Comments on: rEFIt: A Graphical Boot Menu for Your Mac http://macapper.com/2008/07/03/refit-a-graphical-boot-menu-for-your-mac/ Mac Apps, Reviews, Previews, Interviews, and Giveaways. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jason http://macapper.com/2008/07/03/refit-a-graphical-boot-menu-for-your-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-160743 Jason Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:27:05 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=4377#comment-160743 Please excuse the double post, as my comment was striped from copied text... rEFIt is not much more then a GUI to more boot loaders. rEFIt chain loads GRUB, which is in turn a combination of graphics and text. rEFIt chain loads ˜what ever Windows uses'. So for a product/enthusiasts to make claims like "...Most of you are probably familiar with the standard inflexible text boot interfaces..." is false advertising. So again, all rEFIt does, is loads the target operating system's boot loader. It doesn't boot that operating system on its own what so ever. I agree that its useful, sure is somewhat buggy though: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=161917&atid=821764 Please excuse the double post, as my comment was striped from copied text…

rEFIt is not much more then a GUI to more boot loaders. rEFIt chain loads GRUB, which is in turn a combination of graphics and text. rEFIt chain loads ˜what ever Windows uses'. So for a product/enthusiasts to make claims like “…Most of you are probably familiar with the standard inflexible text boot interfaces…” is false advertising.

So again, all rEFIt does, is loads the target operating system's boot loader. It doesn't boot that operating system on its own what so ever.

I agree that its useful, sure is somewhat buggy though:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=161917&atid=821764

]]> By: Jason http://macapper.com/2008/07/03/refit-a-graphical-boot-menu-for-your-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-160742 Jason Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:24:41 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=4377#comment-160742 rEFIt is not much more then a GUI to more boot loaders. rEFIt chain loads GRUB, which is in turn a combination of graphics and text. rEFIt chain loads 'what ever Windows uses'. So for a product/enthusiasts to make claims like is false advertising. So again, all rEFIt does, is loads the target operating system's boot loader. It doesn't boot that operating system on its own what so ever. I agree that its useful, sure is somewhat buggy though: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=161917&atid=821764 rEFIt is not much more then a GUI to more boot loaders. rEFIt chain loads GRUB, which is in turn a combination of graphics and text. rEFIt chain loads ‘what ever Windows uses’. So for a product/enthusiasts to make claims like is false advertising.

So again, all rEFIt does, is loads the target operating system’s boot loader. It doesn’t boot that operating system on its own what so ever.

I agree that its useful, sure is somewhat buggy though:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=161917&atid=821764

]]> By: mike http://macapper.com/2008/07/03/refit-a-graphical-boot-menu-for-your-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-158995 mike Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:55 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=4377#comment-158995 I find it absolutely repulsive looking. However it is so customizable you can make it look really nice. Try it out, you can replace some of the images or customize certain files to make it nice. I find it absolutely repulsive looking. However it is so customizable you can make it look really nice. Try it out, you can replace some of the images or customize certain files to make it nice.

]]> By: Matt R. http://macapper.com/2008/07/03/refit-a-graphical-boot-menu-for-your-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-123743 Matt R. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:06:01 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=4377#comment-123743 Mine recognizes live CDs too, just hold down option... Mine recognizes live CDs too, just hold down option…

]]> By: Matt D http://macapper.com/2008/07/03/refit-a-graphical-boot-menu-for-your-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-123456 Matt D Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:19:21 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=4377#comment-123456 Last time I tried to install Linux on my Mac (With Boot Camp in Leopard.) everything went just fine, but when it came time to uninstall, I was unable to delete or unpartition the linux swap files. Does this fix that in any way? Last time I tried to install Linux on my Mac (With Boot Camp in Leopard.) everything went just fine, but when it came time to uninstall, I was unable to delete or unpartition the linux swap files. Does this fix that in any way?

]]> By: Dave Lyon http://macapper.com/2008/07/03/refit-a-graphical-boot-menu-for-your-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-123432 Dave Lyon Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:33:07 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=4377#comment-123432 I stressed about installing something like this, worrying that it would cause unspeakable damage, but it worked without any hitches. Especially compared with getting Linux configured for my MBP. :) I stressed about installing something like this, worrying that it would cause unspeakable damage, but it worked without any hitches. Especially compared with getting Linux configured for my MBP. :)

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