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==For General Users== |
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==Getting Technical == |
==Getting Technical == |
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=== rEFInd === |
=== rEFInd === |
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This very flexible product has |
This very flexible product has three prerequisites: |
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*computer having modern, UEFI, firmware |
*computer having modern, UEFI, firmware |
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*user having modicum of command line skill |
*user having modicum of command line skill |
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*USB flash media, of at least 8 GB (USB3 preferred) |
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The product is available from: |
The product is available from: |
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[http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.12.0/refind-flashdrive-0.12.0.zip/download USB-image] |
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*(caution) insert USB media and run "lsblk" to ascertain it's drive letter - sd(x) |
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**getting this wrong can result in the existing OS being overwritten |
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*(advisable) clear the USB drive - "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd<your drive USB letter> bs=1M count=8" |
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*unzip <refind...zip> |
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*dd if=refind-flashdrive-<.n.n.n>.img of=/dev/sd<your USB drive letter> bs=4M |
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**test boot this on any UEFI computer |
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***it should display pretty icons - including one for "shutdown" |
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***if not, have you disabled "CSM" & "secure-boot", in UEFI ? (essential) |
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*return the USB device to a booted Linux computer |
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*use GParted (preferably) to create additional partitions, one for each distribution ISO |
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**oversize each partition a little, to allow for later releases being larger |
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**format each partition to (preferably) "unformatted" |
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**give each partition both "label" and "name" relevant to the distro ISO to be placed there |
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*copy one disto ISO to its relevant partition: |
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*"dd if=<required-distro.iso> of=/dev/sd<your USB drive letter><partition-number> bs=4M" |
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**test boot this on any UEFI computer |
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*as required, copy additional ISO, to separate partitions |
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*for more detailed guides, see: |
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[https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ RodsBooks site] |
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Latest revision as of 01:26, 3 October 2021
For General Users
Getting Technical
rEFInd
This very flexible product has three prerequisites:
- computer having modern, UEFI, firmware
- user having modicum of command line skill
- USB flash media, of at least 8 GB (USB3 preferred)
The product is available from: USB-image
- (caution) insert USB media and run "lsblk" to ascertain it's drive letter - sd(x)
- getting this wrong can result in the existing OS being overwritten
- (advisable) clear the USB drive - "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd<your drive USB letter> bs=1M count=8"
- unzip <refind...zip>
- dd if=refind-flashdrive-<.n.n.n>.img of=/dev/sd<your USB drive letter> bs=4M
- test boot this on any UEFI computer
- it should display pretty icons - including one for "shutdown"
- if not, have you disabled "CSM" & "secure-boot", in UEFI ? (essential)
- test boot this on any UEFI computer
- return the USB device to a booted Linux computer
- use GParted (preferably) to create additional partitions, one for each distribution ISO
- oversize each partition a little, to allow for later releases being larger
- format each partition to (preferably) "unformatted"
- give each partition both "label" and "name" relevant to the distro ISO to be placed there
- copy one disto ISO to its relevant partition:
- "dd if=<required-distro.iso> of=/dev/sd<your USB drive letter><partition-number> bs=4M"
- test boot this on any UEFI computer
- as required, copy additional ISO, to separate partitions
- for more detailed guides, see:
