Questions tagged [refit]
rEFIt is a boot menu for EFI-based machines. It is most commonly used alongside Boot Camp to facilitate multi-boot setups on Intel-based Macs.
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Can't install Windows 7 on Mac Pro 3,1
I cant install Windows 7 on my MP3,1.
I burned original iso with Windows 7 on USB using Rufus (GPT partition).
Booted with holding Option key, chosen EFI and got freeze.
I tried to run Win7 installer ...
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Dual Boot (MacOS/Linux)
I installed Ubuntu on dual boot on MacOS using rEFIt.
Then, when I did not expect it, the Linux System stoped working, I decided to reboot the computer with MacOS when, for my surprise, everything (...
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Mac - Refit error while booting
I'm currently on Macbook Air early 2015 (I think) and I'm dual booting Mac OSX Sierra and Windows 10, I got up to installing refit and when I restarted all that showed up was a blank grey screen with ...
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Windows 7 won't boot with rEFInd
This is driving me nuts.
I have a Windows 7 install on my GPT partitioned drive. It's installed in EFI mode. I used the full hard drive trick to make Windows install the bootloader with the system (...
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Exact how-to for rEFIt (Mac mini 32 bit, OS X, Ubuntu, Win 10)
After using a dual-boot scheme successfully for a while, I'm now trying to add Windows 10 (Pro) as a third OS to my Mac mini (rEFIt).
The order of the most(?) important steps so far:
2006: buy Mac ...
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Can rEFInd be forced to replace boot code in a MBR?
Is there a way to force rEFInd to replace the boot code in the MBR before preforming a BIOS boot of the Windows operating system on a Mac computer?
I understand that if the first 440 bytes in the MBR ...
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Way too many disks in rEFInd?
I'm using rEFInd on my mac that is installed on its own partition. Everything works fine except when I boot into rEFInd (the "EFI Boot" option under the disk selection menu on startup) it shows my OS ...
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How to recover corrupted MacBook Pro SMC Firmware
I have a MacBook Pro Retina 15" that is no longer bootable due to (as far as I can tell) corrupted SMC firmware. The reason I think this is that SMC resets no longer work, the MagSafe charging light ...
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Storage requirements for booting Windows 10 on a Mac running OS X Yosemite
I have read a few articles that state that, for booting Windows 10 (using either Boot Camp or rEFIt/rEFInd) on a Mac, you should have at least 30GiB free of disk space, and at least a 16-20GiB flash ...
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Does rEFInd need code in the MBR to boot windows on a Mac?
I have read many posts regarding installing and booting Windows on Mac computers. Many procedures use rEFInd to boot a BIOS install of Windows. The procedures do not seem to indicate any installation ...
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Windows 8.1 Advanced startup options disappeared
OK so a bit of background: I need to disable driver signing because I need to install a modified driver so that I can hook up my PS3 controller.
I have a dual boot setup with Mint 17 and windows 8.1 ...
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Grub doesn't see external drive (Intel mac)
I have an Intel Mac (MacMini) and an external usb-drive. On the internal drive, I have a partition with an OSX install, and one with Ubuntu+Grub2. On the external drive, I have a copy of my complete ...
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rEFInd takes 10 seconds to load
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T430 (Core i5, Ivy Bridge). I converted my system from BIOS-MBR to UEFI-GPT. This worked perfectly. I have rEFInd configured to load both Arch Linux and Windows 8.1. This ...
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Trying to Mount EFI boot partition on Windows 7, getting "parameter is incorrect"
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I'm in kind of a strange situation here. I recently set up my late-2008 MacBook Pro to dual-boot between Windows 7 and OSX, using rEFInd. However, in the rEFInd menu at startup, I am given ...
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New partition destroyed bootcamp bootup
I was happily using bootcamp on my mac to run Windows 7. I then decided to create a shared exFAT partition on the drive as well to share files between the systems. After I did this, windows won't boot ...
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