<p class="subhead">by Roderick W. Smith, <a
href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
-<p>Last Web page update: 3/18/2013</p>
+<p>Last Web page update: 4/25/2013</p>
<p>I'm a technical writer and consultant specializing in Linux technologies. This Web page is provided free of charge and with no annoying outside ads; however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting does cost money. If you find this Web page useful, please consider making a small donation to help keep this site up and running. Thanks!</p>
<td>Donate $2.50</td>
<td>Donate $5.00</td>
<td>Donate $10.00</td>
+<td>Donate $20.00</td>
<td>Donate another value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
-<td><form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
-<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
+
+<td>
+<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
+<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">
-<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
+<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="1.00">
-<input type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
+<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donate_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest">
+<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
+<img alt="Donate with PayPal" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
-
</td>
-<td><form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
-<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
+
+<td>
+<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
+<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">
-<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
+<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="2.50">
-<input type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
+<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donate_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest">
+<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
+<img alt="Donate with PayPal" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
-
</td>
-<td><form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
-<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
+
+
+<td>
+<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
+<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">
-<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
+<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="5.00">
-<input type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
+<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donate_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest">
+<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
+<img alt="Donate with PayPal" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
-
</td>
-<td><form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
-<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
+
+<td>
+<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
+<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">
-<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
+<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00">
-<input type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
+<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donate_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest">
+<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
+<img alt="Donate with PayPal" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
+</td>
+<td>
+<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
+<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
+<input type="hidden" name="business" value="rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">
+<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
+<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0">
+<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
+<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="20.00">
+<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="rEFInd Boot Manager">
+<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donate_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest">
+<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
+<img alt="Donate with PayPal" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
+</form>
</td>
+
<td>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<img alt="Donate with PayPal" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
</td></tr>
-</table>
+</table>
<hr />
<ul>
+<li><b>0.6.9 (4/25/2013)</b>—The most visible change to this version is to the rEFInd banner image, which now includes an icon provided by Erik Kemperman. The biggest change with this version is the inclusion of an updated version of <tt>gptsync</tt>, which is popular on Macs as a means of maintaining the <a href="http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html">hybrid MBR</a> that's required to boot Windows in BIOS mode on that platform. Because hybrid MBRs are ugly and dangerous, though, the rEFInd <tt>install.sh</tt> script installs the program only under OS X, and even then it must be activated by uncommending the <tt>scanfor</tt> line in <tt>refind.conf</tt> and adding <tt>gptsync</tt> to its options list. If you want to use <tt>gptsync</tt> on a PC, you can, but you'll need to copy the program file manually to the ESP's <tt>EFI/tools</tt> directory. Other changes with this version include working around a suspected firmware bug that can cause hangs when rEFInd starts on some systems and changing the timeout code so that rEFInd will launch its default OS even if the computer is started without a keyboard.</li>
+
<li><b>0.6.8 (3/18/2013)</b>—This version fixes a few obscure bugs but adds only one minor new feature. Most notably, it fixes a problem that caused "Invalid Parameter" errors to appear when scanning for boot loaders on some systems; fixes a bug that caused icons defined in files named after boot loaders to not appear; and fixes a bug in the <tt>install.sh</tt> script that caused the script to fail on some systems. It also enables you to name a shell <tt>shell.efi</tt> in the root directory (previously only <tt>shell_<i>arch</i>.efi</tt> worked in the root directory, although <tt>shell.efi</tt> worked in the <tt>EFI/tools</tt> directory).</li>
<li><b>0.6.7 (2/3/2013)</b>—This version fixes a few bugs and adds some minor features relating to Secure Boot. Bug fixes include keeping rEFInd out of its own menu when it's launched as <tt>EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi</tt>; keeping the <tt>dont_scan_volumes</tt> option out of the <tt>also_scan_dirs</tt> list; a fix for <tt>dont_scan_volumes</tt> so that it applies to the OS X boot loader; and a fix for a bug that caused PNG files in a user-specified icons directory to be ignored if an ICNS file was available in the standard icons directory. New features include support for the Linux Foundation's <tt>HashTool.efi</tt> as a MOK utility, scanning for MOK utilities on all volumes, and a more verbose error message when a Secure Boot authentication failure occurs.</li>