# Hide user interface elements for personal preference or to increase
# security:
# banner - the rEFInd title banner
-# label - text label in the menu
+# label - boot option text label in the menu
# singleuser - remove the submenu options to boot Mac OS X in single-user
# or verbose modes; affects ONLY MacOS X
# 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
#selection_small selection-small.bmp
# Use text mode only. When enabled, this option forces rEFInd into text mode.
+# Passing this option a "0" value causes graphics mode to be used. Pasing
+# it no value or any non-0 value causes text mode to be used.
+# Default is to use graphics mode.
#
#textonly
-# 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 EFI text mode to be used for textual displays. This option
+# 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 1024 (no change)
+#
+#textmode 2
+
+# 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
# 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)
+# apple_recovery - boots the Apple Recovery HD partition, if present
+# mok_tool - makes available the Machine Owner Key (MOK) maintenance
+# tool, MokManager.efi, used on Secure Boot systems
+# 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,apple_recovery,mok_tool,about,shutdown,reboot
#
-#showtools shell, about, reboot
+#showtools shell, mok_tool, about, reboot, exit
# Directories in which to search for EFI drivers. These drivers can
# provide filesystem support, give access to hard disks on plug-in
# 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
# 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.
+# The default is 0.
#
#scan_delay 5
# 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
+# relies on support programs or drivers that are installed alongside
+# the main binary or if you want to "blacklist" certain loaders by
+# name rather than location, use this option. Note that this will
+# NOT prevent certain binaries from showing up in the second-row
+# set of tools. Most notably, MokManager.efi is in this blacklist,
+# but will show up as a tool if present in certain directories. You
+# can control the tools row with the showtools token.
+# The default is shim.efi,MokManager.efi,TextMode.efi,ebounce.efi,GraphicsConsole.efi
+#
+#dont_scan_files shim.efi,MokManager.efi
# Scan for Linux kernels that lack a ".efi" filename extension. This is
# useful for better integration with Linux distributions that provide
# want to give a kernel a custom icon by placing an icon with the kernel's
# filename but a ".icns" extension in the same directory as the kernel, this
# option will cause the icon file to show up as a non-functional loader tag.
+# Passing this option a "0" value causes kernels without ".efi" extensions
+# to NOT be scanned; passing it alone or with any other value causes all
+# kernels to be scanned.
# Default is to NOT scan for kernels without ".efi" extensions.
#
-#scan_all_linux_kernels
+scan_all_linux_kernels
# Set the maximum number of tags that can be displayed on the screen at
# any time. If more loaders are discovered than this value, rEFInd shows
#
#default_selection 1
-# Enable or disable the usual adding of a space after the boot options
-# when launching an EFI binary. Ordinarily rEFInd adds a space at the
-# end of the options line, since rEFIt's code indicated this was
-# required on some Macs. I've heard of problems on some systems when
-# these spaces are added, though, so this option enables you to set
-# the option explicitly. Setting it to anything but "true" causes the
-# trailing space to be omitted.
-# Default value is "true".
+# Include a secondary configuration file within this one. This secondary
+# file is loaded as if its options appeared at the point of the "include"
+# token itself, so if you want to override a setting in the main file,
+# the secondary file must be referenced AFTER the setting you want to
+# override. Note that the secondary file may NOT load a tertiary file.
#
-#space_after_boot_options false
+#include manual.conf
# Sample manual configuration stanzas. Each begins with the "menuentry"
# keyword followed by a name that's to appear in the menu (use quotes
options "fs0:\EFI\tools\launch_windows.nsh"
disabled
}
+
+# Mac OS is normally detected and run automatically; however,
+# if you want to do something unusual, a manual boot stanza may
+# be the way to do it. This one does nothing very unusual, but
+# it may serve as a starting point. Note that you'll almost
+# certainly need to change the "volume" line for this example
+# to work.
+menuentry "My Mac OS X" {
+ icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_mac.icns
+ volume "OS X boot"
+ loader \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
+ disabled
+}