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<p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
-1/16/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.5</p>
+2/3/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.7</p>
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<td><tt>hideui</tt></td>
<td><tt>banner</tt>, <tt>label</tt>, <tt>singleuser</tt>, <tt>safemode</tt>, <tt>hwtest</tt>, <tt>arrows</tt>, <tt>hints</tt>, <tt>editor</tt>, or <tt>all</tt></td>
- <td>Removes the specified user interface features. <tt>banner</tt> removes the banner graphic, <tt>label</tt> removes the text description of each tag and the countdown timer, <tt>singleuser</tt> removes the single-user option from the OS X sub-menu, <tt>safemode</tt> removes the option to boot to safe mode from the OS X sub-menu, <tt>hwtest</tt> removes the Macintosh hardware test option, <tt>arrows</tt> removes the arrows to the right or left of the OS tags when rEFInd finds too many OSes to display simultaneously, <tt>hints</tt> removes the brief description of what basic keypresses do, <tt>editor</tt> disables the options editor, and <tt>all</tt> removes all of these options. You can specify multiple parameters with this option. The default is to set none of these values.</td>
+ <td>Removes the specified user interface features. <tt>banner</tt> removes the banner graphic or background image, <tt>label</tt> removes the text description of each tag and the countdown timer, <tt>singleuser</tt> removes the single-user option from the OS X sub-menu, <tt>safemode</tt> removes the option to boot to safe mode from the OS X sub-menu, <tt>hwtest</tt> removes the Macintosh hardware test option, <tt>arrows</tt> removes the arrows to the right or left of the OS tags when rEFInd finds too many OSes to display simultaneously, <tt>hints</tt> removes the brief description of what basic keypresses do, <tt>editor</tt> disables the options editor, and <tt>all</tt> removes all of these options. You can specify multiple parameters with this option. The default is to set none of these values.</td>
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<td><tt>icons_dir</tt></td>
<td><tt>shell</tt>, <tt>gptsync</tt>, <tt>apple_recovery</tt>, <tt>mok_tool</tt>, <tt>about</tt>, <tt>exit</tt>, <tt>shutdown</tt>, and <tt>reboot</tt></td>
<td>Specifies which tool tags to display on the second row. <tt>shell</tt> launches an EFI shell, <tt>gptsync</tt> launches a tool that creates a hybrid MBR, <tt>apple_recovery</tt> boots the OS X Recovery HD, <tt>mok_tool</tt> launches a tool to manage Machine Owner Keys (MOKs) on systems with Secure Boot active, <tt>about</tt> displays information about the program, <tt>exit</tt> terminates rEFInd, <tt>shutdown</tt> shuts down the computer (or reboots it, on UEFI PCs), and <tt>reboot</tt> reboots the computer. The tags appear in the order in which you specify them. The default is <tt>shell, apple_recovery, mok_tool, about, shutdown, reboot</tt>. Note that the <tt>shell</tt>, <tt>apple_recovery</tt>, <tt>mok_tool</tt>, and <tt>gptsync</tt> options all require the presence of programs not included with rEFInd. See the <a href="installing.html#addons">"Installing Additional Components"</a> section of the <a href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page for pointers to the shell and <tt>gptsync</tt> programs. The <tt>apple_recovery</tt> option will appear only if you've got an Apple Recovery HD partition (which has a boot loader called <tt>com.apple.recovery.boot/boot.efi</tt>). See the <a href="secureboot.html">Secure Boot</a> page for information on Secure Boot and MOK management.</td>
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+ <td><tt>font</tt></td>
+ <td>font (PNG) filename</td>
+ <td>You can change the font that rEFInd uses in graphics mode by specifying the font file with this token. The font file should exist in rEFInd's main directory and must be a PNG-format graphics file holding glyphs for all the characters between ASCII 32 (space) through 126 (tilde, <tt>~</tt>), plus a glyph used for all characters outside of this range. See the <a href="themes.html">Theming rEFInd</a> page for more details.</td>
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<td><tt>textonly</tt></td>
<td>none or <tt>0</tt></td>
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<td><tt>dont_scan_volumes</tt> or <tt>don't_scan_volumes</tt></td>
<td>filesystem label(s)</td>
- <td>Adds the specified volume or volumes to a volume "blacklist"—these filesystems are <i>not</i> scanned for EFI boot loaders. This may be useful to keep unwanted EFI boot entries, such as for a Macintosh recovery partition, from appearing on the main list of boot loaders.</td>
+ <td>Adds the specified volume or volumes to a volume "blacklist"—these filesystems are <i>not</i> scanned for EFI boot loaders. This may be useful to keep unwanted EFI boot entries, such as for a Macintosh recovery partition, from appearing on the main list of boot loaders. The default value is <tt>Recovery HD</tt>, to keep the Mac recovery volume from appearing. (It should get its own tools icon instead—see the <tt>showtools</tt> token.)</td>
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<td><tt>dont_scan_dirs</tt> or <tt>don't_scan_dirs</tt></td>
<td>directory path(s)</td>
- <td>Adds the specified directory or directories to a directory "blacklist"—these directories are <i>not</i> scanned for boot loaders. You may optionally precede a directory path with a volume name and a colon to limit the blacklist to that volume; otherwise all volumes are affected. For instance, <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> prevents scanning the <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> directory on <i>all</i> volumes, whereas <tt>ESP:EFI/BOOT</tt> blocks scans of <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> on the volume called <tt>ESP</tt> but not on other volumes. You can use a filesystem number, as in <tt>fs0</tt>, in place of a volume name. This token may be useful to keep duplicate boot loaders out of the menu (say, if <tt>EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi</tt> is a duplicate of another boot loader); or to keep drivers or utilities out of the boot menu, if you've stored them in a subdirectory of <tt>EFI</tt>. This option takes precedence over <tt>also_scan_dirs</tt>; if a directory appears in both lists, it will <i>not</i> be scanned.</td>
+ <td>Adds the specified directory or directories to a directory "blacklist"—these directories are <i>not</i> scanned for boot loaders. You may optionally precede a directory path with a volume name and a colon to limit the blacklist to that volume; otherwise all volumes are affected. For instance, <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> prevents scanning the <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> directory on <i>all</i> volumes, whereas <tt>ESP:EFI/BOOT</tt> blocks scans of <tt>EFI/BOOT</tt> on the volume called <tt>ESP</tt> but not on other volumes. You can use a filesystem number, as in <tt>fs0</tt>, in place of a volume name. This token may be useful to keep duplicate boot loaders out of the menu; or to keep drivers or utilities out of the boot menu, if you've stored them in a subdirectory of <tt>EFI</tt>. This option takes precedence over <tt>also_scan_dirs</tt>; if a directory appears in both lists, it will <i>not</i> be scanned.</td>
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<td><tt>dont_scan_files</tt> or <tt>don't_scan_files</tt></td>
<td>filename(s)</td>
- <td>Adds the specified filename or filenames to a filename "blacklist"—these files are <i>not</i> included as boot loader options even if they're found on the disk. This is useful to exclude support programs (such as <tt>shim.efi</tt> and <tt>MokManager.efi</tt>) and drivers from your OS list. The default value is <tt>shim.efi, MokManager.efi, TextMode.efi, ebounce.efi, GraphicsConsole.efi</tt>.</td>
+ <td>Adds the specified filename or filenames to a filename "blacklist"—these files are <i>not</i> included as boot loader options even if they're found on the disk. This is useful to exclude support programs (such as <tt>shim.efi</tt> and <tt>MokManager.efi</tt>) and drivers from your OS list. The default value is <tt>shim.efi, MokManager.efi, HashTool.efi, TextMode.efi, ebounce.efi, GraphicsConsole.efi</tt>.</td>
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<td><tt>scan_all_linux_kernels</tt></td>
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<td><tt>loader</tt></td>
<td>filename</td>
- <td>Sets the filename for the boot loader. You may use either Unix-style slashes (<tt>/</tt>) or Windows/EFI-style backslashes (<tt>\</tt>) to separate directory elements. In either case, the references are to files on the ESP from which rEFInd launched or to the one identified by a preceding <tt>volume</tt> token. This option should normally be the first in the body of an OS stanza; if it's not, some other options may be ignored. An exception is if you want to boot a loader from a volume other than the one on which rEFInd resides, in which case <tt>volume</tt> should precede <tt>loader</tt>.</td>
+ <td>Sets the filename for the boot loader. You may use either Unix-style slashes (<tt>/</tt>) or Windows/EFI-style backslashes (<tt>\</tt>) to separate directory elements. In either case, the references are to files on the ESP from which rEFInd launched or to the one identified by a preceding <tt>volume</tt> token. The filename is specified as a path relative to the root of the filesystem, so if the file is in a directory, you must include its complete path, as in <tt>\EFI\myloader\loader.efi</tt>. This option should normally be the first in the body of an OS stanza; if it's not, some other options may be ignored. An exception is if you want to boot a loader from a volume other than the one on which rEFInd resides, in which case <tt>volume</tt> should precede <tt>loader</tt>.</td>
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<td><tt>initrd</tt></td>