#
# Timeout in seconds for the main menu screen. Setting the timeout to 0
-# disables automatic booting (i.e., no timeout).
+# disables automatic booting (i.e., no timeout). Setting it to -1 causes
+# an immediate boot to the default OS *UNLESS* a keypress is in the buffer
+# when rEFInd launches, in which case that keypress is interpreted as a
+# shortcut key. If no matching shortcut is found, rEFInd displays its
+# menu with no timeout.
#
timeout 20
# 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)
+# badges - device-type badges for boot options
# all - all of the above
# Default is none of these (all elements active)
#
# reboot - a tag to reboot the computer
# firmware - a tag to reboot the computer into the firmware's
# user interface (ignored on older computers)
+# netboot - launch the ipxe.efi tool for network (PXE) booting
# Default is shell,memtest,gdisk,apple_recovery,windows_recovery,mok_tool,about,shutdown,reboot,firmware
#
#showtools shell, gdisk, memtest, mok_tool, about, reboot, exit, firmware
# internal - internal EFI disk-based boot loaders
# external - external EFI disk-based boot loaders
# optical - EFI optical discs (CD, DVD, etc.)
+# netboot - EFI network (PXE) boot options
# hdbios - BIOS disk-based boot loaders
# biosexternal - BIOS external boot loaders (USB, eSATA, etc.)
# cd - BIOS optical-disc boot loaders
# manual - use stanzas later in this configuration file
# Note that the legacy BIOS options require firmware support, which is
# not present on all computers.
+# The netboot option is experimental and relies on the ipxe.efi and
+# ipxe_discover.efi program files.
# On UEFI PCs, default is internal,external,optical,manual
# On Macs, default is internal,hdbios,external,biosexternal,optical,cd,manual
#
#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, uefi_deep_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 "uefi_deep_legacy_scan false")
+#
+#uefi_deep_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,
# 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".
+# The default is "LRS_ESP".
#
#dont_scan_volumes "Recovery HD"
# Directories that should NOT be scanned for boot loaders. By default,
# rEFInd doesn't scan its own directory, the EFI/tools directory, the
-# EFI/memtest directory, or the EFI/memtest86 directory. Using the
-# dont_scan_dirs option enables you to "blacklist" other directories;
-# but note that using this option removes the EFI/memtest and
-# EFI/memtest86 directories, so if you don't want them scanned, be
-# sure to include them in your new list. You might use this token to
-# keep EFI/boot/bootx64.efi out of the menu if that's a duplicate of
-# 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. Note that this blacklist applies to ALL the
-# 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.
+# EFI/memtest directory, the EFI/memtest86 directory, or the
+# com.apple.recovery.boot directory. Using the dont_scan_dirs option
+# enables you to "blacklist" other directories; but be sure to use "+"
+# as the first element if you want to continue blacklisting existing
+# directories. You might use this token to keep EFI/boot/bootx64.efi out
+# of the menu if that's a duplicate of 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. Note that this
+# blacklist applies to ALL the 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 ESP:/EFI/boot,EFI/Dell,EFI/memtest86
# useful for better integration with Linux distributions that provide
# kernels with EFI stub loaders but that don't give those kernels filenames
# that end in ".efi", particularly if the kernels are stored on a
-# filesystem that the EFI can read. When uncommented, this option causes
-# all files in scanned directories with names that begin with "vmlinuz"
-# or "bzImage" to be included as loaders, even if they lack ".efi"
-# extensions. The drawback to this option is that it can pick up kernels
-# that lack EFI stub loader support and other files. 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.
+# filesystem that the EFI can read. When set to "1", "true", or "on", this
+# option causes all files in scanned directories with names that begin with
+# "vmlinuz" or "bzImage" to be included as loaders, even if they lack ".efi"
+# extensions. Passing this option a "0", "false", or "off" value causes
+# kernels without ".efi" extensions to NOT be scanned.
+# Default is "true" -- to scan for kernels without ".efi" extensions.
#
-scan_all_linux_kernels
+#scan_all_linux_kernels false
# 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 loader using:
# - A digit between 1 and 9, in which case the Nth loader in the menu
# will be the default.
+# - A "+" symbol at the start of the string, which refers to the most
+# recently booted loader.
# - Any substring that corresponds to a portion of the loader's title
# (usually the OS's name or boot loader's path).
# You may also specify multiple selectors by separating them with commas
-# and enclosing the list in quotes.
+# and enclosing the list in quotes. (The "+" option is only meaningful in
+# this context.)
# If you follow the selector(s) with two times, in 24-hour format, the
# default will apply only between those times. The times are in the
# motherboard's time standard, whether that's UTC or local time, so if
# case the last one to match takes precedence. Thus, you can set a main
# option without a time followed by one or more that include times to
# set different defaults for different times of day.
+# The default behavior is to boot the previously-booted OS.
#
#default_selection 1
#default_selection Microsoft
-#default_selection "bzImage,vmlinuz"
+#default_selection "+,bzImage,vmlinuz"
#default_selection Maintenance 23:30 2:00
#default_selection "Maintenance,OS X" 1:00 2:30
+# Enable VMX bit and lock the CPU MSR if unlocked.
+# On some Intel Apple computers, the firmware does not lock the MSR 0x3A.
+# The symptom on Windows is Hyper-V not working even if the CPU
+# meets the minimum requirements (HW assisted virtualization and SLAT)
+# DO NOT SET THIS EXCEPT ON INTEL CPUs THAT SUPPORT VMX! See
+# http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Activating_the_Intel_VT_Virtualization_Feature!
+# for more on this subject.
+# The default is false: Don't try to enable and lock the MSR.
+#
+#enable_and_lock_vmx false
+
# 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,
# specification. Also note that a leading slash is optional in file
# specifications.
menuentry Linux {
- icon EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.icns
+ icon EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.png
volume KERNELS
loader bzImage-3.3.0-rc7
initrd initrd-3.3.0.img
# its GRUB 2 boot loader. Note uses of Linux-style forward slashes
menuentry Ubuntu {
loader /EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
- icon /EFI/refined/icons/os_linux.icns
+ icon /EFI/refind/icons/os_linux.png
disabled
}
# could initialize hardware and then launch an OS, or it could
# do something entirely different.
menuentry "Windows via shell script" {
- icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_win.icns
+ icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_win.png
loader \EFI\tools\shell.efi
options "fs0:\EFI\tools\launch_windows.nsh"
disabled
# certainly need to change the "volume" line for this example
# to work.
menuentry "My Mac OS X" {
- icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_mac.icns
+ icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_mac.png
volume "OS X boot"
loader \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
disabled