4 - Fixed bug in 0.2.5 that caused failure of Linux initial RAM disk
5 mapping on some (but not all) systems. Affected computers include at
6 least some Intel motherboards, maybe others.
11 - Fixed bug that caused an inability to associate initial RAM disks with
12 Linux kernels stored in a volume's root directory.
14 - Volume badges (that override default badges) are now stored in
15 .VolumeBadge.icns. Although undocumented, rEFInd formerly loaded custom
16 volume badges from .VolumeIcon.icns. This carryover from rEFIt was a
17 confusing name, given the next (new) feature, so I've changed and
18 documented the name....
20 - Added ability to set a default icon for a loader stored in the root
21 directory of a volume: The icon is stored in .VolumeIcon.icns. This icon
22 is also used for Mac OS X volumes booted from the standard location.
24 - Fixed bug that caused icons to drop back to generic icons when rEFInd
25 was launched in certain ways (such as from an EFI shell in rEFInd's
26 directory) on certain systems.
28 - Fixed bug that caused "unknown disable flag" to be shown (very briefly)
29 instead of "unknown hideui flag" when an improper hideui flag was set.
34 - Created new refind.conf entry: "showtools". This entry takes options of
35 "shell", "gptsync", "about", "exit", "reboot", and "shutdown". This
36 option is in some respects an affirmative version of portions of the old
37 "disable" and "hideui" options; however, it enables users to specify the
38 order in which these options appear on the screen. Also, the "exit"
39 option is new; it terminates the program. The effect is usually to return
40 to whatever tool launched it or to launch a default OS; however, this is
41 somewhat unpredictable. The default therefore omits the "exit" option, as
42 well as "gptsync", which has always been dangerous (but necessary on most
43 MacOS/Windows dual-boot setups on Macs). As part of this reconfiguration,
44 I've eliminated the "rescue Linux" option, which always seemed pointless
47 - Folded "disable" and "hideui" refind.conf entries into one ("disable"),
48 and reduced the number of options to six: "banner", "label",
49 "singleuser", "hwtest", "arrows", and "all". ("arrows" is new and
50 disables the scroll arrows when a system has too many tags to display
53 - Added max_tags option to the refind.conf file, enabling users to reduce
54 the maximum number of OS loader tags that can be displayed at once.
56 - Updated rEFIt icon, based on the 128x128 volume label from the rEFIt CD
59 - Added x86 and x86-64 EFI shells to the CD image version of the binary,
60 but NOT to the binary zip file. The logic is that the CD image is more
61 likely to be used directly as an emergency disc and so may need this
62 feature, even though the source isn't part of the rEFInd project. (The
63 source is readily available from the TianoCore project.)
65 - EFI shells may now be stored at /shellx64.efi for x86-64 systems or at
66 /shellia32.efi for x86 systems. The /EFI/tools/shell.efi name is also
67 recognized; however, if both files are present, two EFI shell icons will
68 appear on the main menu. The /efi/{refind-path/apps/shell.efi filename,
69 which was never officially documented but worked as a carryover from
70 rEFIt, is no longer valid.
75 - Fixed (maybe) a bug that caused hangs when launching a second program
76 after returning from a first. There are some weird system-to-system
77 differences, though, and this fix causes (apparently harmless) error
78 messages about "(re)opening our installation volume" on at least one
79 system (a 32-bit Mac Mini). I'm committing this change because, imperfect
80 though it is, it's preferable to the earlier version, at least on my
81 small sample of computers.
83 - Because of news that the Linux kernel developers are planning to use the
84 filename linux.conf to hold Linux kernel configuration data for EFI
85 booting, I'm transitioning rEFInd away from that name and to
86 refind_linux.conf to avoid a conflict. This version can use either name,
87 with refind_linux.conf taking precedence if both are present.
89 - Added logo for Arch Linux.
94 - Fixed bug that caused program failure when Linux kernels with EFI stub
95 support were detected with no associated version numbers. rEFInd now
96 permits automatic linking of *ONE* versionless kernel to *ONE*
97 versionless initrd file.
99 - Fixed bug that caused program hangs when a boot loader filename or label
100 was too long. Such names are now properly truncated and program execution
103 - Fixed bug that caused no text to appear in submenus on UEFI systems with
104 small screens (800x600). NOTE: Problem still occurs on screens smaller
105 than this, but such systems are very rare.
110 - Added ability to set a "default_selection" that's a title or a substring
111 of one -- the name given to a stanza in a "menuentry" or the boot
112 loader's filename, in most cases, although "Mac OS X", "Windows XP
113 (XoM)", and "Microsoft EFI boot" are also titles.
115 - Added support for semi-automatic scans of Linux kernels with EFI stub
116 loader support. The program auto-detects matching initial RAM disk files
117 and loads additional options from the "linux.conf" file in the same
118 directory as the kernel.
120 - Added support for "submenuentry" keyword and associated sub-stanza
121 entries in refind.conf file.
123 - Renamed icons/os_mint.icns to icons/os_linuxmint.icns to match the
124 filename Linux Mint ACTUALLY uses for its ESP boot loader directory.
130 - Initial public release