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   1 0.2.7 (?/??/2012):
   2 ------------------
   3
   4 - Fixed bug that caused rEFInd to show up in its own menu sometimes.
   5
   6 - Added new refind.conf token: also_scan_dirs. When scanning volumes for
   7   EFI boot loaders, rEFInd always scans the root directory and every
   8   subdirectory of the /EFI directory, but it doesn't recurse into these
   9   directories. The also_scan_dirs token adds more directories to the scan
  10   list. It defaults to "elilo,boot", but you can set it to any directory or
  11   directories you like.
  12
  13 0.2.6 (4/14/2012):
  14 ------------------
  15
  16 - Added "volume" keyword to configuration file's stanza options. This
  17   option changes the volume from which subsequent files (specified by
  18   "loader" and "icon") are loaded. You pass "volume" the name/label of the
  19   FILESYSTEM you want to use (not the GPT partition name), or a number
  20   followed by a colon (e.g., "1:"). The former should reliably identify a
  21   filesystem, assuming the name is unique. The latter assigns numbers based
  22   on the order in which they're scanned, which may not be as reliable but
  23   should work when a volume is unnamed.
  24
  25 - Fixed bug in 0.2.5 that caused failure of Linux initial RAM disk
  26   mapping on some (but not all) systems. Affected computers include at
  27   least some Intel motherboards, maybe others.
  28
  29 0.2.5 (4/9/2012):
  30 -----------------
  31
  32 - Fixed bug that caused an inability to associate initial RAM disks with
  33   Linux kernels stored in a volume's root directory.
  34
  35 - Volume badges (that override default badges) are now stored in
  36   .VolumeBadge.icns. Although undocumented, rEFInd formerly loaded custom
  37   volume badges from .VolumeIcon.icns. This carryover from rEFIt was a
  38   confusing name, given the next (new) feature, so I've changed and
  39   documented the name....
  40
  41 - Added ability to set a default icon for a loader stored in the root
  42   directory of a volume: The icon is stored in .VolumeIcon.icns. This icon
  43   is also used for Mac OS X volumes booted from the standard location.
  44
  45 - Fixed bug that caused icons to drop back to generic icons when rEFInd
  46   was launched in certain ways (such as from an EFI shell in rEFInd's
  47   directory) on certain systems.
  48
  49 - Fixed bug that caused "unknown disable flag" to be shown (very briefly)
  50   instead of "unknown hideui flag" when an improper hideui flag was set.
  51
  52 0.2.4 (4/5/2012):
  53 -----------------
  54
  55 - Created new refind.conf entry: "showtools". This entry takes options of
  56   "shell", "gptsync", "about", "exit", "reboot", and "shutdown". This
  57   option is in some respects an affirmative version of portions of the old
  58   "disable" and "hideui" options; however, it enables users to specify the
  59   order in which these options appear on the screen. Also, the "exit"
  60   option is new; it terminates the program. The effect is usually to return
  61   to whatever tool launched it or to launch a default OS; however, this is
  62   somewhat unpredictable. The default therefore omits the "exit" option, as
  63   well as "gptsync", which has always been dangerous (but necessary on most
  64   MacOS/Windows dual-boot setups on Macs). As part of this reconfiguration,
  65   I've eliminated the "rescue Linux" option, which always seemed pointless
  66   to me.
  67
  68 - Folded "disable" and "hideui" refind.conf entries into one ("disable"),
  69   and reduced the number of options to six: "banner", "label",
  70   "singleuser", "hwtest", "arrows", and "all". ("arrows" is new and
  71   disables the scroll arrows when a system has too many tags to display
  72   simultaneously.)
  73
  74 - Added max_tags option to the refind.conf file, enabling users to reduce
  75   the maximum number of OS loader tags that can be displayed at once.
  76
  77 - Updated rEFIt icon, based on the 128x128 volume label from the rEFIt CD
  78   image.
  79
  80 - Added x86 and x86-64 EFI shells to the CD image version of the binary,
  81   but NOT to the binary zip file. The logic is that the CD image is more
  82   likely to be used directly as an emergency disc and so may need this
  83   feature, even though the source isn't part of the rEFInd project. (The
  84   source is readily available from the TianoCore project.)
  85
  86 - EFI shells may now be stored at /shellx64.efi for x86-64 systems or at
  87   /shellia32.efi for x86 systems. The /EFI/tools/shell.efi name is also
  88   recognized; however, if both files are present, two EFI shell icons will
  89   appear on the main menu. The /efi/{refind-path/apps/shell.efi filename,
  90   which was never officially documented but worked as a carryover from
  91   rEFIt, is no longer valid.
  92
  93 0.2.3 (3/26/2012):
  94 ------------------
  95
  96 - Fixed (maybe) a bug that caused hangs when launching a second program
  97   after returning from a first. There are some weird system-to-system
  98   differences, though, and this fix causes (apparently harmless) error
  99   messages about "(re)opening our installation volume" on at least one
 100   system (a 32-bit Mac Mini). I'm committing this change because, imperfect
 101   though it is, it's preferable to the earlier version, at least on my
 102   small sample of computers.
 103
 104 - Because of news that the Linux kernel developers are planning to use the
 105   filename linux.conf to hold Linux kernel configuration data for EFI
 106   booting, I'm transitioning rEFInd away from that name and to
 107   refind_linux.conf to avoid a conflict. This version can use either name,
 108   with refind_linux.conf taking precedence if both are present.
 109
 110 - Added logo for Arch Linux.
 111
 112 0.2.2 (3/23/2012):
 113 ------------------
 114
 115 - Fixed bug that caused program failure when Linux kernels with EFI stub
 116   support were detected with no associated version numbers. rEFInd now
 117   permits automatic linking of *ONE* versionless kernel to *ONE*
 118   versionless initrd file.
 119
 120 - Fixed bug that caused program hangs when a boot loader filename or label
 121   was too long. Such names are now properly truncated and program execution
 122   continues.
 123
 124 - Fixed bug that caused no text to appear in submenus on UEFI systems with
 125   small screens (800x600). NOTE: Problem still occurs on screens smaller
 126   than this, but such systems are very rare.
 127
 128 0.2.1 (3/19/2012):
 129 ------------------
 130
 131 - Added ability to set a "default_selection" that's a title or a substring
 132   of one -- the name given to a stanza in a "menuentry" or the boot
 133   loader's filename, in most cases, although "Mac OS X", "Windows XP
 134   (XoM)", and "Microsoft EFI boot" are also titles.
 135
 136 - Added support for semi-automatic scans of Linux kernels with EFI stub
 137   loader support. The program auto-detects matching initial RAM disk files
 138   and loads additional options from the "linux.conf" file in the same
 139   directory as the kernel.
 140
 141 - Added support for "submenuentry" keyword and associated sub-stanza
 142   entries in refind.conf file.
 143
 144 - Renamed icons/os_mint.icns to icons/os_linuxmint.icns to match the
 145   filename Linux Mint ACTUALLY uses for its ESP boot loader directory.
 146
 147
 148 0.2.0 (3/14/2012):
 149 ------------------
 150
 151 - Initial public release