Brief Installation Instructions (Binary Package)================================================

This is rEFInd, an EFI boot manager. The binary package includes thefollowing files and subdirectories:

File Description ----------------------------- ----------------------------- refind/refind_ia32.efi The main IA32 rEFInd binary refind/refind_x64.efi The main x86-64 rEFInd binary refind/refind.conf-sample A sample configuration file refind/icons/ Subdirectory containing icons refind/drivers_ia32/ Subdirectory containing IA32 drivers refind/drivers_x64/ Subdirectory containing x86-64 drivers keys/ Subdirectory containing MOKs refind-install Linux/MacOS installation script mkrlconf A script to create refind_linux.conf mvrefind A script to move a rEFInd installation README.txt This file NEWS.txt A summary of program changes LICENSE.txt The original rEFIt license COPYING.txt The rEFInd license CREDITS.txt Acknowledgments of code sources docs/ Documentation in HTML format

The easiest way of installing rEFInd is generally to use the refind-installscript; however, you must be running under Linux or OS X to do this. Ifyou're using either of those OSes, simply typing "./refind-install" willgenerally install rEFInd. If you have problems with this method, though,you'll have to do a manual installation. The refind-install script supportsa number of options that you might want to use; consult thedocs/refind/installing.html file for details.

To install the binary package manually, you must first access your EFISystem Partition (ESP). You can then place the files from the refindsubdirectory in a subdirectory of the ESP's EFI directory. You may omit the.efi binary for the type of computer you're NOT using, and you mayoptionally rename the .efi file for the binary you are using. If this is aninitial installation, you should rename refind.conf-sample to refind.conf;but if you're replacing an existing installation, you should leave yourexisting refind.conf intact. The end result might include the followingfiles on the ESP:

EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi EFI/refind/refind.conf EFI/refind/icons/

Unfortunately, dropping the files in the ESP is not sufficient; asdescribed in the docs/refind/installing.html file, you must also tell yourEFI about rEFInd. Precisely how to do this varies with your OS or, if youchoose to do it through the EFI, your EFI implementation. In some cases youmay need to rename the EFI/refind directory as EFI/boot, and renamerefind_x86.efi to bootx64.efi (or refind_ia32.efi to bootia32.efi on 32-bitsystems). Consult the installing.html file for full details.

If you want to use any of the filesystem drivers, you must install them,too. Creating a subdirectory of the rEFInd binary directory calleddrivers_x64 (for x86-64 systems), drivers_ia32 (for x86 systems), ordrivers (for any architecture) and copying the drivers you want to thislocation should do the trick. When you next launch it, rEFInd should load

the drivers, giving you access to the relevant filesystems.

Brief Installation Instructions (Source Package)================================================

rEFInd source code can be obtained fromhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/. Consult the BUILDING.txt file inthe source code package for build instructions. Once you've built thesource code, you can use the refind-install script to install the binariesyou've built. Alternatively, you can duplicate the directory tree describedabove by copying the individual files and the icons directory to the ESP.