rEFInd question

[ikonix360]

I'm using rEFInd to make a 10 year old PC boot to a NVME drive in a PCI-E X4 slot with a PCI-E to NVME adapter.

Anyways I have the bootloader on a thumb drive, but I want to put it on the SATA SSD.

I tried copying the thumb drive partition to the SATA drive, but that crashed Mini Tool Partition Wizard.

I tried copying the files to a partition on the drive and setting it just like the thumb drive, but it wouldn't run the bootloader.

How can I get rEFInd on a SATA drive?

If I cannot then is there another EFI bootloader that will work on a SATA drive?

 

[Joe C]

I think your going to need to use a main board that supports UEFI Bios. Your not stating any info about your board to help you, other than it is 10 yrs old.

 

[ikonix360]

The board doesn't support UEFI, however that's what the bootloader is for.

Runs a driver so the EFI drive is supported.

I just need rEFInd on a SATA drive so I can free up a thumb drive.