#
#scanfor internal,external,optical,manual
+# By default, rEFInd relies on the UEFI firmware to detect BIOS-mode boot
+# devices. This sometimes doesn't detect all the available devices, though.
+# For these cases, uefi_deep_legacy_scan results in a forced scan and
+# modification of NVRAM variables on each boot. Adding "0", "off", or
+# "false" resets to the default value. This token has no effect on Macs or
+# when no BIOS-mode options are set via scanfor.
+# Default is unset (or "uefi_deep_legacy_scan true")
+#uefi_deep_legacy_scan
+
# Delay for the specified number of seconds before scanning disks.
# This can help some users who find that some of their disks
# (usually external or optical discs) aren't detected initially,
#
#also_scan_dirs boot,ESP2:EFI/linux/kernels
-# Partitions to omit from scans. You must specify a volume by its
-# label, which you can obtain in an EFI shell by typing "vol", from
-# Linux by typing "blkid /dev/{devicename}", or by examining the
-# disk's label in various OSes' file browsers.
+# Partitions (or whole disks, for legacy-mode boots) to omit from scans.
+# For EFI-mode scans, you must specify a volume by its label, which you
+# can obtain in an EFI shell by typing "vol", from Linux by typing
+# "blkid /dev/{devicename}", or by examining the disk's label in various
+# OSes' file browsers.
+# For legacy-mode scans, you can specify any subset of the boot loader
+# description shown when you highlight the option in rEFInd.
# The default is "Recovery HD,LRS_ESP".
#
#dont_scan_volumes "Recovery HD"
# default loader using:
# - A digit between 1 and 9, in which case the Nth loader in the menu
# will be the default.
+# - A "+" symbol at the start of the string, which refers to the most
+# recently booted loader.
# - Any substring that corresponds to a portion of the loader's title
# (usually the OS's name or boot loader's path).
# You may also specify multiple selectors by separating them with commas
-# and enclosing the list in quotes.
+# and enclosing the list in quotes. (The "+" option is only meaningful in
+# this context.)
# If you follow the selector(s) with two times, in 24-hour format, the
# default will apply only between those times. The times are in the
# motherboard's time standard, whether that's UTC or local time, so if
# case the last one to match takes precedence. Thus, you can set a main
# option without a time followed by one or more that include times to
# set different defaults for different times of day.
+# The default behavior is to boot the previously-booted OS.
#
#default_selection 1
#default_selection Microsoft
-#default_selection "bzImage,vmlinuz"
+#default_selection "+,bzImage,vmlinuz"
#default_selection Maintenance 23:30 2:00
#default_selection "Maintenance,OS X" 1:00 2:30
# specification. Also note that a leading slash is optional in file
# specifications.
menuentry Linux {
- icon EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.icns
+ icon EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.png
volume KERNELS
loader bzImage-3.3.0-rc7
initrd initrd-3.3.0.img
# its GRUB 2 boot loader. Note uses of Linux-style forward slashes
menuentry Ubuntu {
loader /EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
- icon /EFI/refined/icons/os_linux.icns
+ icon /EFI/refined/icons/os_linux.png
disabled
}
# could initialize hardware and then launch an OS, or it could
# do something entirely different.
menuentry "Windows via shell script" {
- icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_win.icns
+ icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_win.png
loader \EFI\tools\shell.efi
options "fs0:\EFI\tools\launch_windows.nsh"
disabled
# certainly need to change the "volume" line for this example
# to work.
menuentry "My Mac OS X" {
- icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_mac.icns
+ icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_mac.png
volume "OS X boot"
loader \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
disabled