X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/blobdiff_plain/95db688800c527d3c9ee1f692d9125136facc38b..e0f6b77e5692ec112bb803202ae27f8c5d55de50:/refind.conf-sample diff --git a/refind.conf-sample b/refind.conf-sample index bd90b38..f9720b8 100644 --- a/refind.conf-sample +++ b/refind.conf-sample @@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ timeout 20 #hideui singleuser #hideui all +# Set the name of a subdirectory in which icons are stored. Icons must +# have the same names they have in the standard directory. The directory +# name is specified relative to the main rEFInd binary's directory. If +# an icon can't be found in the specified directory, an attempt is made +# to load it from the default directory; thus, you can replace just some +# icons in your own directory and rely on the default for others. +# Default is "icons". +# +#icons_dir myicons + # Use a custom title banner instead of the rEFInd icon and name. The file # path is relative to the directory where refind.efi is located. The color # in the top left corner of the image is used as the background color @@ -35,8 +45,8 @@ timeout 20 # the big icons by stretching it in the middle. If only a big one is given, # the built-in default will be used for the small icons. # -# Like the banner option above, these options take a filename of -# an uncompressed BMP image file. +# Like the banner option above, these options take a filename of an +# uncompressed BMP image file with a color depth of 24, 8, 4, or 1 bits. # #selection_big selection-big.bmp #selection_small selection-small.bmp @@ -45,16 +55,51 @@ timeout 20 # #textonly +# Set the screen's video resolution. Pass this option two values, +# corresponding to the X and Y resolutions. Note that not all resolutions +# are supported. On UEFI systems, passing an incorrect value results in a +# message being shown on the screen to that effect, along with a list of +# supported modes. On EFI 1.x systems (e.g., Macintoshes), setting an +# incorrect mode silently fails. On both types of systems, setting an +# incorrect resolution results in the default resolution being used. +# A resolution of 1024x768 usually works, but higher values often don't. +# Default is "0 0" (use the system default resolution, usually 800x600). +# +#resolution 1024 768 + +# Launch specified OSes in graphics mode. By default, rEFInd switches +# to text mode and displays basic pre-launch information when launching +# all OSes except OS X. Using graphics mode can produce a more seamless +# transition, but displays no information, which can make matters +# difficult if you must debug a problem. Also, on at least one known +# computer, using graphics mode prevents a crash when using the Linux +# kernel's EFI stub loader. You can specify an empty list to boot all +# OSes in text mode. +# Valid options: +# osx - Mac OS X +# linux - A Linux kernel with EFI stub loader +# elilo - The ELILO boot loader +# grub - The GRUB (Legacy or 2) boot loader +# windows - Microsoft Windows +# Default value: osx +# +#use_graphics_for osx,linux + # Which non-bootloader tools to show on the tools line, and in what # order to display them: -# shell - the EFI shell -# gptsync - the (dangerous) gptsync.efi utility -# about - an "about this program" option -# exit - a tag to exit from rEFInd -# shutdown - shuts down the computer (a bug causes this to reboot EFI -# systems) -# reboot - a tag to reboot the computer -# Default is shell,about,shutdown,reboot +# shell - the EFI shell (requires external program; see rEFInd +# documentation for details) +# gptsync - the (dangerous) gptsync.efi utility (requires external +# program; see rEFInd documentation for details) +# apple_recovery - boots the Apple Recovery HD partition, if present +# mok_tool - makes available the Machine Owner Key (MOK) maintenance +# tool, MokManager.efi, used on Secure Boot systems +# about - an "about this program" option +# exit - a tag to exit from rEFInd +# shutdown - shuts down the computer (a bug causes this to reboot +# EFI systems) +# reboot - a tag to reboot the computer +# Default is shell,apple_recovery,mok_tool,about,shutdown,reboot # #showtools shell, about, reboot @@ -62,10 +107,13 @@ timeout 20 # provide filesystem support, give access to hard disks on plug-in # controllers, etc. In most cases none are needed, but if you add # EFI drivers and you want rEFInd to automatically load them, you -# should specify one or more paths here. -# Default is to scan no directories for EFI drivers +# should specify one or more paths here. rEFInd always scans the +# "drivers" and "drivers_{arch}" subdirectories of its own installation +# directory (where "{arch}" is your architecture code); this option +# specifies ADDITIONAL directories to scan. +# Default is to scan no additional directories for EFI drivers # -#scan_driver_dirs EFI/refind/drivers,drivers +#scan_driver_dirs EFI/tools/drivers,drivers # Which types of boot loaders to search, and in what order to display them: # internal - internal EFI disk-based boot loaders @@ -75,9 +123,19 @@ timeout 20 # biosexternal - BIOS external boot loaders (USB, eSATA, etc.) # cd - BIOS optical-disc boot loaders # manual - use stanzas later in this configuration file -# Default is internal,external,optical +# Note that the legacy BIOS options require firmware support, which is +# not present on all computers. +# On UEFI PCs, default is internal,external,optical,manual +# On Macs, default is internal,hdbios,external,biosexternal,optical,cd,manual +# +#scanfor internal,external,optical,manual + +# 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, +# but are detected after pressing Esc. # -#scanfor internal,external,optical +#scan_delay 5 # When scanning volumes for EFI boot loaders, rEFInd always looks for # Mac OS X's and Microsoft Windows' boot loaders in their normal locations, @@ -91,6 +149,35 @@ timeout 20 # #also_scan_dirs boot,EFI/linux/kernels +# Directories that should NOT be scanned for boot loaders. By default, +# rEFInd doesn't scan its own directory or the EFI/tools directory. +# You can "blacklist" additional directories with this option, which +# takes a list of directory names as options. You might do this to +# keep EFI/boot/bootx64.efi out of the menu if that's a duplicate of +# another boot loader or to exclude a directory that holds drivers +# or non-bootloader utilities provided by a hardware manufacturer. If +# a directory is listed both here and in also_scan_dirs, dont_scan_dirs +# takes precedence. Note that this blacklist applies to ALL the +# filesystems that rEFInd scans, not just the ESP. +# +#dont_scan_dirs EFI/boot,EFI/Dell + +# Scan for Linux kernels that lack a ".efi" filename extension. This is +# useful for better integration with Linux distributions that provide +# kernels with EFI stub loaders but that don't give those kernels filenames +# that end in ".efi", particularly if the kernels are stored on a +# filesystem that the EFI can read. When uncommented, this option causes +# all files in scanned directories with names that begin with "vmlinuz" +# or "bzImage" to be included as loaders, even if they lack ".efi" +# extensions. The drawback to this option is that it can pick up kernels +# that lack EFI stub loader support and other files. Most notably, if you +# want to give a kernel a custom icon by placing an icon with the kernel's +# filename but a ".icns" extension in the same directory as the kernel, this +# option will cause the icon file to show up as a non-functional loader tag. +# Default is to NOT scan for kernels without ".efi" extensions. +# +#scan_all_linux_kernels + # Set the maximum number of tags that can be displayed on the screen at # any time. If more loaders are discovered than this value, rEFInd shows # a subset in a scrolling list. If this value is set too high for the @@ -189,3 +276,27 @@ menuentry "Windows 7" { disabled } +# EFI shells are programs just like boot loaders, and can be +# launched in the same way. You can pass a shell the name of a +# script that it's to run on the "options" line. The script +# 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 + loader \EFI\tools\shell.efi + options "fs0:\EFI\tools\launch_windows.nsh" + disabled +} + +# Mac OS is normally detected and run automatically; however, +# if you want to do something unusual, a manual boot stanza may +# be the way to do it. This one does nothing very unusual, but +# it may serve as a starting point. Note that you'll almost +# certainly need to change the "volume" line for this example +# to work. +menuentry "My Mac OS X" { + icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_mac.icns + volume "OS X boot" + loader \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi + disabled +}