<p class="subhead">by Roderick W. Smith, <a
href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com</a></p>
- <p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: 3/23/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.2.2</p>
+<p>Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update:
+4/27/2012, referencing rEFInd 0.3.1</p>
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<p>If you don't press any key before the timeout (shown on the last line) expires, the default boot loader will launch. This is normally the first item in the menu, but you can adjust the default by editing the configuration file. (In this example, it's the SUSE loader, which is further identified by text above the timeout as <i>Linux 3.3.0-rc7 from ESP.</i>)</p>
-<p>This display is dominated by the central set of icons, which in this example includes icons for OS X, Windows, Ubuntu, a generic Linux installation (ELILO, in fact), SUSE, and an unkown boot loader. All but the last of these are on hard disks, but the unknown boot loader is on an optical disc, as revealed by the small icons in the lower-right corner of the OS icons.</p>
+<p>This display is dominated by the central set of icons, which in this example includes icons for OS X, Windows, Ubuntu, a generic Linux installation (ELILO, in fact), SUSE, and an unkown boot loader. All but the last of these are on hard disks, but the unknown boot loader is on an optical disc, as revealed by the small icons (known as <i>badges</i>) in the lower-right corner of the OS icons.</p>
<p>In this example, the SUSE tag is selected. You can move the selection left by pressing the left or down arrow key and right by pressing the right or up arrow key. If your system has many boot loaders, an arrow icon will appear to the right of the boot loader list, indicating that the boot loader list will scroll when you move off the right edge. If you do this, an arrow icon will appear to the left of the icon list, indicating that you can scroll back in a similar manner. Moving past the final selection or using the Page Down key moves the selection to the second row of small icons, which launch ancillary programs or perform special actions. In this figure, these five icons are present:</p>
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-<p>As noted on the <a href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page, the <tt>gptsync</tt> utility is dangerous, but it's useful on some Mac systems that dual-boot with Windows. If you're using a UEFI-based PC, it's best to <i>not</i> install this utility!</p>
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<li>Launch the EFI shell</li>
+<p class="sidebar">As noted on the <a href="installing.html">Installing rEFInd</a> page, the <tt>gptsync</tt> utility is dangerous, but it's useful on some Mac systems that dual-boot with Windows. If you're using a UEFI-based PC, it's best to <i>not</i> install this utility!</p>
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<li>Launch the <tt>gptsync</tt> utility</li>
<li>Produce an information page</li>
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-<p>The last three of these options are always available by default, but the first depends on the presence of the EFI shell program file, as described earlier. If you install <tt>gptsync.efi</tt>, its icon will appear, as well.</p>
+<p>The last three of these options are always available by default, but the first depends on the presence of the EFI shell program file, as described earlier. To get the <tt>gptsync</tt> icon, you must install <tt>gptsync.efi</tt> and adjust the <tt>showtools</tt> option in <tt>refind.conf</tt>, as well.</p>
<p>To launch an OS or utility, you should select its icon and then press the Enter key. If you press the Insert key, rEFInd will show a menu that may hold additional options, depending on the OS type. The following figure shows the submenu for Mac OS X. You can use this menu much like the main menu; move the cursor to select the option you want to use, then press the Enter key to launch the boot loader with the selected options. Press the Esc key or select <tt>Return to Main Menu</tt> to return to the main menu.</p>