REFIt

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rEFIt
Developer Christoph Pfisterer
Initial release0.1 / 2 March 2006;19 years ago (2006-03-02)
Stable release
0.14 / 7 March 2010;15 years ago (2010-03-07)
Repository
Written in C
Operating system Linux, Windows (for burning a bootable CD), [1] Mac OS X (for primary use) [2] [3] [4] [5]
Type Boot menu
License GPL-2.0-or-later,
BSD-3-Clause, additional components released under various licenses
Website refit.sf.net   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
rEFIt on a MacBook Quad boot Macbook.jpg
rEFIt on a MacBook

rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. It can be used to boot multiple operating systems, including triple-boot setups with software such as Apple's Boot Camp Assistant. It also provides a way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment. [6] The name "rEFIt" is likely a play on the terms "refit" and "EFI".

Development on "rEFIt" was abandoned by Christoph Pfisterer in 2010. However, in 2012 the developer Roderick W. Smith forked it as a new project called rEFInd. [7]

References

  1. ↑ rEFIt - Documentation - Burning a Bootable CD
  2. ↑ rEFIt - Documentation - Installing rEFIt
  3. ↑ rEFIt - Documentation - Getting into the rEFIt menu
  4. ↑ rEFIt - Documentation - Starting an Operating System
  5. ↑ rEFIt - Documentation - Using the EFI Shell
  6. ↑ rEFIt - An EFI Boot Menu and Toolkit
  7. ↑ The rEFInd Boot Manager
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