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 href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
 
 <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-1/6/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.3</p>
+1/26/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.6</p>
 
 <p>I'm a technical writer and consultant specializing in Linux technologies. This Web page is provided free of charge and with no annoying outside ads; however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting does cost money. If you find this Web page useful, please consider making a small donation to help keep this site up and running. Thanks!</p>
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
 <ul>
 
 <li><b><a
-    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.3/refind-src-0.6.3.zip/download">A
+    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.6/refind-src-0.6.6.zip/download">A
     source code zip file</a></b>&mdash;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
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
     development tools are also supported.</li>
 
 <li><b><a
-    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.3/refind-bin-0.6.3.zip/download">A
+    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.6/refind-bin-0.6.6.zip/download">A
     binary zip file</a></b>&mdash;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
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
     href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page.</li>
 
 <li><b><a
-    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.3/refind-0.6.3-1.x86_64.rpm/download">A
+    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.6/refind-0.6.6-1.x86_64.rpm/download">A
     binary RPM file</a></b>&mdash;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
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
     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/0.6.3/refind-0.6.3-1.src.rpm/download">source
+    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.6/refind-0.6.6-1.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/0.6.3/refind_0.6.3-1_amd64.deb/download">A
+    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.6/refind_0.6.6-1_amd64.deb/download">A
     binary Debian package</a></b>&mdash;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
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
     either build.)</li>
 -->
 
-<p class="sidebar"><b>Tip:</b> If you want a 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>
+<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.</p>
 
 <li><b><a
-    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.3/refind-cd-0.6.3.zip/download">A
+    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.6/refind-cd-0.6.6.zip/download">A
     CD-R image file</a></b>&mdash;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
@@ -168,6 +168,22 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
     be an extremely valuable diagnostic tool if you know how to use an EFI
     shell.</li>
 
+<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>
+
+<li><b><a
+    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.6.6/refind-flashdrive-0.6.6.zip/download">A
+    USB flash drive image file</a></b>&mdash;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="https://sourceforge.net/p/refind/code">Source code via
     git</a></b>&mdash;If you want to peruse the source code in your Web
     browser or get the very latest version (including pre-release bug fixes
@@ -200,6 +216,14 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
     Tianocore toolkit, and so support booting BIOS/legacy boot loaders on
     UEFI-based PCs.</li>
 
+<li><b>ALT Linux</b>&mdash;This RPM-based distribution is experimenting with
+    using rEFInd on EFI-based computers. As I write, the ALT developers haven't
+    yet nailed down booting from an optical disc (it's a tricky and delicate
+    task, especially when preparing a "hybrid" image), but they're working on
+    the problem. They have an RPM of rEFInd; see <a
+    href="http://packages.altlinux.org/en/Sisyphus/srpms/refind">this page</a>
+    for details.</li>
+
 <li><b><a href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/">Fat
     Dog</a></b>&mdash;This variant of Puppy Linux uses a combination of
     rEFInd and GRUB 2 to boot its installation medium in EFI mode and