In my system, when rEFInd boots to Linux Mint, the OS I use by default,
On the opening screen because the default (last used) option opens
vmlinuz, it insists on using the tux.png icon for my default choice, rather
linuxmint.png,
Then it opens vmlinuz and then runs every damned step of the boot
process on screen. I want a dark or colored screen with no scrolling
messages.
The easiest one is usually to include the distribution name in the partition or filesystem name. (In the case of Linux Mint, the name must be linuxmint, with no spaces.)
If you can boot via some other path that does not produce the kernel output you don't want, you can run the mkrlconf script that comes with rEFInd after you boot in this way. This will produce a /boot/refind_linux.conf file that will include that path's kernel options, which are what will shut off those options. Alternatively, you can create this file yourself (or edit it, if it already exists) and change the kernel options, as described near the end of this page:
In my system, when rEFInd boots to Linux Mint, the OS I use by default,
On the opening screen because the default (last used) option opens
vmlinuz, it insists on using the tux.png icon for my default choice, rather
linuxmint.png,
Then it opens vmlinuz and then runs every damned step of the boot
process on screen. I want a dark or colored screen with no scrolling
messages.
Fixes, anyone?
Cecilieaux
rEFInd icon selections can be controlled in several ways, as described in the rEFInd documentation:
https://rodsbooks.com/refind/configfile.html#icons
The easiest one is usually to include the distribution name in the partition or filesystem name. (In the case of Linux Mint, the name must be
linuxmint, with no spaces.)If you can boot via some other path that does not produce the kernel output you don't want, you can run the
mkrlconfscript that comes with rEFInd after you boot in this way. This will produce a/boot/refind_linux.conffile that will include that path's kernel options, which are what will shut off those options. Alternatively, you can create this file yourself (or edit it, if it already exists) and change the kernel options, as described near the end of this page:https://rodsbooks.com/refind/linux.html#efistub
With Linux Mint, you probably want to include
quiet splashamong the options to hide the kernel output.