locations. For the former location, the script backs up
 838     <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> as <tt>EFI/BOOT-rEFIndBackup</tt>; for the latter, it
 839     moves <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi</tt> to
 840     <tt>EFI/Microsoft/bootmgfw.efi</tt>.</li>
 841
 842 </ul>
 843
 844 <p>The <tt>mvrefind</tt> script is likely to be useful in resolving boot problems&mdash;if your system won't boot, you can try copying the installation to <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT</tt>, <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt>, and <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/refind</tt> in turn, testing the boot process after each attempt. (These filenames all assume your ESP is mounted at <tt>/boot/efi</tt>.) You could also copy a BIOS-mode install from <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT</tt> or <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt> to <tt>/boot/efi/EFI/refind</tt> to make it more robust against Windows repairs (assuming your firmware isn't broken).</p>
 845
 846 <a name="manual_renaming">
 847 <h3>Renaming Files Manually</h3>
 848 </a>
 849
 850 <p>You can move and rename rEFInd manually from any OS by following these steps:</p>
 851
 852 <ol>
 853
 854 <li>Access your ESP, as described in earlier sections.</li>
 855
 856 <li>Look for an existing directory called <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> or <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt>. If neither of these directories exist, skip the next step. (Note that FAT is case-insensitive, so the name may vary in case.)</li>
 857
 858 <li>Rename the existing directory or boot loader file to something else. For <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt>, try renaming it to <tt>EFI/Oldboot</tt>. For <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt>, move or rename the <tt>bootmgfw.efi</tt> file it contains. For instance, you can move it to <tt>EFI/Microsoft</tt>. This will keep the boot loader accessible to rEFInd's menu, while preventing the firmware from launching it automatically.</li>
 859
 860 <li>Rename/move your <tt>EFI/refind</tt> directory to <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt>. If you're working from <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt>, you should move the contents of your rEFInd directory to <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot</tt>.</li>
 861
 862 <li>Rename <tt>EFI/BOOT/refind_x64.efi</tt> to the name of the boot loader it's replacing&mdash;it should become <tt>EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi</tt> or <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi</tt>.</li>
 863
 864 </ol>
 865
 866 <p>When you reboot, rEFInd should come up. With any luck, it will detect your old boot loader as an option, if one was installed before.</p>
 867
 868 <a name="upgrading">
 869 <h2>Upgrading rEFInd</h2>
 870 </a>
 871
 872 <p>If you've installed an earlier version of rEFInd, you can upgrade a bit more easily than you can install directly:</p>
 873
 874 <ul>
 875
 876 <li>On a UEFI-based PC, under any OS, you should be able to replace your
 877     old rEFInd file with the new one. Make sure that the new rEFInd has the
 878     same name as the old one, and that it's for the correct CPU type. Since
 879     UEFI launches boot programs by filename, a simple file replacement will
 880     suffice to launch the new version. If the new version includes new
 881     icons, you may want to copy some or all of them.</li>
 882
 883 <li>On a Mac, you can copy over the old rEFInd binary file <i>from
 884     Linux</i> and it will usually work, provided you copy <i>directly</i>
 885     over the old file (rather than rename or delete the old file and then
 886     copy the new one in its place). The same caveats about icons as apply
 887     to UEFI-based PCs apply in this case. This method requires an extra
 888     step in Mac OS X, though....</li>
 889
 890 <li>In OS X, if you copy over the original file with the new one, you'll
 891     probably have to re-bless it to make it work.</li>
 892
 893 <li>Under Linux or OS X, you can re-run the <tt>refind-install</tt> script. In
 894     most cases this works fine, but you'll end up with a duplicate of the
 895     icons directory (<tt>icons-backup</tt>, which holds the original icons,
 896     whereas <tt>icons</tt> holds the icons from the new package). Normally
 897     this just wastes some disk space; but if you've customized your icons,
 898     you'll need to copy your altered icons back. Under Linux, versions
 899     0.6.2 and later of <tt>refind-install</tt> search for rEFInd in several
 900     locations on the ESP, and will upgrade whatever is found. The same is
 901     true with versions 0.8.5 and later under OS X when installing to the
 902     ESP. If you install to a location other than the ESP under OS X, be
 903     sure to include the same option to <tt>refind-install</tt>
 904     (<tt>--notesp</tt> or <tt>--ownhfs</tt>) to replace the original rather
 905     than create a new installation to the ESP.</li>
 906
 907 <li>Under an RPM- or Debian-based Linux distribution, you can use your
 908     package system to install a newer version of the RPM or Debian package
 909     that I provide. This will upgrade the files in your Linux filesystem
 910     and re-run the <tt>refind-install</tt> script, so as with the previous
 911     options, you'll waste a little disk space on duplicated icons, but the
 912     process should otherwise work quite well.</li>
 913
 914 <li>If you installed using my Ubuntu PPA or a package provided by an OS
 915     distribution (such as the packages that ship with Arch and ALT Linux),
 916     performing a system update will probably update rEFInd, too. Depending
 917     on how the package was created, though, this update might or might not
 918     install the update to the ESP; you might need to manually re-run the
 919     installation script. Consult your distribution's documentation for
 920     details. My Ubuntu PPA will automatically run <tt>refind-install</tt> after
 921     the package is installed.</li>
 922
 923 </ul>
 924
 925 <p>In all cases, if the new version includes new or altered configuration file options, you may need to manually update your configuration file. Alternatively, if you've used the default configuration file, you can replace your working <tt>refind.conf</tt> with <tt>refind.conf-sample</tt> from the rEFInd zip file. (When using <tt>refind-install</tt>, this file will be copied to rEFInd's installation directory under its original name, so you can rename it within that directory to replace the old file.)</p>
 926
 927 <p>If you're upgrading to rEFInd from rEFIt, you can simply run the <tt>refind-install</tt> script as described earlier or perform a manual installation. Once installed, rEFInd will take over boot manager duties. You'll still be able to launch rEFIt from rEFInd; a rEFIt icon will appear in rEFInd's menu. You can eliminate this option by removing the rEFIt files, which normally reside in <tt>/EFI/refit</tt>.</p>
 928
 929 <a name="addons">
 930 <h2>Installing Additional Components</h2>
 931 </a>
 932
 933 <p>rEFInd includes the ability to launch any EFI program; however, rEFInd detects only certain programs. These include boot loaders in traditional locations and a handful of other programs. To launch most of these other programs, you must download and install them separately from rEFInd:</p>
 934
 935 <ul>
 936
 937 <li><b><a
 938     href="http://tianocore.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tianocore/edk2;a=blob_plain;f=EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi;hb=HEAD"><tt>shell.efi</tt></a></b>&mdash;This
 939     file, placed in the ESP's <tt>EFI/tools</tt> directory, adds the
 940     ability to launch a text-mode EFI shell from rEFInd. Note that the
 941     download link is to a 64-bit binary that must be renamed before rEFInd
 942     will recognize it. Additional shell download links appear on the <a
 943     href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#UEFI_Shell_download_links">Arch
 944     Linux wiki,</a> and on other sites; try a Web search if the shell you
 945     find doesn't work to your satisfaction.</li>
 946
 947 <li><b><a
 948     href="http://www.memtest86.com/download.htm">Memtest86</a></b>&mdash;This
 949     is a popular tool for performing basic hardware tests, and especially
 950     memory tests. rEFInd recognizes this program when it is stored in the
 951     <tt>EFI/tools</tt>, <tt>EFI/tools/memtest</tt>,
 952     <tt>EFI/tools/memtest86</tt>, <tt>EFI/memtest</tt>, or
 953     <tt>EFI/memtest86</tt> directory, with a program filename of
 954     <tt>memtest86.efi</tt>, <tt>memtest86_x64.efi</tt>,
 955     <tt>memtest86x64.efi</tt>, or <tt>bootx64.efi</tt>. (Change
 956     <tt>x64</tt> to <tt>ia32</tt> on IA-32 systems.) Be sure to download
 957     the EFI version of the program. If you get the USB flash drive version,
 958     you should mount the flash drive's ESP (partition 2) and copy the
 959     <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> directory to your own ESP's
 960     <tt>EFI/tools/memtest</tt> or other Memtest86 directory name, as just
 961     specified. rEFInd should then recognize it, provided the
 962     <tt>showtools</tt> line includes the <tt>memtest</tt> or
 963     <tt>memtest86</tt> token.</li>
 964
 965 <li><b><tt>gptsync.efi</tt> or <tt>gptsync_<tt
 966     class="variable">arch</tt>.efi</tt></b>&mdash;This program creates a <a
 967     href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html">hybrid MBR</a> from
 968     your regular GPT disk. A hybrid MBR is a dangerous hack that enables
 969     Windows and OS X to coexist on a Macintosh disk. If you're using a
 970     UEFI-based PC, a hybrid MBR is likely to be useless at best, so you
 971     shouldn't create one, and it's safest to not install
 972     <tt>gptsync.efi</tt>. If you're using a hybrid MBR to enable
 973     dual-booting Windows and OS X on a Mac, though, placing this program
 974     file in the ESP's or Mac boot partition's <tt>EFI/tools</tt> directory
 975     will enable you to regenerate your hybrid MBR should some other tool
 976     convert the MBR to a standard protective MBR. You can obtain the file
 977     from the <a href="http://refit.sourceforge.net">original rEFIt
 978     package,</a> or beginning with rEFInd 0.6.9, an updated version is
 979     included in the rEFInd package. The rEFInd version of <tt>gptsync_<tt
 980     class="variable">arch</tt>.efi</tt> uses a more sophisticated algorithm
 981     for determining what GPT partitions to duplicate in the MBR and it
 982     includes additional safeguards to minimize the risk of damage should
 983     you run the program on a disk that might have been damaged. The
 984     original rEFIt version of the program usually goes by the filename
 985     <tt>gptsync.efi</tt>, whereas the updated rEFInd version ships with an
 986     architecture code, as in <tt>gptsync_x64.efi</tt> or
 987     <tt>gptsync_ia32.efi</tt>. The rEFInd <tt>refind-install</tt> script
 988     installs <tt>gptsync_<tt class="variable">arch</tt>.efi</tt> when run
 989     under OS X, but not when run on Linux. In addition to installing the
 990     program, you must edit <tt>refind.conf</tt>, uncomment the
 991     <tt>showtools</tt> line, and add <tt>gptsync</tt> to its list of
 992     options.</li>
 993
 994 <li><b>Drivers</b>&mdash;You can install drivers to extend the capabilities
 995     of the EFI. rEFInd ships with filesystem drivers for ext2fs, ext4fs, and
 996     ReiserFS, which can enable you to boot a Linux kernel with EFI stub
 997     support from an ext2fs, ext3fs, ext4fs, or ReiserFS partition. (rEFInd also
 998     provides ISO-9660 and HFS+ drivers.) You can find additional drivers
 999     from other sources, although they're still on the scarce side. See the
1000     <a href="drivers.html">Using EFI Drivers</a> page for more on this
1001     topic.</li>
1002
1003 <li><b>Secure Boot files</b>&mdash;If you're running on a system that
1004     supports Secure Boot, chances are you'll need extra support files, such
1005     as <tt>shim.efi</tt> and <tt>MokManager.efi</tt>. I describe these in
1006     detail on the <a href="secureboot.html">Managing Secure Boot</a>
1007     page.</li>
1008
1009 <li><b><a href="http://ipxe.org/">iPXE</a></b>&mdash;This tool provides the
1010     ability to boot a computer from a network server. Consult the
1011     <tt>BUILDING.txt</tt> file in the rEFInd source code package for
1012     information on building and installing these tools. You must also
1013     activate rEFInd's support by adding the <tt>netboot</tt> option to the
1014     <tt>scanfor</tt> and/or <tt>showtools</tt> lines in
1015     <tt>refind.conf</tt>. <i>Network-boot/iPXE support is currently
1016     experimental;</i> I recommend that only developers or those who are
1017     willing to use "bleeding-edge" software try it. Once activated, rEFInd
1018     will present a new menu item for booting from the network server.
1019     rEFInd itself will normally be installed locally. (You can deliver
1020     rEFInd as a network-boot image, but that image will be able to boot
1021     only OSes on the local disk.)</li>
1022
1023 </ul>
1024
1025 <p>I've seen links to other versions of these tools from time to time on the Web, so if you try one of these programs and it crashes or behaves strangely, try performing a Web search; you may turn up something that works better for you than the one to which I've linked.</p>
1026
1027 <a name="sluggish">
1028 <h2>Fixing Macintosh Boot Problems</h2>
1029 </a>
1030
1031 <p>I've received a few reports of a sluggish boot process (a delay of about 30 seconds before starting rEFInd) on some Macs after installing rEFInd, as well as some other Mac-specific peculiarities. I've been unable to replicate thess problems myself, and their true causes remains mysterious to me. I have found several possible solutions, though: <a href="#shortform">Using the <tt>--shortform</tt> option,</a> <a href="#fallback">using the fallback filename,</a> <a href="#moving">moving rEFInd to an HFS+ volume,</a> <a href="#clearing">clearing NVRAM entries,</a> <a href="#wakeprobs">fixing wake problems,</a> and <a href="#nolinux">fixing a failure to find Linux.</a></p>
1032
1033 <a name="shortform">
1034 <h3>Using the <tt>--shortform</tt> Option</h3>
1035 </a>
1036
1037 <p>Prior to version 0.8.5, these instructions and the <tt>refind-install</tt> script omitted the <tt>--shortform</tt> option from the <tt>bless</tt> command when installing rEFInd to the ESP. An rEFInd user, however, discovered that using the option eliminated the 30-second delay, so it is now the default with 0.8.5's <tt>refind-install</tt>, and is specified in the instructions. If you installed rEFInd 0.8.4 or earlier, you may want to re-install or re-<tt>bless</tt> rEFInd using this option.</p>
1038
1039 <p>There is one caveat, though: The <tt>man</tt> page for <tt>bless</tt> notes that <tt>--shortform</tt> notes that its use can come "at the expense of boot time performance." Thus, it's not clear to me that this option might not actually <i>create</i> problems on some computers. (It's eliminated the boot delay on my 2014 MacBook Air and has no detrimental effect on an old 32-bit Mac Mini that's never had a boot delay problem, though.) Thus, if you have problems with rEFInd 0.8.5 or later, you might try running <tt>bless</tt>, as described in <a href="#osx">Installing rEFInd Manually Using OS X's</a> step 8, but <i>omit</i> the <tt>--shortform</tt> option.</p>
1040
1041 <a name="fallback">
1042 <h3>Using the Fallback Filename</h3>
1043 </a>
1044
1045 <p>I've received a few reports that installing rEFInd to the ESP using the fallback filename (<tt>EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi</tt> on most systems, or <tt>EFI/BOOT/bootia32.efi</tt> on very old Macs) can work around a sluggish boot problem. In fact, version 0.8.4's <tt>refind-install</tt> script copied the rEFInd binary to this name when run under OS X. (Version 0.8.5 switches to using <tt>--shortform</tt> with the more conventional <tt>EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi</tt> or <tt>EFI/refind/refind_ia32.efi</tt> name, as just noted.) If you installed to a name other than <tt>EFI/BOOT/BOOT<tt class="variable">{ARCH}</tt></tt>, either manually or by using the 0.8.5 or later <tt>refind-install</tt>, renaming (and re-<tt>bless</tt>ing) the installation is worth trying.</p>
1046
1047 <a name="moving">
1048 <h3>Moving rEFInd to an HFS+ Volume</h3>
1049 </a>
1050
1051 <p>Most of the reports of sluggish Macintosh boots I've seen note that the user installed rEFInd to the ESP rather than to the OS X root partition. Some users have reported that re-installing rEFInd to the OS X root partition clears up the problem. This is obviously a straightforward solution to the problem, if it works. (This location is not an option when using WDE or OS X logical volumes.) Note that rEFInd can launch boot loaders that are stored on any partition that the EFI can read no matter where it's installed; therefore, you'll still be able to launch boot loaders stored on the ESP (or elsewhere) if you install it in this way.</p>
1052
1053 <p>A variant of this solution is to create a small (~100MiB) HFS+ volume to be used exclusively by rEFInd. You can then install rEFInd to that volume with the <tt>--ownhfs</tt> option to <tt>refind-install</tt>, as in <tt class="userinput">./refind-install --ownhfs /dev/disk0s6</tt> if the volume is <tt>/dev/disk0s6</tt>. This approach has the advantage that it can be managed via OS X's own Startup Disk tool in System Preferences.</p>
1054
1055 <p>The biggest drawback to storing rEFInd on an HFS+ volume is that you won't be able to edit the rEFInd configuration file or move rEFInd-related binaries from an EFI shell if you install it in this way, since Apple's HFS+ driver for EFI is read-only. (The same is true of rEFInd's HFS+ driver, so it won't help you overcome this limitation.) You may also be limited in making changes to your rEFInd configuration from Linux or other OSes, too, since Linux's HFS+ drivers disable write support by default on volumes with an active journal. You can force write access by using the <tt>force</tt> option to <tt>mount</tt>; however, this procedure is noted as being risky in the Linux HFS+ documentation, so I don't recommend doing this on a regular basis on the OS X boot volume. This isn't as risky if you use a dedicated HFS+ rEFInd partition, though. You could even mount it as the Linux <tt>/boot</tt> partition, in which case it would also hold the Linux kernel and related files.</p>
1056
1057 <p>A variant of this solution is suggested in <a href="http://www.sparxeng.com/blog/software/fixing-slow-boot-on-a-triple-boot-mountain-lion-mac">this blog post,</a> which recommends placing rEFInd on an HFS+ volume on the first SATA channel. (In the blogger's case, that channel used to hold an optical drive, but that drive was replaced by a hard disk.)</p>
1058
1059 <a name="clearing">
1060 <h3>Clearing the NVRAM Entries</h3>
1061 </a>
1062
1063 <p>Another possible solution is documented in <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12256273&postcount=200">a Web forum post.</a> Be aware, though, that this procedure involves using the <tt>efibootmgr</tt> utility on Macs, which has been known to damage the firmware on some Macs. Other reports indicate that this problem has been fixed with 3.3.0 and later kernels. Thus, I present this information cautiously and with a strong "use at your own risk" warning. If you care to proceed, I recommend you update your Linux kernel to the latest possible version and then proceed as follows:</p>
1064
1065 <ol>
1066
1067 <li>Boot into Linux.</li>
1068
1069 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">efibootmgr</tt> as <tt>root</tt> to obtain a list of your boot loader entries. Each entry includes a boot number, as in <tt>Boot0003</tt> or <tt>Boot0027</tt>.</li>
1070
1071 <li>Remove all of the boot loader entries <i>except</i> rEFInd's by using <tt>efibootmgr</tt>'s <tt>-b <tt class="variable">bootnum</tt></tt> option to specify the boot entry and <tt>-B</tt> to delete it. For instance, typing <tt class="userinput">efibootmgr -b 0027 -B</tt> as <tt>root</tt> deletes boot entry <tt>Boot0027</tt>. Issue a separate <tt>efibootmgr</tt> command for each boot entry.</li>
1072
1073 <li>Re-install rEFInd using the install script. It's unclear from the original post if this meant installing from Linux or from OS X.</li>
1074
1075 </ol>
1076
1077 <a name="wakeprobs">
1078 <h3>Fixing Wake Problems</h3>
1079 </a>
1080
1081 <p>Some people have reported that installing rEFInd causes problems with resuming from a suspended OS X session. I know of two workarounds to such problems:</p>
1082
1083 <ul>
1084
1085 <li>Install rEFInd to an HFS+ volume using the <tt>--ownhfs</tt> option to <tt>refind-install</tt>. Unfortunately, this solution requires either creating a small HFS+ volume for rEFInd or using an already-existing non-bootable HFS+ volume (if you've got one for data storage, for example).</li>
1086
1087 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0</tt> in a Terminal window. This solution is likely to work if sleep operations work normally up to a point, but fail after about three hours.</li>
1088
1089 </ul>
1090
1091 <p>I've recently acquired a 2014 MacBook Air, but I haven't yet had the chance to try to reproduce this problem and find a workaround. It's on my to-do list, though.</p>
1092
1093 <a name="nolinux">
1094 <h3>Fixing a Failure to Find Linux</h3>
1095 </a>
1096
1097 <p>Some users report that rEFInd doesn't detect Linux, or won't boot it when it is found. Broadly speaking, there are two common causes of this problem:</p>
1098
1099 <ul>
1100
1101 <li><b>A malfunctioning BIOS/legacy boot</b>&mdash;If you installed Linux in BIOS/legacy mode, as most online documentation suggests, it could be that your <a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html">hybrid MBR</a> is missing or damaged. The usual symptom of this problem is that rEFInd shows a generic Linux penguin icon and that selecting it produces a message to the effect that a bootable OS could not be found. As hybrid MBRs are ugly and dangerous, I recommend avoiding them if possible, so my preferred solution to this problem is to set up EFI filesystem drivers and boot that way; however, fixing the hybrid MBR may be an easier solution. This is especially true if you installed a 32-bit version of Linux on a 64-bit Mac (or a 64-bit version on a rare Mac with a 64-bit CPU but a 32-bit EFI).</li>
1102
1103 <li><b>EFI filesystem driver problems</b>&mdash;Ideally, rEFInd should be able to load and run your Linux kernel directly, but this approach normally requires you to have a working EFI driver for the filesystem that holds your Linux kernel. This won't always be the case; and even if it is installed, there can be interference from other drivers, so you may need to <i>remove</i> the drivers that you don't use. If drivers are the root of your problem, you won't see any Linux options, or you'll see the one penguin icon (as above) with no others that point to your Linux kernel(s).</li>
1104
1105 </ul>
1106
1107 <p>If you suspect that your hybrid MBR is damaged, you can try re-creating it with my <a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/">GPT fdisk (<tt>gdisk</tt>)</a> program. The GPT fdisk <a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html">hybrid MBR documentation</a> covers this procedure in detail. You can run <tt>gdisk</tt> from either OS X or Linux, although you may need to install it, particularly in OS X.</p>
1108
1109 <p>If you suspect driver problems, you'll need to mount your ESP (as described in the <a href="#osx">manual OS X installation instructions</a>), locate the rEFInd <tt>drivers_x64</tt> directory, and adjust its contents. Make sure you have a driver for the filesystem that holds your Linux kernel. If you don't know what filesystem this is, it's probably ext4fs. rEFInd ships with several filesystem drivers, including one for ext4fs. You should also remove unnecessary filesystem drivers. I've seen several reports of one driver interfering with others' operation. The biggest culprit seems to be the HFS+ driver when used on Macs.</p>
1110
1111 <p></p>
1112
1113 <a name="winprob">
1114 <h2>Fixing Windows Boot Problems</h2>
1115 </a>
1116
1117 <p>Most Windows boot problems are best addressed on Windows-specific sites, so I recommend you make the rounds of Windows forums to solve such problems. There is one that deserves mention here, though: If you accidentally erase the Windows boot loader file, <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi</tt>, you won't be able to boot Windows. The simplest solution is to restore this file from a backup you prepared ahead of time. If you don't have such a backup, though, you can restore it as follows:</p>
1118
1119 <ol>
1120
1121 <li>Boot from an emergency Windows recovery disk. If you don't have one, you can prepare one from a working Windows system as described <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/create-a-system-repair-disc">here.</a></li>
1122
1123 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">diskpart</tt> to enter the Windows disk-partitioning tool.</li>
1124
1125 <li>In <tt>diskpart</tt>, type <tt class="userinput">sel disk 0</tt> followed by <tt>list vol</tt>. You should see a set of partitions. This step is intended to help you identify your ESP, which will probably be the only FAT32 partition on the disk. (If you have multiple disks, you may need to try again with <tt class="userinput">sel disk 1</tt> or higher.) Note the volume number of your ESP.</li>
1126
1127 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">sel vol 1</tt>, changing <tt>1</tt> to whatever the ESP's volume number is.</li>
1128
1129 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">assign letter=S:</tt> to assign the ESP a Windows disk identifier of <tt>S:</tt>. (You can use another letter if you prefer.)</li>
1130
1131 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">exit</tt> to exit from <tt>diskutil</tt>.</li>
1132
1133 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">cd /d s:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\</tt> to change into the Windows boot loader directory. (If this directory doesn't exist, you may need to create it first with <tt>mkdir</tt>. If rEFInd or some other boot loader occupies this directory, back it up first.</li>
1134
1135 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">bootrec /fixboot</tt>.</li>
1136
1137 <li>Type <tt class="userinput">bcdboot c:\Windows /s s: /f ALL</tt>. Note that this command should set the Windows boot loader as the default. Omit <tt>/f ALL</tt> if you don't want to adjust the EFI's default boot program.</li>
1138
1139 <li>Reboot and hope it works! If the computer boots straight to Windows and you want to use rEFInd, use <tt>bcdedit</tt> in Windows, as described in step 9 of the <a href="#windows">Installing rEFInd Manually Using Windows</a> section of this page.</li>
1140
1141 </ol>
1142
1143 <p>For more information, see <a href="http://superuser.com/questions/460762/how-can-i-repair-the-windows-8-efi-bootloader">this SuperUser question and answer.</a></p>
1144
1145 <a name="uninstalling">
1146 <h2>Uninstalling rEFInd</h2>
1147 </a>
1148
1149 <p>If you decide you don't want to keep rEFInd, you can uninstall it. Doing so is a matter of removing the rEFInd files from your ESP (or from your OS X boot partition, if you installed the program there). The exact details of how to do this vary from one OS to another, though; and in some cases there are alternatives to completely uninstalling rEFInd that are easier to implement.</p>
1150
1151 <a name="uinst_linux">
1152 <h3>Uninstalling rEFInd from Linux</h3>
1153 </a>
1154
1155 <p>In Linux, a command like the following, typed as <tt>root</tt>, should remove rEFInd:</p>
1156
1157 <pre class="listing">
1158 # <tt class="userinput">rm -r /boot/efi/EFI/refind</tt>
1159 </pre>
1160
1161 <p>You must type this command as <tt>root</tt> (or use <tt>sudo</tt> in some environments, such as under Ubuntu). This example assumes that your ESP is mounted at <tt>/boot/efi</tt> and that rEFInd is installed in <tt>EFI/refind</tt> on that partition. If you've mounted your ESP elsewhere, or installed rEFInd elsewhere, you should adjust the command appropriately.</p>
1162
1163 <p>If you installed via an RPM or Debian package in Linux, using your package manager will remove the package files, but not the files that the installer places on your ESP. Thus, you must uninstall those files manually, as just described. To complete the job, you'll also have to remove <tt>/boot/refind_linux.conf</tt>, and perhaps the <tt>/etc/refind.d</tt> directory.</p>
1164
1165 <a name="uinst_osx">
1166 <h3>Uninstalling rEFInd from OS X</h3>
1167 </a>
1168
1169 <p>The easiest way to restore the standard OS X boot loader on a Mac is not to uninstall rEFInd; it's to bypass it. This can be accomplished with the Startup Disk item in the System Preferences panel:</p>
1170
1171     <br /><center><img src="startup-disk.png" align="center" width="668"
1172     height="355" alt="The OS X Startup Disk tool enables you to reset a Mac
1173     to use the standard OS X boot loader." border=2> </center><br />
1174
1175 <p>Select your startup disk (<i>Macintosh HD OS X, 10.10.1</i> in this example) and then click Restart. The computer should reboot into OS X, bypassing rEFInd.</p>
1176
1177 <p>I recommend stopping here, because the procedure for completely removing rEFInd from a Mac depends on your installation method and tends to be challenging for many Mac users, who are unfamiliar with the necessary command-line tools. Basically, you must reverse the steps described earlier, in <a href="#osx">Installing rEFInd Manually Using Mac OS X:</a></p>
1178
1179 <ol>
1180
1181 <li>You must first determine where rEFInd is installed. This can be any of
1182     several locations:
1183
1184     <ul>
1185
1186     <li>If you installed rEFInd 0.8.3 or earlier with the default options,
1187         or if you used the <tt>--notesp</tt> option with rEFInd 0.8.4 or
1188         later, it will be <tt>/EFI/refind</tt> on your main partition</li>
1189
1190     <li>If you installed rEFInd 0.8.4 or later with the default options, or
1191         if you used the <tt>--esp</tt> option with rEFInd 0.8.3 or earlier,
1192         it will be in <tt>EFI/refind</tt> or <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> on the
1193         ESP.</li>
1194
1195     <li>If you used the <tt>--ownhfs</tt> option to <tt>refind-install</tt>,
1196         rEFInd will be in the <tt>System/Library/CoreServices</tt>
1197         directory on the volume you specified.</li>
1198
1199     <li>If you installed rEFInd manually, it will be wherever you put
1200         it.</li>
1201
1202     <li>In all cases, there could be duplicate (inactive) rEFInd files in
1203         unexpected places. This is particularly true if you tried
1204         installing rEFInd multiple times, each with different options to
1205         <tt>refind-install</tt>. Thus, if you delete rEFInd and it still comes
1206         up, you may have deleted the wrong files. (Note that dragging files
1207         to the Trash may have no effect, though&mdash;at least, not until
1208         you empty the Trash.)</li>
1209
1210     </ul>
1211
1212 <li>If necessary, mount the ESP or rEFInd-specific HFS+ volume, as
1213     described in <a href="#osx">Installing rEFInd Manually Using Mac OS
1214     X.</a></li>
1215
1216 <li>Verify that rEFInd is installed in the directory noted in step #1. If a
1217     <tt>refind.conf</tt> file is present, rEFInd is almost certainly
1218     installed in that directory. If not, it's not rEFInd there and you
1219     should <i>not</i> proceed. <b><i>Be extra cautious about deleting the
1220     <tt>System/Library/CoreServices</tt> directory,</i></b> since that's
1221     the default location of the OS X boot loader! <i>Never</i> delete this
1222     directory from your OS X root (<tt>/</tt>) partition, only from the
1223     partition you specified to <tt>refind-install</tt> using the
1224     <tt>--ownhfs</tt> option.</li>
1225
1226 <li>Once you've identified the rEFInd directory, delete it, or at least the
1227     rEFInd boot file. This file may be called <tt>refind_x64.efi</tt>,
1228     <tt>bootx64.efi</tt>, <tt>boot.efi</tt>, or conceivably something else.
1229     You may need to use <tt>sudo rm</tt> at the command line to accomplish
1230     this task, as in <tt class="userinput">sudo rm -r
1231     /Volumes/esp/EFI/refind</tt>.</li>
1232
1233 </ol>
1234
1235 <a name="uinst_windows">
1236 <h3>Uninstalling rEFInd from Windows</h3>
1237 </a>
1238
1239 <p>From Windows, you must reverse the directions for <a href="#windows">installing in Windows</a>&mdash;type <tt class="userinput">mountvol S: /S</tt> to mount your ESP as <tt>S:</tt>, then navigate to the <tt>S:\EFI</tt> directory and delete the <tt>refind</tt> subdirectory.</p>
1240
1241 <a name="post_uninst">
1242 <h3>Post-Uninstallation Activity (UEFI-Based PCs)</h3>
1243 </a>
1244
1245 <p>On a UEFI-based PC, when the computer boots and cannot find the rEFInd files, it should move on to the next boot loader in its list. In my experience, some EFI firmware implementations remove boot loaders they can't find from their NVRAM lists, so nothing else will be required, provided you have another working boot loader in your firmware's list. If your firmware doesn't automatically clean up its NVRAM entries, rEFInd's entry will do little harm; however, you can delete it with the <tt>efibootmgr</tt> utility in Linux:</p>
1246
1247 <pre class="listing">
1248 # <tt class="userinput">efibootmgr --verbose</tt>
1249 Timeout: 10 seconds
1250 BootOrder: 0000,0007
1251 Boot0000* rEFInd        HD(2,1b8,64000,f1b7598e-baa8-16ea-4ef6-3ff3b606ac1e)File(\EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi)
1252 Boot0007* CD/DVD Drive  BIOS(3,0,00)PATA: HP DVD Writer 1040r     .
1253 # <tt class="userinput">efibootmgr --delete-bootnum --bootnum 0000</tt>
1254 Timeout: 10 seconds
1255 BootOrder: 0007
1256 Boot0007* CD/DVD Drive</pre>
1257
1258 <p class="sidebar"><b>Warning:</b> As noted earlier, <tt>efibootmgr</tt> has been linked to firmware corruption on some Macs, at least with pre-3.3.0 Linux kernels. Therefore, I don't recommend using <tt>efibootmgr</tt> on Macs.</p>
1259
1260 <p>This example shows use of <tt>efibootmgr</tt>'s <tt>--verbose</tt> (<tt>-v</tt>) option to display boot programs so as to identify which one is rEFInd, followed by <tt>--delete-bootnum</tt> (<tt>-B</tt>) to delete a boot program and <tt>--bootnum</tt> (<tt>-b</tt>) to identify which one to delete. Of course, in this example there's not much else left, so you'd presumably want to install another boot program at this point! If you already have another one installed, you may want to check the <tt>BootOrder</tt> line to determine which one will take precedence when you reboot. If you don't like what it shows, you can adjust it with the <tt>--bootorder</tt> (<tt>-o</tt>) option; consult <tt>efibootmgr</tt>'s <tt>man</tt> page for details.</p>
1261
1262 <p>If you're not using Linux, you may be able to find a utility that serves
1263 a similar function. Under Windows, the <tt>bcdedit</tt> command, described
1264 in the <a href="#windows">section on installing rEFInd under Windows,</a>
1265 may work, although I've not attempted this.</p>
1266
1267 <hr />
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1270
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