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# [[Refind|Requirements]]
[[#Requirements|Requirements]]
# [[Refind|Instalation]]


<div id="Requirements">If you want to install rEFInd on your laptop or PC you must have, UEFI on your motherboard. I tested on my laptop, where I use Fedora 18.  
<div id="Requirements">If you want to install rEFInd on your laptop or PC you must have, UEFI on your motherboard. I tested on my laptop, where I use Fedora 18.  

Revision as of 19:48, 2 June 2013

Requirements

If you want to install rEFInd on your laptop or PC you must have, UEFI on your motherboard. I tested on my laptop, where I use Fedora 18.

Firs check that if you have UEFI by typing on your teminal

ls -l /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/

If output will be something like that:

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   12 06-02 20:35 AcpiGlobalVariable-af9ffd67-ec10-488a-9dfc-6cbf5ee22c2e
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   64 06-02 20:35 AdvancedPage-397faf4e-893e-468f-992d-9acf30c52142
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   64 06-02 20:35 AdvancedPage-3b3c2158-22b2-4cef-98f4-c79f8d7b266e
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   64 06-02 20:35 AdvancedPage-5bb720c3-e550-42c2-9662-f440345a309e
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   64 06-02 20:35 AdvancedPage-5ed3915b-5575-4efd-ab8d-c455dd439a2e
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   64 06-02 20:35 AdvancedPage-7c2f01c2-1486-4347-bbc2-a8a8d7b1fcb8
....

you have UEFI. Now we need to obtain an rEFInd