Re: Can't boot kernel 6.17.4+ via rEFInd

Eugene Shalygin
2025-11-03T21:22:29Z

Hi Ard and Nathan,

On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 at 16:00, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> wrote:
> Eugene, can you try whether the image can be loaded by the EFI shell
> directly? You may have to rename the file and give it a .efi
> extension, but otherwise, you should be able to boot it using

Did that with the kernel file and it loaded up until the non syncing
VFS error, but I suppose that is enough to state that the firmware can
boot the kernel image which rEFInd is unable to, and I should look for
answers with rEFInd author?

Cheers,
Eugene