<p class="subhead">by Roderick W. Smith, <a
href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
- <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: 3/26/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.2.3</p>
+ <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: 4/5/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.2.4</p>
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<ul>
-<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.3/refind-src-0.2.3.zip/download">A
+<li><b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.4/refind-src-0.2.4.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="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi">GNU-EFI</a> development
that toolchain is theoretically possible, but I've not attempted
it.</li>
-<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.3/refind-bin-0.2.3.zip/download">A
- binary zip file</a></b>—Download this if you want to install
- rEFInd on an x86 or x86-64 computer and have no need to test rEFInd
- first by booting it on an optical disc. This zip file package includes
- both x86 (aka IA32) and x86-64 (aka x64, AMD64, or EM64T) versions of
- rEFInd. Which you install depends on your architecture, as described on
- the <a href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page.</li>
-
-<li><b><a
- href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.3/refind-cd-0.2.3.zip/download">A
- CD-R image file</a></b>—This download contains the same files as
- the zip file, but you can burn it to a CD-R to test rEFInd without
- installing it first. If you like it, you can then copy the files from
- the CD-R to your hard disk. The files are named in such a way that the
- disc should boot on either 64-bit (x86-64) or 32-bit (x86) EFI
- computers. Note that there's a bug that causes rEFInd to complain about
- invalid parameters while scanning various directories. You can safely
- ignore this message, but you'll need to press a key to dismiss it.</li>
+<li><b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.4/refind-bin-0.2.4.zip/download">A
+ binary zip file</a></b>—Download this if you want to install rEFInd 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 optical disc. This zip file package includes both
+ <i>x</i>86 (aka IA32) and <i>x</i>86-64 (aka <i>x</i>64, AMD64, or EM64T)
+ versions of rEFInd. Which you install depends on your architecture, as
+ described on the <a href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page.</li>
+
+<li><b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.2.4/refind-cd-0.2.4.zip/download">A
+ CD-R image file</a></b>—This download contains the same files as the
+ zip file, but you can burn it to a CD-R to test rEFInd without installing it
+ first. (It boots on UEFI PCs, but fails on at least some Macs.) If you like
+ it, you can then copy the files from the CD-R to your hard disk. The files
+ are named in such a way that the disc should boot on either 64-bit
+ (<i>x</i>86-64) or 32-bit (<i>x</i>86) EFI computers. Note that there's a
+ bug that causes rEFInd to complain about invalid parameters while scanning
+ various directories. You can safely ignore this message, but you'll need to
+ press a key to dismiss it. I've included an open source EFI shell program on
+ this disc that's not included in the binary zip file, so that you can access
+ an EFI shell from a bootable disc even if you don't have an EFI shell
+ available from your regular hard disk.</li>
</ul>