X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/8b9e6b44d9e996a65cc4b81a71e8e6fdc054ea27..4de918f70e9382d26cc9f2047a3c1fb1b7ca12a1:/docs/refind/getting.html
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href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-5/4/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.3.2
+5/15/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.3.5
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@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
Getting rEFInd from Sourceforge
-You can find the rEFInd source code and binary packages at its SourceForge page. Note that rEFInd is OS-independent—it runs before the OS, so you download the same binary package for any OS. You can obtain rEFInd in three different forms:
+You can find the rEFInd source code and binary packages at its SourceForge page. Note that rEFInd is OS-independent—it runs before the OS, so you download the same binary package for any OS. You can obtain rEFInd in four different forms:
-- A
+
- A
source code zip file—This is useful if you want to
compile the software locally. Note that I use Linux with the GNU-EFI development
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
it.
- A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.3.5/refind-bin-0.3.5.zip/download">A
binary zip file—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
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd page.
- A
+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.3.5/refind-cd-0.3.5.zip/download">A
CD-R image file—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 some older
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your regular hard disk. This can be an extremely valuable diagnostic
tool if you know about about using an EFI shell.
+- Source code via
+ git—If you want to peruse the source code in your Web
+ browser or get the very latest version (including pre-release bug fixes
+ and updates), you can use the Sourceforge git repository. This access
+ method is most useful to programmers, or at least to those who are
+ familiar with programming tools. Note that if you need to ask "what's
+ git?", this is probably not the best way for you to obtain rEFInd.
+
If you're using another platform, you can give rEFInd a try; however, you'll need to build it from source code yourself or track down a binary from another source. (Perhaps by the time you read this it will be included in Linux distributions built for unusual CPUs.)