Actually, I have two old Macs set up as dual boot machines with CachyOS installed, and I’ve set rEFInd as the boot system.
My iMac (21.5 inch/2011mid) requires an LTS kernel for the screen to become distorted, so I’d like to boot the LTS kernel by default, but the explanations about rEFInd on Google and the Arch wiki are too detailed and I don’t really understand them.
I’m confused because I don’t know what to set in which file and how.
If anyone knows, please let me know.
The easiest and safest way would be to just press TAB in refind after you select what to boot (this screen). This opens a sub-menu where you can tell refind to boot the LTS kernel.
The more advanced but - in the long run - also more comfortable way would to configure Scratch that, do what YoYo says and don’t forget to backup the file first! /boot/EFI/refind/refind.confaccordingly. To find your PARTUUID, use lsblk -f
I believe there is also another way, but that method fails as soon as some or all of your kernels are upgraded next time. Also, it’s dangerous when done wrong so I’d rather not talk about it 
PS: of course you could also uninstall the Cachy kernel with the Cachy Kernel Manager or pacman
for me it worked in this way
initrd=initramfs-linux-cachyos.img to initrd=initramfs-linux-cachyos-lts.imglts is for default boot.
and leaves the second option in the boot menu as a backup for non-LTS kernel
Right, I forgot the most obvious one! 
Aah, the possibilities 
Freedom!
Thank you, I’ve already read it.
The content was too difficult for me to understand (the explanations were too detailed).
I know that feeling, I regularly get that with the Arch Wiki, too.
So, were you able to convince refind to boot into the correct kernel?
Thank you.
I’ve seen that explanation before, but mine isn’t actually written that way.
It’s “Boot with standard Options” “quiet nowatchdog splash rw root=UUID=…”
The other lines are written the same way, just with different options and UUIDs. There are only three lines.
I’m confused because it’s not written as mentioned. It only has the UUID, and nothing about the kernel. (See reply to yo-yo)
if not yet solved post output from
ls -al /boot/*
then run
paste-cachyos /boot/refind_linux.conf
and post the link
ls -al /boot/*
I get an error that says it cannot be accessed. Is it OK to continue?
copy & paste the whole content from there to here
I ran the command but got an error,
[hokuda@cachyos-imac ~]$ paste-cachyos /boot/refind_linux.conf
curl: Failed to open /boot/refind_linux.conf
curl: option --data-binary: error encountered when reading a file
curl: try ‘curl --help’ for more information
[hokuda@cachyos-imac ~]$
so I opened it in a file manager and copied it.
“Boot with standard options” “quiet nowatchdog splash rw root=UUID=740abb4a-735e-43ed-bed4-3b731216c973”
“Boot to single-user mode” “quiet nowatchdog splash rw root=UUID=740abb4a-735e-43ed-bed4-3b731216c973” single
“Boot with minimal options” “ro root=UUID=740abb4a-735e-43ed-bed4-3b731216c973”
post
sudo ls -l /boot/*
enter paswd for your user if asked
[hokuda@cachyos-imac ~]$ sudo ls -l /boot/*
[sudo] hokuda のパスワード:
ls: ‘/boot/*’ にアクセスできません: そのようなファイルやディレクトリはありません
[hokuda@cachyos-imac ~]$
However, I can access it normally from the file manager (although will need to enter a password).
can you make a screenshot from /boot/ in file manager and post here
I just thought about it, but honestly, isn’t it abnormal in some sense that an error occurs when using the ls command?
If it also occurs when using sudo, then I think it’s a problem, so what should I do?
add by /boot/refind_linux.conf on top this line
“Boot with LTS kernel” “quiet nowatchdog splash rw root=UUID=740abb4a-735e-43ed-bed4-3b731216c973 initrd=initramfs-linux-cachyos-lts.img”
like here 0c5c5fc
reboot and report
I think your setup is normal and mine is not. I was annoyed by the constant password prompts and probably did something with privileges.
