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rEFInd is a boot manager for EFI and UEFI-based machines. At boot-time, it allows the user to choose between different operating systems installed on the computer. Use this tag for questions about installing and/or configuring rEFInd to work with Unix-like operating systems.

rEFInd is a boot manager for EFI and UEFI-based machines. Technically, it’s not a boot loader since it doesn’t actually load an Operating System kernel (unless the kernel can can function as an EFI boot loader for itself). It is the successor fork of the now discontinued rEFIt project.

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  • – more general questions on the process of loading the OS
  • – for bootloaders in general
  • – if you have more than one operating system
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rEFind remove boot entries

I want to delete some boot-entries from rEFind, and apply my theme correctly. I have a Mac with OS X, KDE Neon, Windows and Manjaro installed. I want 1 entry for OS X (currently 3), 1 for KDE Neon, 1 for Windows and 1 for Manjaro. Currently I…
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Duplicate Windows Entries

I'm dual booting Elementary OS and Windows. I'm seeing two Windows entries though and I'm not sure where refind is finding them. One is shown as Boot Microsoft EFI boot from ESP and the other is Boot bootmgfw.efi from ESP. Selecting either of them…
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rEFInd configuration?

I am trying to get my acs-patched Antergos kernel to boot from rEFInd. It was detected automatically by rEFInd but it did not boot properly. I kept on getting ERROR: device 'UUID=...' not found. Skipping fsck., so to bypass this, and have the kernel…
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Refind: I see two files conf identical..why?

I had installed refind bootloader,a simple question,why there are two identical files for configuration in different dirs? /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/refind.conf /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf I have installed refind with refind-install --usedefaults…
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Boot loader icon uses incorrect theme

I'm dual booting Elementary OS and Microsoft's Windows. Using the refind boot manager. My Elementary OS icon uses the default theme's icon + sizing instead of whatever theme I set in refind.conf. Everything else about the theme seems to work fine…
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