# the big icons by stretching it in the middle. If only a big one is given,
# the built-in default will be used for the small icons.
#
-# Like the banner option above, these options take a filename of
-# an uncompressed BMP image file.
+# Like the banner option above, these options take a filename of an
+# uncompressed BMP image file with a color depth of 24, 8, 4, or 1 bits.
#
#selection_big selection-big.bmp
#selection_small selection-small.bmp
# Which non-bootloader tools to show on the tools line, and in what
# order to display them:
-# shell - the EFI shell
-# gptsync - the (dangerous) gptsync.efi utility
+# shell - the EFI shell (requires external program; see rEFInd
+# documentation for details)
+# gptsync - the (dangerous) gptsync.efi utility (requires external
+# program; see rEFInd documentation for details)
# about - an "about this program" option
# exit - a tag to exit from rEFInd
# shutdown - shuts down the computer (a bug causes this to reboot EFI
# biosexternal - BIOS external boot loaders (USB, eSATA, etc.)
# cd - BIOS optical-disc boot loaders
# manual - use stanzas later in this configuration file
-# Default is internal,external,optical
+# Note that the legacy BIOS options require firmware support, which is
+# not present on all computers.
+# On UEFI PCs, default is internal,external,optical,manual
+# On Macs, default is internal,hdbios,external,biosexternal,optical,cd,manual
#
-#scanfor internal,external,optical
+#scanfor internal,external,optical,manual
+
+# 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,
+# but are detected after pressing Esc.
+#
+#scan_delay 5
# When scanning volumes for EFI boot loaders, rEFInd always looks for
# Mac OS X's and Microsoft Windows' boot loaders in their normal locations,
# another boot loader or to exclude a directory that holds drivers
# 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.
+# takes precedence. Note that this blacklist applies to ALL the
+# filesystems that rEFInd scans, not just the ESP.
#
#dont_scan_dirs EFI/boot,EFI/Dell