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rEFInd

Emerge

To install rEFInd, emerge it with:

root #emerge --ask sys-boot/refind

Installation

Important
If sys-boot/efibootmgr is not installed, refind-install may output alerts warning that there were problems with running the program.

To install rEFInd to the ESP, run refind-install:

root #refind-install
ShimSource is none
Installing rEFInd on Linux....
ESP was found at /efi using vfat
Copied rEFInd binary files

Copying sample configuration file as refind.conf; edit this file to configure
rEFInd.

Keeping existing NVRAM entry
rEFInd is set as the default boot manager.
Existing //boot/refind_linux.conf found; not overwriting.

Installation has completed successfully.