# hwtest - the submenu option to run Apple's hardware test
# arrows - scroll arrows on the OS selection tag line
# hints - brief command summary in the menu
+# editor - the options editor (+, F2, or Insert on boot options menu)
# all - all of the above
+# Default is none of these (all elements active)
#
#hideui singleuser
#hideui all
#textonly
# Set the EFI text mode to be used for textual displays. This option
-# takes a single digit that refers to a mode number. The default is 0
-# (80x25), 1 is sometimes 80x50, and higher numbers are system-specific
-# modes. If you specify an invalid mode, rEFInd pauses during boot to
-# inform you of valid modes.
+# takes a single digit that refers to a mode number. Mode 0 is normally
+# 80x25, 1 is sometimes 80x50, and higher numbers are system-specific
+# modes. Mode 1024 is a special code that tells rEFInd to not set the
+# text mode; it uses whatever was in use when the program was launched.
+# If you specify an invalid mode, rEFInd pauses during boot to inform
+# you of valid modes.
# CAUTION: On VirtualBox, and perhaps on some real computers, specifying
# a text mode and uncommenting the "textonly" option while NOT specifying
# a resolution can result in an unusable display in the booted OS.
-# Default is 0
+# Default is 1024 (no change)
#
#textmode 2
-# Set the screen's video resolution. Pass this option two values,
-# corresponding to the X and Y resolutions. Note that not all resolutions
-# are supported. On UEFI systems, passing an incorrect value results in a
-# message being shown on the screen to that effect, along with a list of
-# supported modes. On EFI 1.x systems (e.g., Macintoshes), setting an
-# incorrect mode silently fails. On both types of systems, setting an
-# incorrect resolution results in the default resolution being used.
-# A resolution of 1024x768 usually works, but higher values often don't.
+# Set the screen's video resolution. Pass this option either:
+# * two values, corresponding to the X and Y resolutions
+# * one value, corresponding to a GOP (UEFI) video mode
+# Note that not all resolutions are supported. On UEFI systems, passing
+# an incorrect value results in a message being shown on the screen to
+# that effect, along with a list of supported modes. On EFI 1.x systems
+# (e.g., Macintoshes), setting an incorrect mode silently fails. On both
+# types of systems, setting an incorrect resolution results in the default
+# resolution being used. A resolution of 1024x768 usually works, but higher
+# values often don't.
# Default is "0 0" (use the system default resolution, usually 800x600).
#
#resolution 1024 768
+#resolution 3
# Launch specified OSes in graphics mode. By default, rEFInd switches
# to text mode and displays basic pre-launch information when launching
# for additional boot loaders, but it doesn't recurse into these directories.
# The also_scan_dirs token adds more directories to the scan list.
# Directories are specified relative to the volume's root directory. This
-# option applies to ALL the volumes that rEFInd scans. If a specified
-# directory doesn't exist, it's ignored (no error condition results).
-# The default is to scan no additional directories.
+# option applies to ALL the volumes that rEFInd scans UNLESS you include
+# a volume name and colon before the directory name, as in "myvol:/somedir"
+# to scan the somedir directory only on the filesystem named myvol. If a
+# specified directory doesn't exist, it's ignored (no error condition
+# results). The default is to scan the "boot" directory in addition to
+# various hard-coded directories.
#
-#also_scan_dirs boot,EFI/linux/kernels
+#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.
+# The default is an empty list (all volumes are scanned).
+#
+#dont_scan_volumes
# Directories that should NOT be scanned for boot loaders. By default,
# rEFInd doesn't scan its own directory or the EFI/tools directory.
# or non-bootloader utilities provided by a hardware manufacturer. If
# a directory is listed both here and in also_scan_dirs, dont_scan_dirs
# takes precedence. Note that this blacklist applies to ALL the
-# filesystems that rEFInd scans, not just the ESP.
+# filesystems that rEFInd scans, not just the ESP, unless you precede
+# the directory name by a filesystem name, as in "myvol:EFI/somedir"
+# to exclude EFI/somedir from the scan on the myvol volume but not on
+# other volumes.
#
-#dont_scan_dirs EFI/boot,EFI/Dell
+#dont_scan_dirs ESP:/EFI/boot,EFI/Dell
# Files that should NOT be included as EFI boot loaders (on the
# first line of the display). If you're using a boot loader that