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See refind-install(8) or read the comments in the install script for explanations of the various installation options.įor many systems it should be sufficient to simply run: The script has several options for handling differing setups and UEFI implementations. The rEFInd package includes the refind-install script to simplify the process of setting rEFInd as your default EFI boot entry. Warning: Your kernel and initramfs must reside on a file system that rEFInd can read. To use the rEFInd, you must install it to the EFI system partition either using the refind-install script or by copying the files and setting up the boot entry manually. To find additional drivers see The rEFInd Boot Manager: Using EFI Drivers: Finding Additional EFI Drivers. Additionally rEFInd can access any file system that UEFI itself can, that includes FAT (as mandated by the UEFI specification), HFS+ on Macs and ISO-9660 on some systems. REFInd ships with UEFI drivers that implement read-only support for ReiserFS, Ext2, Ext4, Btrfs, ISO-9660 and HFS+.

4 Installation alongside an existing UEFI Windows installation.

3.1.1 For kernels automatically detected by rEFInd.

2.1 Installation with refind-install script.

Alternately, open the Mac App Store Preview page for macOS Catalina here then select View in Mac App Store. Go to the Mac App Store and search for Catalina using the search bar, then click on View next to the macOS Catalina listing. This is an unavoidable part of the process and will require just over 8 gigabytes of drive capacity to store. The first hurdle is to actually get the macOS Catalina installer onto a Mac. However, it is still possible to create your own media, such as a spare USB thumb drive, that can do the same job.

While in the olden days it was possible to get the software update on physical media, Apple doesn't offer that option anymore.

The strain could also be felt by users who own multiple Macs but also have a limited data allowance from their Internet provider, or a small amount of bandwidth that could make updating multiple machines take a very long time and saturate the available connection. As Apple usually intends each Mac or MacBook needing to be updated to download it, the process isn't really efficient enough for instances where many Mac desktops need the upgrade, like in a school or business if there isn't device management or macOS Content Caching for whatever the reason. One of the problems with the release of a major operating system update like macOS Catalina is the amount of times it has to be downloaded.