code.delx.au - refind/blob - NEWS.txt

   1 0.2.4 (?/??/2012):
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   3
   4 - Created new refind.conf entry: "showtools". This entry takes options of
   5   "shell", "gptsync", "about", "exit", "reboot", and "shutdown". This
   6   option is in some respects an affirmative version of portions of the old
   7   "disable" and "hideui" options; however, it enables users to specify the
   8   order in which these options appear on the screen. Also, the "exit"
   9   option is new; it terminates the program. The effect is usually to return
  10   to whatever tool launched it or to launch a default OS; however, this is
  11   somewhat unpredictable. The default therefore omits the "exit" option, as
  12   well as "gptsync", which has always been dangerous (but necessary on most
  13   MacOS/Windows dual-boot setups on Macs). As part of this reconfiguration,
  14   I've eliminated the "rescue Linux" option, which always seemed pointless
  15   to me.
  16
  17 - Folded "disable" and "hideui" refind.conf entries into one ("disable"),
  18   and reduced the number of options to six: "banner", "label",
  19   "singleuser", "hwtest", "arrows", and "all". ("arrows" is new and
  20   disables the scroll arrows when a system has too many tags to display
  21   simultaneously.)
  22
  23 - Added max_tags option to the refind.conf file, enabling users to reduce
  24   the maximum number of OS loader tags that can be displayed at once.
  25
  26 - Updated rEFIt icon, based on the 128x128 volume label from the rEFIt CD
  27   image.
  28
  29 - Added x86 and x86-64 EFI shells to the CD image version of the binary,
  30   but NOT to the binary zip file. The logic is that the CD image is more
  31   likely to be used directly as an emergency disc and so may need this
  32   feature, even though the source isn't part of the rEFInd project. (The
  33   source is readily available from the TianoCore project.)
  34
  35 - EFI shells may now be stored at /shellx64.efi for x86-64 systems or at
  36   /shellia32.efi for x86 systems. The /EFI/tools/shell.efi name is also
  37   recognized; however, if both files are present, two EFI shell icons will
  38   appear on the main menu. The /efi/{refind-path/apps/shell.efi filename,
  39   which was never officially documented but worked as a carryover from
  40   rEFIt, is no longer valid.
  41
  42 0.2.3 (3/26/2012):
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  44
  45 - Fixed (maybe) a bug that caused hangs when launching a second program
  46   after returning from a first. There are some weird system-to-system
  47   differences, though, and this fix causes (apparently harmless) error
  48   messages about "(re)opening our installation volume" on at least one
  49   system (a 32-bit Mac Mini). I'm committing this change because, imperfect
  50   though it is, it's preferable to the earlier version, at least on my
  51   small sample of computers.
  52
  53 - Because of news that the Linux kernel developers are planning to use the
  54   filename linux.conf to hold Linux kernel configuration data for EFI
  55   booting, I'm transitioning rEFInd away from that name and to
  56   refind_linux.conf to avoid a conflict. This version can use either name,
  57   with refind_linux.conf taking precedence if both are present.
  58
  59 - Added logo for Arch Linux.
  60
  61 0.2.2 (3/23/2012):
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  63
  64 - Fixed bug that caused program failure when Linux kernels with EFI stub
  65   support were detected with no associated version numbers. rEFInd now
  66   permits automatic linking of *ONE* versionless kernel to *ONE*
  67   versionless initrd file.
  68
  69 - Fixed bug that caused program hangs when a boot loader filename or label
  70   was too long. Such names are now properly truncated and program execution
  71   continues.
  72
  73 - Fixed bug that caused no text to appear in submenus on UEFI systems with
  74   small screens (800x600). NOTE: Problem still occurs on screens smaller
  75   than this, but such systems are very rare.
  76
  77 0.2.1 (3/19/2012):
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  79
  80 - Added ability to set a "default_selection" that's a title or a substring
  81   of one -- the name given to a stanza in a "menuentry" or the boot
  82   loader's filename, in most cases, although "Mac OS X", "Windows XP
  83   (XoM)", and "Microsoft EFI boot" are also titles.
  84
  85 - Added support for semi-automatic scans of Linux kernels with EFI stub
  86   loader support. The program auto-detects matching initial RAM disk files
  87   and loads additional options from the "linux.conf" file in the same
  88   directory as the kernel.
  89
  90 - Added support for "submenuentry" keyword and associated sub-stanza
  91   entries in refind.conf file.
  92
  93 - Renamed icons/os_mint.icns to icons/os_linuxmint.icns to match the
  94   filename Linux Mint ACTUALLY uses for its ESP boot loader directory.
  95
  96
  97 0.2.0 (3/14/2012):
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  99
 100 - Initial public release