rEFIt!

The current release is 0.14. It is available in various forms. Both disk image distributions include the Installer package and can be burned as a bootable CD as well. All three binary distributions can be used to install rEFIt on a USB memory stick or other disk drives. * rEFIt 0.14 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/refit/rEFIt-0.14.dmg?use_mirror
(6.5M Mac disk image * rEFIt 0.14 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/refit/rEFIt-0.14.cdr.gz?use_mirror
(6.5M ISO disk image * rEFIt 0.14 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/refit/refit-bin-0.14.tar.gz?use_mirror
(3.2M .tar.gz * rEFIt 0.14 source code http://downloads.sourceforge.net/refit/refit-src-0.14.tar.gz?use_mirror
(253K .tar.gz You can browse the source code online through the ViewVC interface http://refit.svn.so

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