I just attempted a triple boot, Windows 8 first, then Linux Mint 14, then Windows 8.1 Preview, on a Lenovo t530 ThinkPad. All OS's are accessible and working. I installed rEFInd through Windows 8, for some reason it wouldn't work via Mint.
When I select Mint in rEFInd, it boots through Grub without a problem. I have only one option for Windows, which sends me to the Windows 8 Boot Manager, form which I can select Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
Easy BCD lists the following entries for Windows bootloaders:
Unfortunately, Windows seems to rely on boot loader files in a single ESP for its boot process, and the result is that, AFAIK, it's not possible to boot directly to two different Windows installation from rEFInd -- at least, not at the moment. (I can conceive of something that involves having two ESPs and having rEFInd change their type codes on a boot-by-boot basis, much as GRUB can do to "hide" certain partitions; but AFAIK no EFI-mode boot loader can do this at the moment, and I'm not even 100% sure it would work.)
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I just attempted a triple boot, Windows 8 first, then Linux Mint 14, then Windows 8.1 Preview, on a Lenovo t530 ThinkPad. All OS's are accessible and working. I installed rEFInd through Windows 8, for some reason it wouldn't work via Mint.
When I select Mint in rEFInd, it boots through Grub without a problem. I have only one option for Windows, which sends me to the Windows 8 Boot Manager, form which I can select Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
Easy BCD lists the following entries for Windows bootloaders:
I want to know if it's possible to have rEFInd show these bootloaders directly, rather than having going through Windows 8 Boot Manager
Unfortunately, Windows seems to rely on boot loader files in a single ESP for its boot process, and the result is that, AFAIK, it's not possible to boot directly to two different Windows installation from rEFInd -- at least, not at the moment. (I can conceive of something that involves having two ESPs and having rEFInd change their type codes on a boot-by-boot basis, much as GRUB can do to "hide" certain partitions; but AFAIK no EFI-mode boot loader can do this at the moment, and I'm not even 100% sure it would work.)