Refind

An opensource boot manager.

Documentation

repo	https://sourceforge.net/p/refind/code/ci/master/tree/
official docs	http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
official docs: configuration	http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/configfile.html
official docs: usage	http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/using.html

Locations

/boot/EFI/refind/refind.conf	config
/boot/EFI/refind/themes/${theme}/*	theme files

Install

pacman -S refind

Setup

refind-install  # replaces systemd-boot, automatically finds EFI stubs

You'll need to re-run refind-install on refind updates.
This will do it automatically.

# /etc/pacman.d/hooks/refind.hook
[Trigger]
Operation=Upgrade
Type=Package
Target=refind

[Action]
Description = Updating rEFInd on ESP
When=PostTransaction
Exec=/usr/bin/refind-install

Configuration

Themes

# some nice themes
aura -A refind-theme-darkmini-git   # https://github.com/LightAir/darkmini
aura -A refind-theme-nord           # https://github.com/jaltuna/refind-theme-nord
aura -A refind-theme-regular-git    # https://github.com/bobafetthotmail/refind-theme-regular

# /boot/EFI/refind/refind.conf

# ...at end of file...

include themes/darkmini/theme.conf
banner themes/darkmini/bg/ubuntu_two.png