Setting custom menu entries hazard

[lepou]

My kernel is at /boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
I've tried these:
loader vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
loader /vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
loader boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
loader boot\vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
loader /boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
loader \boot\vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
None works.

refind itself if I set it to auto-detect says: Boot
boot\vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 from root

I just wanted to bypass all the grubs and make a nice looking
bootloader with just the entries I needed but it's just not happening,
I don't get it really, I'm frustrated. Please someone, shed some light.

[joevt]

What's wrong with the boot\vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 option that rEFInd auto detects?

Or do you mean there's nothing wrong with auto-detect; you just want to recreate the option without auto-detect?

Can you show the custom menu stanza in your config?

The config file has a couple examples:

# A sample entry for a Linux 3.13 kernel with EFI boot stub support
# on a partition with a GUID of 904404F8-B481-440C-A1E3-11A5A954E601.
# This entry includes Linux-specific boot options and specification
# of an initial RAM disk. Note uses of Linux-style forward slashes.
# Also note that a leading slash is optional in file specifications.
#
menuentry Linux {
    volume 904404F8-B481-440C-A1E3-11A5A954E601
    icon EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.png
    loader bzImage-3.3.0-rc7
    initrd initrd-3.3.0.img
    options "ro root=UUID=5f96cafa-e0a7-4057-b18f-fa709db5b837"
}

# Below is a more complex Linux example, specifically for Arch Linux.
# This example MUST be modified for each specific installation. If nothing
# else, the PARTUUID code must be changed to match the disk in use. As Arch
# Linux does not include version numbers in its kernel and initrd filenames,
# manual boot stanzas may be required when using fallback initrds or multiple
# kernels with Arch Linux. This example is modified from one in the Arch wiki
# page on rEFInd (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/rEFInd).
#
menuentry "Arch Linux" {
    volume   "Arch Linux"
    icon     /EFI/refind/icons/os_arch.png
    loader   /boot/vmlinuz-linux
    initrd   /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    options  "root=PARTUUID=5028fa50-0079-4c40-b240-abfaf28693ea rw add_efi_memmap"
    submenuentry "Boot using fallback initramfs" {
        initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    }
    submenuentry "Boot to terminal" {
        add_options "systemd.unit=multi-user.target"
    }
}