Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-12/8/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.4
+9/19/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.9.2
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+ href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.9.2/refind_0.9.2-1_amd64.deb/download">A
binary Debian package—If you use an x86-64 version
of Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, or another Debian-based distribution, you can
install from this package, which was converted from the binary RPM
@@ -175,23 +178,10 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
PPA is available, which may install more smoothly and will cause
rEFInd to automatically update with other packages.
-
-
Note: 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 ALT Linux Rescue disc uses a Secure Boot-enabled rEFInd, though, so you may find that useful in some situations.
Tip: 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 install.sh
-program's --usedefault option, and perhaps the
---alldrivers option, as in bash install.sh
---usedefault /dev/sdd1 --alldrivers to install to the first partition
-on /dev/sdd. This procedure should work even on a BIOS-booted
-computer.
+flash drive with a FAT32 partition, and then use the
+refind-install program's --usedefault option, and perhaps
+the --alldrivers option, as in bash
+refind-install --usedefault /dev/sdd1 --alldrivers to install to the
+first partition on /dev/sdd. This procedure should work even on a
+BIOS-booted computer.
Ubuntu—Although an official Ubuntu
package isn't available, I've created a rEFInd PPA
- for Ubuntu. To use it, type sudo
- apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind, then sudo apt-get update. You can then type sudo apt-get install refind 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 sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind,
+ then sudo apt-get update. You can then type
+ sudo apt-get install refind 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
@@ -284,6 +274,11 @@ computer.
href="http://packages.altlinux.org/en/Sisyphus/srpms/refind">this
page
for details.
+
Slackware—As far as I know, an official rEFInd package is
+ not available as part of Slackware; however, a Slackware
+ package from SlackBuilds is available.
+
Fat
Dog—This variant of Puppy Linux uses a combination of
rEFInd and GRUB 2 to boot its installation medium in EFI mode and
@@ -299,7 +294,7 @@ computer.
-