#
#scanfor internal,external,optical,manual
+# By default, rEFInd relies on the UEFI firmware to detect BIOS-mode boot
+# devices. This sometimes doesn't detect all the available devices, though.
+# For these cases, deep_uefi_legacy_scan results in a forced scan and
+# modification of NVRAM variables on each boot. Adding "0", "off", or
+# "false" resets to the default value. This token has no effect on Macs or
+# when no BIOS-mode options are set via scanfor.
+# Default is unset (or "deep_uefi_legacy_scan true")
+#deep_uefi_legacy_scan
+
# Delay for the specified number of seconds before scanning disks.
# This can help some users who find that some of their disks
# (usually external or optical discs) aren't detected initially,
#
#also_scan_dirs boot,ESP2:EFI/linux/kernels
-# Partitions to omit from scans. You must specify a volume by its
-# label, which you can obtain in an EFI shell by typing "vol", from
-# Linux by typing "blkid /dev/{devicename}", or by examining the
-# disk's label in various OSes' file browsers.
+# Partitions (or whole disks, for legacy-mode boots) to omit from scans.
+# For EFI-mode scans, you must specify a volume by its label, which you
+# can obtain in an EFI shell by typing "vol", from Linux by typing
+# "blkid /dev/{devicename}", or by examining the disk's label in various
+# OSes' file browsers.
+# For legacy-mode scans, you can specify any subset of the boot loader
+# description shown when you highlight the option in rEFInd.
# The default is "Recovery HD,LRS_ESP".
#
#dont_scan_volumes "Recovery HD"