Dual Boot with Secure Boot using rEFInd and PreLoader!

Published: 05 March 2024
on channel: YoussGm
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~ Dual boot with refind and secure boot

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In this video I will show you how to setup dual boot on your personal computer, and having secure boot work! I am doing it on a single hard drive, I would not specifically recommend to do it like this, it's better to have 2 physically separate drives. You will need a 8gb USB stick or larger.

I will dual boot windows 10 and windows 11 pro ghost spectre edition, but you can dual boot any OS you want including all linux distros and perhaps some hackintosh if you try.

I will be using the rEFInd bootloader as it allows for easier switching between OS and I will set up rEFInd with PreLoader which will allow us to have Secure Boot enabled and still be able to dual boot.

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Windows 11 PRO ghost spectre edition ISO: https://ghostclouds.xyz/wp/w11-pro-23...
Rufus: https://rufus.ie/en/
7zip: https://www.7-zip.org/

Here is rEFInd: https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/secu...

0:00 Shrink your windows partition
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0:50 Download your OS disk image file (ISO)
2:25 Download Rufus
2:39 Install the ISO onto your USB stick using Rufus
4:32 Boot from your USB stick OS Installer using BIOS
5:19 Install your second OS onto your unallocated partition
7:10 Change default operating system to Windows recovery environment
7:40 Create a new EFI partition for your second OS
9:34 Setup rEFInd with PreLoader
mountvol R: /S
cd /
cd refind-bin-0.14.0.2
xcopy /E refind R:\EFI\refind\
R:
cd EFI\refind
rename refind.conf-sample refind.conf
rename refind_x64.efi loader.efi
bcdedit /set "{bootmgr}" path \EFI\refind\loader.efi
bcdedit /set "{bootmgr}" description "rEFInd Bootloader"
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\refind\PreLoader.efi

15:35 Disable secure boot in bios, set rEFInd at the top
16:05 Go into MOK
enroll hash for:
loader.efi
PreLoader.efi
ext4_x64.efi

16:44 Enable secure boot and load into rEFInd