# 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 (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
-# systems)
-# reboot - a tag to reboot the computer
-# Default is shell,about,shutdown,reboot
+# 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
+# apple_recovery - boots the Apple Recovery HD partition, if present
+# exit - a tag to exit from rEFInd
+# shutdown - shuts down the computer (a bug causes this to reboot
+# EFI systems)
+# reboot - a tag to reboot the computer
+# Default is shell,about,apple_recovery,shutdown,reboot
#
#showtools shell, about, reboot
# controllers, etc. In most cases none are needed, but if you add
# EFI drivers and you want rEFInd to automatically load them, you
# should specify one or more paths here. rEFInd always scans the
-# "drivers" subdirectory of its own installation directory; this
-# option specifies ADDITIONAL directories to scan.
+# "drivers" and "drivers_{arch}" subdirectories of its own installation
+# directory (where "{arch}" is your architecture code); this option
+# specifies ADDITIONAL directories to scan.
# Default is to scan no additional directories for EFI drivers
#
#scan_driver_dirs EFI/tools/drivers,drivers
# 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,