rEFInd only works once, must reinstall after every use.

[Thomas]

I have late 2008 MacBook Pro. One partition has Snow Leopard and another Lion. I install form Snow Leopard and it works. But just once.

Any ideas?

[Thomas]

i tried using the esp option, but then nothing would show, just the grey screen. (no refind) I used the option key to go back into Snow Leopard and installed refind without esp again. Same result. Only works once. (then it reverts back to booting into Snow Leopard)

Computer Info:
Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.28f3

[Thomas]

I just installed refind from Lion. Same result.

[Roderick W. Smith]

If you mean that on the second boot you're reverting to a direct boot of OS X, then the most likely cause is a leftover installation of rEFItBlesser, as detailed in the rEFInd documentation:

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html

Search the page for the string "rEFItBlesser" for details.

[Thomas]

Yes that was it. Thank you for the quick reply.
(and thanks for making rEFInd. I just sent you a few bucks because I really do appreciate this)

[Roderick W. Smith]

I'm glad that worked for you, and thanks for the donation!