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Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -8/6/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.7.2

+2/1/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.5

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like to add detection for Itanium and ARM systems, but I have no way to test such changes. -
  • Although the ICNS file format used by rEFInd supports multiple - image sizes, if a size that rEFInd needs isn't present in the file, - rEFInd can't use the icon. The ability to scale images to the - desired size would be useful.
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  • Further to the preceding, rEFInd's GPT-scanning code (used to + extract partition names) includes assumptions about byte order, and + so will work only on little-endian CPUs such as the x86 and + x86-64.
  • A way to set the color of the font would be useful for theming purposes.
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    characters, and by enabling use of variable-width as well as monospace fonts. -
  • I would like to be able to specify the volume on which a boot - loader resides using a partition GUID value, but extracting a GUID - from the partition data is harder than extracting the volume's - label or counting up the filesystem numbers.
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  • Currently, if a filesystem's label comes up empty, rEFInd - substitutes the size, so you get displays like boot - EFI\foo\bar.efi from 90 GiB volume. I'd like to add more - checks to substitute the GPT partition label if the - filesystem label comes up empty.
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  • The default_selection option in refind.conf could - be improved by supporting a list of default options, so that if the - first item isn't found, rEFInd will try to boot the second one in - the list, and so on. This could be handy in case a driver fails to - load, or to provide an override in case the user inserts a specific - removable disk—by placing the removable disk's name first in - the list, it will take precedence over the normal hard disk - default.
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  • Along the lines of the previous item, the - default_selection might be expanded to support some form - of specification of disk types, as in a special entry for any +
  • The default_selection might be expanded to support some + form of specification of disk types, as in a special entry for any optical disk or any external disk, no matter what its name is.
  • It would be useful to be able to specify paths to boot loaders and/or initial RAM disks relative to the rEFInd directory (or the boot loader's directory, in the case of initrds).
    • - +
  • Currently the background for certain subscreens (such as the + information page or submenu listings) is a solid color based on the + upper-left corner of the screen. Having an option to support a + transparent background is desirable to some users.
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  • When delivering rEFInd as a boot loader from a network server, + rEFInd is limited to its default options and can boot only local + OSes, not network OSes. The cause is that the server delivers a + single file, so rEFInd is divorced from its configuration and + support files.
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  • A way to identify specific Windows versions and present unique + icons or change the text is desirable. Currently, a crude + distinction of XP and earlier vs. Vista and later is possible for + BIOS-booting on Macs, but no such distinction is made for EFI-mode + booting, and nothing finer-grained is attempted. Improvements will + probably require identifying unique features of each version's boot + loader files or boot sector code.
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  • Known bugs that need squashing: @@ -270,6 +268,14 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    have the equipment and skill to do so, I'd be interested in receiving a patch.
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  • If you use a true MBR disk on a Mac to boot Windows or some other + BIOS-only OS, and if that disk has an extended partition, that + partition may show up in rEFInd as a bootable FAT partition. The + reason is twofold: FAT doesn't contain a simple "magic" signature + like most filesystems, so it's easy to misidentify something else + as FAT; and it's hard to positively identify boot code vs. other + random data.
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  • The re-scan feature occasionally produces odd results, such as ignoring new media or keeping old media that have been ejected. This should be investigated and fixed.
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  • The code is in need of review to search for memory leaks and similar problems.
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  • If the user has a Linux software RAID 1 array, rEFInd will detect - kernels or boot loaders in RAID 1 twice. This could be fixed by - adding a check for duplicate filesystem UUIDs to the - partition-scanning code.
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  • If the user has a Linux software RAID 1 array with Btrfs, HFS+, + or FAT filesystem, rEFInd will detect kernels or boot loaders in + RAID 1 twice. Checks to prevent this with ext2/3/4fs and ReiserFS + already exist; these checks could be expanded to block such + duplication with more filesystems.
  • Some Macs experience problems with waking up from suspend states when rEFInd is installed. Unfortunately, I lack the hardware to @@ -308,7 +315,13 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    pmset to disable the autopoweroff option is claimed - by some to at least partially fix the problem, though.
    • + by some to at least partially fix the problem, though. Using + the --ownhfs installation option may also help in some + cases. + +
  • If you activate BIOS-mode support on UEFI-based PCs, you may find + multiple copies of the BIOS-mode loaders added to your firmware's + boot manager. Only one copy shows up in rEFInd, though.
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    copyright © 2012–2013 by Roderick W. Smith

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    copyright © 2012–2014 by Roderick W. Smith

    This document is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL), version 1.3.