From: srs5694 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:00:36 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Version 0.6.9 release X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/refind/commitdiff_plain/71f1ea86f5e97c4da1adadcc62685c4030f2d740 Version 0.6.9 release --- diff --git a/CREDITS.txt b/CREDITS.txt index 095428a..b21792e 100644 --- a/CREDITS.txt +++ b/CREDITS.txt @@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ Icons and graphics: * The ALT Linux icon was donated by the ALT Linux developers (see http://www.altlinux.com). + +* Erik Kemperman provided the rEFInd icon, which is a combination of + the common refresh/reload icon and the search/find icon. diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt index 2b4949a..f813b2e 100644 --- a/NEWS.txt +++ b/NEWS.txt @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ -0.6.9 (?/??/2013): +0.6.9 (4/25/2013): ------------------ +- Modified default banner to include the new rEFInd icon, provided by Erik + Kemperman. + - Worked around a suspected firmware bug that caused rEFInd 0.6.6 to 0.6.8 to hang at startup on some systems (DUET and some Macs). diff --git a/docs/refind/bootmode.html b/docs/refind/bootmode.html index c912023..b4dcf5f 100644 --- a/docs/refind/bootmode.html +++ b/docs/refind/bootmode.html @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/18/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.8

+4/25/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.9

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Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/18/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.8

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@@ -201,7 +239,7 @@ timeout 20 showtools shell, gptsync, apple_recovery, mok_tool, about, exit, shutdown, and reboot - Specifies which tool tags to display on the second row. shell launches an EFI shell, gptsync launches a tool that creates a hybrid MBR, apple_recovery boots the OS X Recovery HD, mok_tool launches a tool to manage Machine Owner Keys (MOKs) on systems with Secure Boot active, about displays information about the program, exit terminates rEFInd, shutdown shuts down the computer (or reboots it, on UEFI PCs), and reboot reboots the computer. The tags appear in the order in which you specify them. The default is shell, apple_recovery, mok_tool, about, shutdown, reboot. Note that the shell, apple_recovery, mok_tool, and gptsync options all require the presence of programs not included with rEFInd. See the "Installing Additional Components" section of the Installing rEFInd page for pointers to the shell and gptsync programs. The apple_recovery option will appear only if you've got an Apple Recovery HD partition (which has a boot loader called com.apple.recovery.boot/boot.efi). See the Secure Boot page for information on Secure Boot and MOK management. + Specifies which tool tags to display on the second row. shell launches an EFI shell, gptsync launches a tool that creates a hybrid MBR, apple_recovery boots the OS X Recovery HD, mok_tool launches a tool to manage Machine Owner Keys (MOKs) on systems with Secure Boot active, about displays information about the program, exit terminates rEFInd, shutdown shuts down the computer (or reboots it, on some UEFI PCs), and reboot reboots the computer. The tags appear in the order in which you specify them. The default is shell, apple_recovery, mok_tool, about, shutdown, reboot. Note that the shell, apple_recovery, and mok_tool options all require the presence of programs not included with rEFInd. The gptsync option requires use of a like-named program which, although it ships with rEFInd 0.6.9 and later, is not installed by default except under OS X. See the "Installing Additional Components" section of the Installing rEFInd page for pointers to the shell and gptsync programs. The apple_recovery option will appear only if you've got an Apple Recovery HD partition (which has a boot loader called com.apple.recovery.boot/boot.efi). See the Secure Boot page for information on Secure Boot and MOK management. font diff --git a/docs/refind/drivers.html b/docs/refind/drivers.html index cc8dd50..39003fa 100644 --- a/docs/refind/drivers.html +++ b/docs/refind/drivers.html @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

Originally written: 4/19/2012; last Web page update: -3/18/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.8

+4/25/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.9

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Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/18/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.8

+4/25/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.9

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  • Launch options for an external EFI shell or disk partitioner. (See the Installing rEFInd section for information on how to obtain and install these components.)
    • +
  • Provide the gptsync utility for creating hybrid MBRs. Note that rEFInd's version of gptsync is significantly updated compared to rEFIt's. Also, this tool should be used only on Macs that dual-boot with a BIOS-based OS, such as Windows; or very rarely on other computers.
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  • Set OS-specific boot options, such as to launch Mac OS X with verbose text-mode debug messages.
  • Load EFI drivers for filesystems or hardware devices not supported natively by your firmware. (This feature is absent in some builds of rEFIt and in rEFInd prior to version 0.2.7.)
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  • Inclusion of drivers for the Linux ReiserFS, ext2 filesystems in the +
  • Inclusion of drivers for the Linux ReiserFS and ext2 filesystems in the main package. (These drivers are absent from rEFInd prior to version 0.4.0. See below concerning an ext4fs driver.)
    • -

    I've used rEFIt on a couple of computers for over a year, but I've found that it has some frustrating limitations. It tends to flood the screen with non-functional BIOS boot options, for instance; and it has a number of bugs on UEFI-based systems. I therefore expanded on rEFIt, giving rEFInd features that improve on or go beyond those of rEFIt, such as:

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    rEFInd expands on rEFIt by providing features that improve on or go beyond those of rEFIt, such as:

    On the flip side, at least for Mac users, rEFInd comes with less sophisticated Mac installation tools than does rEFIt, in favor of more OS-agnostic packaging.

    diff --git a/docs/refind/getting.html b/docs/refind/getting.html index 0faf42f..c3cb9bf 100644 --- a/docs/refind/getting.html +++ b/docs/refind/getting.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -F + @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ F href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -3/18/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.8

    +4/25/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.9

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