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<h1>The rEFInd Boot Manager:<br />Getting rEFInd</h1>
href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
<p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-7/6/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.3</p>
+9/19/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.2</p>
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<ul>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind-bin-0.8.3.zip/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind-bin-0.9.2.zip/download">A
binary zip file</a></b>—Download this if you want to install
rEFInd and/or its filesystem drivers on an <i>x</i>86 or <i>x</i>86-64
computer and have no need to test rEFInd first by booting it on an
href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page. Some users of Arch
Linux have reported problems booting some specific Arch Linux kernels
with rEFInd and some other tools. For them, a <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind-bin-gnuefi-0.8.3.zip/download">variant
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind-bin-gnuefi-0.9.2.zip/download">variant
package</a> exists in which the <i>x</i>86-64 binary was compiled with
GNU-EFI rather than the usual TianoCore EDK2. This change helps some
users with this problem.</li>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind-0.8.3-1.x86_64.rpm/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind-0.9.2-1.x86_64.rpm/download">A
binary RPM file</a></b>—If you use an RPM-based <i>x</i>86-64
Linux system such as Fedora or openSUSE, you can install the binary RPM
package rather than use the binary zip file. (I don't provide an
- equivalent 32-bit package.) This package runs the <tt>install.sh</tt>
- script (described on the <a href="installing.html">Installing
- rEFInd</a> page) as part of the installation process. Distribution
- maintainers can examine the <tt>refind.spec</tt> file in the source
- package and tweak it to their needs. The <a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind-0.8.3-1.src.rpm/download">source
+ equivalent 32-bit package.) This package runs the
+ <tt>refind-install</tt> script (described on the <a
+ href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page) as part of the
+ installation process. Distribution maintainers can examine the
+ <tt>refind.spec</tt> file in the source package and tweak it to their
+ needs. The <a
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind-0.9.2-1.src.rpm/download">source
RPM file</a> might or might not build on your system as-is; it relies
on assumptions about the locations of the GNU-EFI development
files.</li>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind_0.8.3-1_amd64.deb/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind_0.9.2-1_amd64.deb/download">A
binary Debian package</a></b>—If you use an <i>x</i>86-64 version
of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, or another Debian-based distribution, you can
install from this package, which was converted from the binary RPM
PPA</a> is available, which may install more smoothly and will cause
rEFInd to automatically update with other packages.</li>
-<!--
-<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.4.7/refind-bin-gnuefi-0.4.7.zip/download">A
- binary zip file (built with GNU-EFI)</a></b>—This package is just
- like the preceding one, except that it was built using the GNU-EFI
- development kit rather than the TianoCore EFI Development Kit 2 (EDK2)
- that was used to build the other binary. I originally used GNU-EFI to
- develop rEFInd, but the GNU-EFI toolkit doesn't support the legacy
- (BIOS-mode) boot calls on UEFI-based PCs, so I now consider the
- TianoCore build to be the primary one. (Macs can boot legacy OSes using
- either build.)</li>
--->
-
<p class="sidebar"><b>Note:</b> At the moment, neither the bootable CD-R image file nor the bootable USB flash drive image file supports booting with Secure Boot active. The x86-64 version of the <a href="http://en.altlinux.org/Rescue">ALT Linux Rescue disc</a> uses a Secure Boot-enabled rEFInd, though, so you may find that useful in some situations.</p>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind-cd-0.8.3.zip/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind-cd-0.9.2.zip/download">A
CD-R image file</a></b>—This download contains the same files as
the binary zip file, but you can burn it to a CD-R to test rEFInd
(and its filesystem drivers) without installing it first. (It boots on
<p class="sidebar"><b>Tip:</b> If you want to make your own bootable USB
flash drive, download the binary zip file or CD-R image file, prepare a USB
-flash drive with a FAT32 partition, and then use the <tt>install.sh</tt>
-program's <tt>--usedefault</tt> option, and perhaps the
-<tt>--alldrivers</tt> option, as in <tt class="userinput">bash install.sh
---usedefault /dev/sdd1 --alldrivers</tt> to install to the first partition
-on <tt>/dev/sdd</tt>. This procedure should work even on a BIOS-booted
-computer.</p>
+flash drive with a FAT32 partition, and then use the
+<tt>refind-install</tt> program's <tt>--usedefault</tt> option, and perhaps
+the <tt>--alldrivers</tt> option, as in <tt class="userinput">bash
+refind-install --usedefault /dev/sdd1 --alldrivers</tt> to install to the
+first partition on <tt>/dev/sdd</tt>. This procedure should work even on a
+BIOS-booted computer.</p>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind-flashdrive-0.8.3.zip/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind-flashdrive-0.9.2.zip/download">A
USB flash drive image file</a></b>—Although you can create
your own rEFInd USB flash drive, you may find it easier to download
this version and copy it to your USB drive with <tt>dd</tt> or some
other low-level disk copying utility.</li>
<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.8.3/refind-src-0.8.3.zip/download">A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind-src-0.9.2.zip/download">A
source code zip file</a></b>—This is useful if you want to compile
the software locally. Note that I use Linux with the <a
href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/tianocore/">TianoCore EFI
<li><a name="ppa"><b>Ubuntu</b></a>—Although an official Ubuntu
package isn't available, I've created a <a
href="https://launchpad.net/~rodsmith/+archive/refind">rEFInd PPA</a>
- for Ubuntu. To use it, type <tt class="userinput">sudo
- apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind</tt>, then <tt
- class="userinput">sudo apt-get update</tt>. You can then type <tt
- class="userinput">apt-get install refind</tt> to install the package.
- Thereafter, the rEFInd version will update along with your other
- software. This package is built with GNU-EFI and is not signed with a
- Secure Boot key; however, the install script (which launches
+ for Ubuntu. To use it, open a Terminal window and type <tt
+ class="userinput">sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind</tt>,
+ then <tt class="userinput">sudo apt-get update</tt>. You can then type
+ <tt class="userinput">sudo apt-get install refind</tt> to install the
+ package. Thereafter, the rEFInd version will update along with your
+ other software. This package is built with GNU-EFI and is not signed
+ with a Secure Boot key; however, the install script (which launches
automatically when you install the package) should sign the binary with
a locally-generated key if it detects that your system uses Secure
Boot. Thus, if you've previously installed one of my binaries on a
href="http://packages.altlinux.org/en/Sisyphus/srpms/refind">this
page</a> for details.</li>
+<li><b>Slackware</b>—As far as I know, an official rEFInd package is
+ not available as part of Slackware; however, a <a
+ href="http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/system/refind/?search=refind">Slackware
+ package from SlackBuilds</a> is available.</li>
+
<li><b><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/">Fat
Dog</a></b>—This variant of Puppy Linux uses a combination of
rEFInd and GRUB 2 to boot its installation medium in EFI mode and
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+<p>copyright © 2012–2015 by Roderick W. Smith</p>
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