If you don't press a key before the timeout expires, the default boot loader will launch. The Installing and Uninstalling rEFInd and Keeping rEFInd Booting pages offer some tips on common problems, though.Īssuming rEFInd starts up correctly, you should see its main screen, which resembles the following: Unfortunately, I can't offer much specific advice on this score, since EFI implementations differ so much in their user interfaces. If there was an installation problem or if your firmware is buggy, though, you may need to select it from your firmware's boot options or reconfigure your firmware to present rEFInd automatically. Depending on your configuration, rEFInd will probably come up immediately. With rEFInd in place and added to your firmware's list of boot utilities, as described in Installing and Uninstalling rEFInd, you can reboot your computer.
A few details aren't entirely intuitive, though, so this page describes them.
For the most part, rEFInd is easy to use just use your keyboard's arrow keys to select the OS you want to boot or the utility you want to launch and press the Enter key.
