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Originally written: 3/14/2012; last Web page update: -1/6/2013, referencing rEFInd 0.6.3

+7/6/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.3

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systems with a limited number of configurations. Therefore, if you try rEFInd and run into bugs, please report them to me! -
  • I have little talent with graphics manipulation programs, so - rEFInd's boot logo, such as it is, is pretty weak. If you have - artistic talent and would like to create a rEFInd logo, please feel - free to send it to me. I won't make any final decision about - changes until at least June 30 of 2012.
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  • rEFIt's original design, and hence rEFInd's design, enables easy theming by replacing icon files. If you'd like to design a new theme for rEFInd, feel free to submit it. I might or might not @@ -145,57 +177,46 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    like to add detection for Itanium and ARM systems, but I have no way to test such changes.
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  • The code could be more flexible in its handling of the sizes of - various graphical elements, and particularly drawn text. Prior to - version 0.2.2, submenu text was invisible on UEFI-based PCs with - 800x600 and smaller displays because of an inability to properly - crop the graphics fields that hold the text. With version 0.2.2, - I've put a band-aid on this problem by reducing the field size so - that it now works on 800x600 displays, but smaller displays still - suffer from this problem. This is just an example of the - inflexibility of certain layout issues within rEFInd.
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  • Although the ICNS file format used by rEFInd supports multiple - image sizes, if a size that rEFInd needs isn't present in the file, - rEFInd can't use the icon. The ability to scale images to the - desired size would be useful.
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  • I would like to be able to specify the volume on which a boot - loader resides using a partition GUID value, but extracting a GUID - from the partition data is harder than extracting the volume's - label or counting up the filesystem numbers.
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  • Currently, if a filesystem's label comes up empty, rEFInd - substitutes the size, so you get displays like boot - EFI\foo\bar.efi from 90 GiB volume. I'd like to add more - checks to substitute the GPT partition label if the - filesystem label comes up empty, or add a filesystem type - identifier to the size.
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  • The default_selection option in refind.conf could be improved by - supporting a list of default options, so that if the first item - isn't found, rEFInd will try to boot the second one in the list, - and so on. This could be handy in case a driver fails to load, or - to provide an override in case the user inserts a specific - removable disk—by placing the removable disk's name first in - the list, it will take precedence over the normal hard disk - default.
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  • Along the lines of the previous item, the default_selection might - be expanded to support some form of specification of disk types, as - in a special entry for any optical disk or any external disk, no - matter what its name is.
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  • Further to the preceding, rEFInd's GPT-scanning code (used to + extract partition names) includes assumptions about byte order, and + so will work only on little-endian CPUs such as the x86 and + x86-64.
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  • A way to set the color of the font would be useful for theming + purposes.
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  • The program's font features could be greatly improved by enabling + use of a standard font format, by enabling use of non-ASCII + characters, and by enabling use of variable-width as well as + monospace fonts.
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  • The default_selection might be expanded to support some + form of specification of disk types, as in a special entry for any + optical disk or any external disk, no matter what its name is.
  • It would be useful to be able to specify paths to boot loaders and/or initial RAM disks relative to the rEFInd directory (or the boot loader's directory, in the case of initrds).
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  • Currently the background for certain subscreens (such as the + information page or submenu listings) is a solid color based on the + upper-left corner of the screen. Having an option to support a + transparent background is desirable to some users.
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  • Known bugs that need squashing:
  • New features I'd like to add: @@ -276,6 +329,17 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    stanzas override auto-detected boot loader definitions for the same boot loader file.
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  • Along similar lines, some users have asked for a way to take + detected boot programs and create a set of manual boot stanzas for + them, so that they can be modified manually.
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  • GRUB provides a configuration-file command called outb + that enables manipulating hardware registers. Something similar, + via the mm command, can be done in the EFI shell. I'd like + to add such a feature to rEFInd, since it enables doing things like + disabling one or another video output on Macs with two video + cards.
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  • I have thoughts about creating an EFI configuration tool and information utility—something to tell you about your hard disks, enable you to manage MOKs, adjust boot loader priority in @@ -293,11 +357,8 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

    loader settings—say, to disable one specific boot loader or change its icon.
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  • A way to set the color of the font would be useful for theming - purposes.
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  • Going further, the ability to load arbitrary other fonts, ideally - in a standard format, would be desirable for theming purposes.
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  • The ability to rotate the display for users who rotate their + monitors would be helpful.
  • A GUI configuration tool would be nice, but it's low on my personal priority list. If you'd like to contribute, I prefer something @@ -310,22 +371,12 @@ href="mailto:rodsmith@rodsbooks.com">rodsmith@rodsbooks.com

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  • Improvements to gptsync, install.sh, or other + support tools: + +
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