Uninstall rEFInd? about steamdeck_refind HOT 10 CLOSED

I need more information on what you're trying to accomplish and why. Are you going back to SteamOS only (or Windows exclusively)? Due to the nature of possible mistakes on the /esp partition rendering your OSes not bootable, rather than "uninstalling" rEFInd, I would instead recommend either disabling or removing the rEFInd EFI boot entry. Make sure that the OS that you want to be has an active EFI boot entry if you are doing this. To disable the rEFInd boot entry run these two commands from a SteamOS command line.

efibootmgr

Take note of the four digit number of the rEFInd boot entry. Replace XXXX with that number in the below command.

sudo efibootmgr -b XXXX -A

rEFInd's EFI boot entry would now be disabled, rendering it effectively "uninstalled" and not active. If you want to completely remove the rEFInd EFI boot entry, run this instead.

sudo efibootmgr -b XXXX -B

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Thanks, jlobue10. I need to do that because I installed my windows on my micro sd. When I installed the refind with these steps, the windows doesn't open with this bootloader because my windows are not in the SSD. Or Can I change that?

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Oh yes, this installation script is mainly intended for people who are dual booting SteamOS and Windows, both from the internal NVMe (the first sentence of the README states this). Just go with either of the options that I provided. I don't intend to update the script any time soon to support SD card boot entries, since most people I know that dual boot Windows with the SD card, only put the card in when they plan to boot Windows and then perform a button combination to power on the Steam Deck.

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I would also like to see this updated with an option to set the boot to point to the microSD, I'm on the same boat as @thitoro.
Maybe you could give us a hint on what we should modify so we can do it ourselves?

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I'm looking into a triple boot option with SteamOS, Windows and Batocera from the Micro SD card. If and when I provide the alternate config file and alternate script for that, it would be easy enough to infer from the updated config file how to get a different OS to boot from the SD card. It's also already possible with various options turned off in the refind.conf file, but I don't plan to re-enable any of those by default at this time. Turning those options off are part of how I achieve the clean minimal look with the bootloader.

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So I just updated the refind.conf file to add an SD card option. I will leave detailed uninstall options and procedures to the rEFInd reference page and help people as necessary. Please refer to the "Batocera" manual stanza for an example of how to add a Micro SD card boot option to the rEFInd configuration. It may also be possible for rEFInd to see the Micro SD card EFI boot option automatically if internal is re-enabled in the scanfor line. Change the scanfor manual,external line to be scanfor manual,external,internal . I have not personally tested this, but it could possibly work. I think this issue can be closed. Please refer to these references for how to uninstall rEFInd.

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It will work with Windows on a Micro SD card, but I have to figure out the proper line for volume in the stanza. Reincluding internal in scanfor may also work, but I have to test that. What version of Windows are you using, 10 or 11? Please open a separate issue for Windows on Micro SD card support, and leave this "Uninstall rEFInd" issue closed. Thank you.

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