0.2.6 (?/??/2012): ------------------ - Fixed bug in 0.2.5 that caused failure of Linux initial RAM disk mapping on some (but not all) systems. Affected computers include at least some Intel motherboards, maybe others. 0.2.5 (4/9/2012): ----------------- - Fixed bug that caused an inability to associate initial RAM disks with Linux kernels stored in a volume's root directory. - Volume badges (that override default badges) are now stored in .VolumeBadge.icns. Although undocumented, rEFInd formerly loaded custom volume badges from .VolumeIcon.icns. This carryover from rEFIt was a confusing name, given the next (new) feature, so I've changed and documented the name.... - Added ability to set a default icon for a loader stored in the root directory of a volume: The icon is stored in .VolumeIcon.icns. This icon is also used for Mac OS X volumes booted from the standard location. - Fixed bug that caused icons to drop back to generic icons when rEFInd was launched in certain ways (such as from an EFI shell in rEFInd's directory) on certain systems. - Fixed bug that caused "unknown disable flag" to be shown (very briefly) instead of "unknown hideui flag" when an improper hideui flag was set. 0.2.4 (4/5/2012): ----------------- - Created new refind.conf entry: "showtools". This entry takes options of "shell", "gptsync", "about", "exit", "reboot", and "shutdown". This option is in some respects an affirmative version of portions of the old "disable" and "hideui" options; however, it enables users to specify the order in which these options appear on the screen. Also, the "exit" option is new; it terminates the program. The effect is usually to return to whatever tool launched it or to launch a default OS; however, this is somewhat unpredictable. The default therefore omits the "exit" option, as well as "gptsync", which has always been dangerous (but necessary on most MacOS/Windows dual-boot setups on Macs). As part of this reconfiguration, I've eliminated the "rescue Linux" option, which always seemed pointless to me. - Folded "disable" and "hideui" refind.conf entries into one ("disable"), and reduced the number of options to six: "banner", "label", "singleuser", "hwtest", "arrows", and "all". ("arrows" is new and disables the scroll arrows when a system has too many tags to display simultaneously.) - Added max_tags option to the refind.conf file, enabling users to reduce the maximum number of OS loader tags that can be displayed at once. - Updated rEFIt icon, based on the 128x128 volume label from the rEFIt CD image. - Added x86 and x86-64 EFI shells to the CD image version of the binary, but NOT to the binary zip file. The logic is that the CD image is more likely to be used directly as an emergency disc and so may need this feature, even though the source isn't part of the rEFInd project. (The source is readily available from the TianoCore project.) - EFI shells may now be stored at /shellx64.efi for x86-64 systems or at /shellia32.efi for x86 systems. The /EFI/tools/shell.efi name is also recognized; however, if both files are present, two EFI shell icons will appear on the main menu. The /efi/{refind-path/apps/shell.efi filename, which was never officially documented but worked as a carryover from rEFIt, is no longer valid. 0.2.3 (3/26/2012): ------------------ - Fixed (maybe) a bug that caused hangs when launching a second program after returning from a first. There are some weird system-to-system differences, though, and this fix causes (apparently harmless) error messages about "(re)opening our installation volume" on at least one system (a 32-bit Mac Mini). I'm committing this change because, imperfect though it is, it's preferable to the earlier version, at least on my small sample of computers. - Because of news that the Linux kernel developers are planning to use the filename linux.conf to hold Linux kernel configuration data for EFI booting, I'm transitioning rEFInd away from that name and to refind_linux.conf to avoid a conflict. This version can use either name, with refind_linux.conf taking precedence if both are present. - Added logo for Arch Linux. 0.2.2 (3/23/2012): ------------------ - Fixed bug that caused program failure when Linux kernels with EFI stub support were detected with no associated version numbers. rEFInd now permits automatic linking of *ONE* versionless kernel to *ONE* versionless initrd file. - Fixed bug that caused program hangs when a boot loader filename or label was too long. Such names are now properly truncated and program execution continues. - Fixed bug that caused no text to appear in submenus on UEFI systems with small screens (800x600). NOTE: Problem still occurs on screens smaller than this, but such systems are very rare. 0.2.1 (3/19/2012): ------------------ - Added ability to set a "default_selection" that's a title or a substring of one -- the name given to a stanza in a "menuentry" or the boot loader's filename, in most cases, although "Mac OS X", "Windows XP (XoM)", and "Microsoft EFI boot" are also titles. - Added support for semi-automatic scans of Linux kernels with EFI stub loader support. The program auto-detects matching initial RAM disk files and loads additional options from the "linux.conf" file in the same directory as the kernel. - Added support for "submenuentry" keyword and associated sub-stanza entries in refind.conf file. - Renamed icons/os_mint.icns to icons/os_linuxmint.icns to match the filename Linux Mint ACTUALLY uses for its ESP boot loader directory. 0.2.0 (3/14/2012): ------------------ - Initial public release