href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
<p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-9/13/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.1</p>
+11/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.3</p>
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<p>This page describes rEFInd, my fork of the <a href="http://refit.sourceforge.net">rEFIt</a> boot manager for computers based on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface">Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI).</a> Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a <i>boot manager,</i> meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer first starts up, as shown below. rEFInd is not a <i>boot loader,</i> which is a program that loads an OS kernel and hands off control to it. (Since version 3.3.0, the Linux kernel has included a built-in boot loader, though, so this distinction is rather artificial these days, at least for Linux.) Many popular boot managers, such as <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/">the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB),</a> are also boot loaders, which can blur the distinction in many users' minds. All EFI-capable OSes include boot loaders, so this limitation isn't a problem. If you're using Linux, you should be aware that several EFI boot loaders are available, so choosing between them can be a challenge. In fact, the Linux kernel can function as an EFI boot loader for itself, which gives rEFInd characteristics similar to a boot loader for Linux. See <a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/index.html">my Web page on this topic</a> for more information.</p>
- <br /><center><img src="refind.png" align="center" width="734"
- height="552" alt="rEFInd presents a GUI menu for selecting your boot
- OS." border=2> </center><br />
+ <br /><center><img src="refind.png" align="center" width="750"
+ height="558" alt="rEFInd presents a graphical menu for selecting your
+ boot OS." border=2> </center><br />
<div style="float:right; width:55%">
<li class="tight"><a href="yosemite.html">rEFInd and OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)</a>—Apple's latest OS X makes some changes that require your attention (this subpage is rendered obsolete by rEFInd 0.8.4 and later</li>
+<li class="tight"><a href="sip.html">rEFInd and System Integrity Protection</a>—How to install rEFInd on Macs running OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)</a>
+
<li class="tight"><a href="using.html">Using rEFInd</a>—Basic usage instructions for the boot loader</li>
<li class="tight"><a href="configfile.html">Configuring the Boot Manager</a>—For advanced users, information on customizing a rEFInd installation</li>