Originally written: 4/19/2012; last Web page update:
-2/1/2014, referencing rEFInd 0.8.5
+3/1/2015, referencing rEFInd 0.8.7
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2.0 Btrfs driver. I've tested this driver with a simple one-partition
filesystem and with a filesystem that spans two physical devices
(although I've made no attempt to ensure that the driver can actually
- read files written to both devices). Lamuel Liao has used the driver
+ read files written to both devices). Samuel Liao has used the driver
with a compressed Btrfs volume. The driver will handle subvolumes, but
you may need to add kernel options if you're booting a Linux kernel
directly from a filesystem that uses subvolumes. For instance, on a
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NTFS—Samuel Liao contributed this driver, which uses the
rEFIt/rEFInd driver framework. My own testing of it is limited, but it
does work for me. Note that this driver is not required
- to boot Windows with rEFInd, since Windows stores its boot loader on
- the (FAT) ESP. You might use this driver if you want to store large
- boot files, such as EFI-accessible RAM disk images, from Windows.
+ to boot Windows with rEFInd, since Windows stores its EFI boot loader
+ on the (FAT) ESP, and the BIOS boot process (generally used when
+ dual-booting on a Mac) relies only on the partition's boot sector,
+ which is read without the benefit of this driver. Reasons to use this
+ driver include:
+
+
If you want to store large boot files to be read from EFI, such as
+ RAM disk images, from Windows.
+
If you have a Mac and NTFS data partitions, loading this driver
+ should exclude those data partitions from the boot menu.
+
If you have a Mac that dual-boots with Windows, using this driver
+ should provide NTFS volume names in the boot menu.