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Topic: How to setup rEFInd?

Hello! How to install rEFInd on Hyperbola? After formatting the /dev/sda using cfdisk, I enter the following:

mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
mkdir /boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mount /dev/sda2 /home
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
mount /dev/sda3 /root
mkswap /dev/sda4
swapon /dev/sda4
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda5
mount /dev/sda5 /

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/sh
nano /etc/fstab
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/*/* /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
nano /etc/locale.conf
nano /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
nano /etc/hostname
nano /etc/hosts
passwd

Now I need to install the refind and probably efibootmgr packages, but then what? If I simply enter refind-install the kernel will not start (which is logical).

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Re: How to setup rEFInd?

Please refer here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/REFInd
Otherwise I recommend not using refind but grub instead.

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