rEFInd Boot Manager - Convenient GUI For OS Multi-booting!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- If you’re dual booting or have multiple distros installed on your system then you should definitely consider trying a GUI boot manager such as rEFInd. Each time you turn on your computer you’ll be greeted with a nice looking GUI where you can easily select which OS or external media you want to boot into. Convenient and saves time!
rEFInd website: www.rodsbooks....
Ubuntu installation:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install refind
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Thanks mate, I've been looking for something like this for ages, great how informative this video was too
No problem, yea it would be nice if GUI boot managers were included by default lol. Thanks for the feedback, cheers!
Thanks so much for this vid! It was actually the only video that told me everything I needed to know! 😘
Happy to help 😘
`sudo refind-mkdefault` is an easy way to restore refind as the default boot manager.
Nice, thanks!
Glad to find your channel
Thanks for watching, glad you like it!
very cool thanks man
Never ever have i ever
found a better presentation ever.💯🔥
Thanks man✨, you are very good at at keeping me clinging🧐 with entertainment rather than manipulation🥸 to keep clinging. I am sure that i am going to watch more of your videos🤩. Thanks again 👍 it was really helpful 🙂
I do still have a question i can't find an answer to. I tried changing themes but the directory doesn't open open( i mean i am not even allowed to open the folder due to security reasons). If there is another method that i can curse the linux system to give me elevated permissions it would be helpful even if it is a boot time file manager
@@cutexcoder Thanks for the comment! Glad you liked the video. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to change the theme. If you're having permission issues perhaps you could try entering 'sudo su' first, but I'm not sure if that will help.
What sucks though is that refined only works on older versions of Mac if you use Mac OS venture it may not work
Thanks for the heads up!
im wondering how i would install it from a live environment? im using ubunto trying to install it to the harddrive but its giving me a read write error . grub just isnt loading the operating system for some reason. but it is on the harddrive? idk my dads helping me out so im just trying to understand what were doing
I'm not sure if it's possible to install with a live environment. I suggest installing your distro first, then install refind.
I installed refind on a device that has a portrait display and it displays 90 degrees rotated counter clockwise. Do you happen to know how to make it display normally in landscape?
I'm not sure. Normally the config file is located at: /boot/efi/EFI/refind/refind.conf
You can change lots of things including the resolution but unfortunately I don't see anything to rotate the screen.
Thanks man, you unblocked me :)
Some thoughts on my case using an HP Revolve 810 G1, the bios on this thing is absolute trash. It took me a literal day to figure how to boot on windows and ubuntu after formatting and reinstalling both OSs at least 4 times. Grub didn't seem to work and i was stuck on a post loop as the laptop couldn't select any appropriate efi file to boot. I had to navigate the EFI partition each time and select the appropriate file to boot. Mind you last time I dual booted a system was 2009 or something like this.
I followed the official guide from refind site and your video and I realized that having a cloned version of my windows partition messed with the ubuntu installation of refind as it doesn't point anywhere on the filesystem and created it created the .efi file on the second phsyical disc instead of the primary one (disk0). Had to delete the cloned volume (as it was the fastest way to proceed) and then purge refind on Ubuntu and reinstall it only to find out that the BIOS didn't auto recognise the new .efi file and had to create a custom boot in BIOS. this seemed easy but mind you the laptop's keyboard didn't let me type the "\" character so i couldn't properly point to the appropriate directory. Booted manually again to check if the button works and guess what it works both on Windows and Ubuntu it just doesn't work on bios... plugged a usb keyboard and all is well now
So long story short Thank you!
lol did I block you? Sometimes YT shadow bans certain comments for whatever reason, so maybe it was YT? I'm not sure, I dont remember.
Anyway glad you figured it out. Yea certain bioses can be a pain and dual booting can be a pain as well especially with Windows. To be honest, reFind only adds another layer of complexity so it might be an issue in certain scenarios, but it's been working good for me.
@@PhazerTech I meant you unblocked me as in writers block, like i had no more willpower to make the laptop work. Thanks again
@@haloalliance1 Oh that makes sense, glad it worked out!
Grub can do all of this if you configure it right
Thanks for the info. I imagine it would take more effort to configure it though.
Can we configure Androidx86 to boot from refind ??
If it has a bootloader then refind should find it no problem, but I'm not sure since I've never used Androidx86 before.
@@PhazerTech can you please make a tutorial on that ? Many people need that but there's not enough guide on the Internet. It would be really helpful.
It shouldn't be difficult to check yourself. If your PC already has Androidx86 installed, just add an additional SSD and install Linux. Then install Refind as shown in the video and you should see Androidx86 when you boot up Refind.
boa dica
This project desperately needs an ui designer I guess.
I guess it could use one, but I'm content with simply having icons for each OS.