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The rEFInd Boot Manager:
The Future of rEFInd

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Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -5/4/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.0

+3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7

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upper-left corner of the screen. Having an option to support a transparent background is desirable to some users. - +
  • 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.
  • + +
  • 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: @@ -254,6 +270,13 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    have the equipment and skill to do so, I'd be interested in receiving a patch.
  • +
  • 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, bogus + additional BIOS/legacy-bootable options may appear in the rEFInd + menu. The reason appears to be a bug in the handling of + extended/logical partitions in the refind/lib.c file, but + I haven't fully tracked it down.
  • +
  • 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 --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.
  • +
  • New features I'd like to add:
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