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Version 0.4.6 release, with UEFI legacy boot support.
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
 
 <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-6/21/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.4.3</p>
+10/6/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.4.6</p>
 
 
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@@ -445,11 +445,15 @@ $ <b>ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi</b>
 
 <ul>
 
-<li><b><a href="http://tianocore.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tianocore/edk2;a=blob_plain;f=EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi;hb=HEAD">shell.efi</a></b>&mdash;This
+<li><b><a
+    href="http://tianocore.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tianocore/edk2;a=blob_plain;f=EdkShellBinPkg/FullShell/X64/Shell_Full.efi;hb=HEAD">shell.efi</a></b>&mdash;This
     file, placed in the ESP's <tt>efi/tools</tt> directory, adds the
     ability to launch a text-mode EFI shell from rEFInd. Note that the
     download link is to a 64-bit binary that must be renamed before rEFInd
-    will recognize it.</li>
+    will recognize it. Additional shell download links appear on the <a
+    href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#UEFI_Shell_download_links">Arch
+    Linux wiki,</a> and on other sites; try a Web search if the shell you
+    find doesn't work to your satisfaction.</li>
 
 <li><b>gptsync.efi</b>&mdash;This program creates a <a
     href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html">hybrid MBR</a> from