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rEFInd can be installed either using the derivation built using <tt>nix</tt> or by [https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/getting.html downloading a pre-built binary]. rEFInd can then be placed at the default bootloader location (or anywhere else and then configured) in the ESP.

The default boot location is ~~<tt>/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI</tt> on the ESP for x64_64.~~

The default boot location is:

~~{{note|This will require~~ <tt><~~nixpkgs~~></tt> ~~18.03 or unstable as 17.09 and previous rEFInd is marked as broken.}}~~

* <code>/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI</code> on the ESP for <tt>x64_64</tt>

* <code>/EFI/BOOT/BOOTAA64.EFI</code> on the ESP for <tt>AArch64</tt>

=== Text-mode Only ===

Assuming the ESP is mounted at <tt>/boot/</tt>, a minimal installation (text-mode) without configuration can be made using nix this way (this will replace your default bootloader):

sudo mkdir -p /boot/EFI/boot/

$ sudo mkdir -p /boot/EFI/boot/

sudo cp "$(nix-build --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/refind_x64.efi" /boot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi

$ sudo cp "$(nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/refind_x64.efi" /boot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi

</syntaxhighlight>

=== Graphical ===

If you have a fairly standard install and would like a full graphical installation with icons and buttons, the below will install refind to its own folder within your ESP:

$ sudo nix-shell -p refind efibootmgr

$ refind-install

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A minimal hands-off configuration which allows some time to select an option follows:

# Wait 2 seconds.

timeout 2

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The <tt>drivers_x64</tt> folder can also be copied next to the rEFInd EFI binary to allow it to handle filesystems not handled by your EFI implementations (though this is untested).

~~~/nixpkgs~~ $ ls -l $(nix-build --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/drivers_x64

$ ls -l $(nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/drivers_x64

total 528

-r--r--r-- 2 root root 89388 Dec 31 1969 btrfs_x64.efi

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* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/REFInd rEFInd on the ArchWiki]

* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Refind rEFInd on the Gentoo Wiki]

[[Category:Booting]]

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 rEFInd can be installed either using the derivation built using <tt>nix</tt> or by [https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/getting.html downloading a pre-built binary]. rEFInd can then be placed at the default bootloader location (or anywhere else and then configured) in the ESP.
-The default boot location is <tt>/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI</tt> on the ESP for x64_64.
+The default boot location is:
-{{note|This will require <tt><nixpkgs></tt> 18.03 or unstable as 17.09 and previous rEFInd is marked as broken.}}
+* <code>/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI</code> on the ESP for <tt>x64_64</tt>
+* <code>/EFI/BOOT/BOOTAA64.EFI</code> on the ESP for <tt>AArch64</tt>
+=== Text-mode Only ===
 Assuming the ESP is mounted at <tt>/boot/</tt>, a minimal installation (text-mode) without configuration can be made using nix this way (this will replace your default bootloader):
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
-sudo mkdir -p /boot/EFI/boot/
+$ sudo mkdir -p /boot/EFI/boot/
-sudo cp "$(nix-build --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/refind_x64.efi" /boot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
+$ sudo cp "$(nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/refind_x64.efi" /boot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
+</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Graphical ===
+If you have a fairly standard install and would like a full graphical installation with icons and buttons, the below will install refind to its own folder within your ESP:
+<syntaxhighlight lang=console>
+$ sudo nix-shell -p refind efibootmgr
+$ refind-install
 </syntaxhighlight>
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 A minimal hands-off configuration which allows some time to select an option follows:
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
 # Wait 2 seconds.
 timeout 2
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 The <tt>drivers_x64</tt> folder can also be copied next to the rEFInd EFI binary to allow it to handle filesystems not handled by your EFI implementations (though this is untested).
-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
-~/nixpkgs $ ls -l $(nix-build --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/drivers_x64
+$ ls -l $(nix-build '<nixpkgs>' --no-out-link -A 'refind')/share/refind/drivers_x64
 total 528
 -r--r--r-- 2 root root 89388 Dec 31  1969 btrfs_x64.efi
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 * [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/REFInd rEFInd on the ArchWiki]
 * [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Refind rEFInd on the Gentoo Wiki]
+[[Category:Booting]]