I've added (what I believe to be) the directory of the boot.efi to dont_scan dirs, yet the option still persists when I reboot.
Some brief info: Retina MBP, 10.8.1/Windows 7, rEFInd 0.4.5
I think the directory for the.efi is /Recovery HD/System/Library/CoreServices/, so I've tried adding several things to dont_scan_dirs, non of which work. This is what I'm currently trying.
dont_scan_dirs EFI/boot,EFI/Dell,Recovery HD
I assume I'm doing something terribly wrong here (either I have the wrong directory for the .efi, or I'm inserting it into the .conf incorrectly). Any help much appreciated.
Last edit: Matthew Petch 2012-09-20
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It sounds to me as if you're trying to keep some sort of recovery version of OS X from appearing. (My own Mac system is pretty ancient, so I'm afraid I have no personal experience with this type of setup.) If so, I don't believe it's possible to do this with the current version of rEFInd -- at least, not with auto-scanning of OSes enabled. You could, though, disable auto-scanning and enable manual scanning, as in "scanfor manual" or "scanfor manual,external,optical". You could then create a manual boot stanza for just the version of OS X that you want to appear in the menu.
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I've added a new option to rEFInd 0.6.0 that should help with this type of problem: dont_scan_volumes. Set this to the name of the filesystem(s) that you don't want scanned and rEFInd won't scan them for boot loaders. For instance, IIRC the standard name for the volume with the recovery installation is Recovery HD, so you'd set it:
dont_scan_volumes "Recovery HD"
Note that this affects only the boot loader scanning, not the tools scanning. There's an apple_recovery tool (active by default) that should boot the recovery system properly.
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When you select the unwanted icon (just using the arrow keys, not pressing Enter to launch it), what does the text read below the icons? It should read "Boot X from Y", where "X" is an OS description or filename and "Y" is a volume name or description. It's "Y" that you need to place in the dont_scan_volumes token. Also, note again that the dont_scan_volumes token is new with rEFInd 0.6.0, so you must be using that version or later.
If that's still not working, please cut-and-paste that line from your refind.conf file and show me a screen shot of rEFInd's main menu with the offending tag highlighted. (You can take a screen shot with F10, if rEFInd is installed on the ESP. The resulting file is called screenshot.bmp in the ESP's root. If rEFInd is on your OS X partition, you'll have to use a physical camera.)
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I just uninstalled properly using the Terminal command. And I downloaded the latest version 0.6.1 refind.
Boot Mac OS X Recovery from HD
I took in the Recovery HD online dont_scan_volumes but it does not change anything, the icon is still present.
I joined my current reFind.conf: http://d.pr/f/Cpl2
And to better summarize my situation, here's a video: http://d.pr/v/pzA0
Thanks.
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Hi,
I finally found the solution. So I decided to go and check that includes the Recovery HD partition. So I mounted the disk with this command (Debug Menu Disk Utility) :
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled -string YES
and I could compare the version Macbook Pro 4.1 & Macbook Pro 10.1.
It is the rMBP 10.1 containing other folders than my old MBP 4.1.
Here are the files found (which I deleted):
com.apple.boot.s
System
I finally kept com.apple.recovery.boot file. Besides, I still do not understand how these issues have to be there!
Restarting the apple logo that second boot Recovery HD no longer appears. What a relief ... Thanks to Roderick have tried to help me.
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Actually, I've just had another look at the code, and I think I may have found the problem. The test version is up in source code in the git repository, and a binary is here:
Hi,
I'm using refind to dualboot osx(yosemite) and linux on a macbook pro early 2015. I'm trying to hide the second bootloader (osx-Recovery Hd) from the menu and can't get it to work with the "dont_scan_volumes" option. I guess it's related to mounting at the esp, because it used to work on my old laptop (yosemite) with the -ownhfs option.
Am I doing something wrong?
Cheers
Doro
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By default, Yosemite boots from the "Recovery HD" option, so you should not normally try to hide it. If you're seeing some other behavior, or if there's a duplicate entry, then I need some further information. Most importantly, I need to know the exact text associated with all of your boot options, as well as which ones work and which ones you want to hide.
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Ok, so I obviously should have tried to hide the "Macintosh HD" entry, which I successfully did with the "dont_scan_volumes" option. Yosemite booting from "Recovery HD" as default makes the second line option to boot from "Apple Recovery" redundant, doesn't it?
Thx
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I've added (what I believe to be) the directory of the boot.efi to dont_scan dirs, yet the option still persists when I reboot.
Some brief info: Retina MBP, 10.8.1/Windows 7, rEFInd 0.4.5
I think the directory for the.efi is /Recovery HD/System/Library/CoreServices/, so I've tried adding several things to dont_scan_dirs, non of which work. This is what I'm currently trying.
dont_scan_dirs EFI/boot,EFI/Dell,Recovery HD
I assume I'm doing something terribly wrong here (either I have the wrong directory for the .efi, or I'm inserting it into the .conf incorrectly). Any help much appreciated.
Last edit: Matthew Petch 2012-09-20
It sounds to me as if you're trying to keep some sort of recovery version of OS X from appearing. (My own Mac system is pretty ancient, so I'm afraid I have no personal experience with this type of setup.) If so, I don't believe it's possible to do this with the current version of rEFInd -- at least, not with auto-scanning of OSes enabled. You could, though, disable auto-scanning and enable manual scanning, as in "scanfor manual" or "scanfor manual,external,optical". You could then create a manual boot stanza for just the version of OS X that you want to appear in the menu.
Thanks, I'll try this later and post if it worked.
Ignore this; double post.
Last edit: Matthew Petch 2012-10-13
I've added a new option to rEFInd 0.6.0 that should help with this type of problem:
dont_scan_volumes. Set this to the name of the filesystem(s) that you don't want scanned and rEFInd won't scan them for boot loaders. For instance, IIRC the standard name for the volume with the recovery installation isRecovery HD, so you'd set it:Note that this affects only the boot loader scanning, not the tools scanning. There's an
apple_recoverytool (active by default) that should boot the recovery system properly.I tried every trick to not see this second boot (intrusion) without success. This is not a duplicate but wrong.
Has anyone solved this problem delete the second icon Apple (Boot Mac OS X from Recovery HD)?
Thanks.
When you select the unwanted icon (just using the arrow keys, not pressing Enter to launch it), what does the text read below the icons? It should read "Boot X from Y", where "X" is an OS description or filename and "Y" is a volume name or description. It's "Y" that you need to place in the
dont_scan_volumestoken. Also, note again that thedont_scan_volumestoken is new with rEFInd 0.6.0, so you must be using that version or later.If that's still not working, please cut-and-paste that line from your refind.conf file and show me a screen shot of rEFInd's main menu with the offending tag highlighted. (You can take a screen shot with F10, if rEFInd is installed on the ESP. The resulting file is called
screenshot.bmpin the ESP's root. If rEFInd is on your OS X partition, you'll have to use a physical camera.)I just uninstalled properly using the Terminal command. And I downloaded the latest version 0.6.1 refind.
Boot Mac OS X Recovery from HD
I took in the Recovery HD online dont_scan_volumes but it does not change anything, the icon is still present.
I joined my current reFind.conf: http://d.pr/f/Cpl2
And to better summarize my situation, here's a video: http://d.pr/v/pzA0
Thanks.
?
You need to enclose the volume name
Recovery HDin quotes, as in:Without the quotes, rEFInd is interpreting
Recovery HDas two separate volume names,RecoveryandHD.Alternatively, you could rename the
Recovery HDvolume to something that doesn't include a space in its name.I've just upgraded from 5.x to the latest version, and this feature doesn't seem to work for me (with quotation marks).
I love the rest of the features though, and thanks for the hard work keeping this updated
Hi,
I finally found the solution. So I decided to go and check that includes the Recovery HD partition. So I mounted the disk with this command (Debug Menu Disk Utility) :
defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled -string YES
and I could compare the version Macbook Pro 4.1 & Macbook Pro 10.1.
It is the rMBP 10.1 containing other folders than my old MBP 4.1.
Here are the files found (which I deleted):
com.apple.boot.s
System
I finally kept com.apple.recovery.boot file. Besides, I still do not understand how these issues have to be there!
Restarting the apple logo that second boot Recovery HD no longer appears. What a relief ... Thanks to Roderick have tried to help me.
Matthew,
Please post the following:
refind.conffile (a link to it is probably best)Actually, I've just had another look at the code, and I think I may have found the problem. The test version is up in source code in the git repository, and a binary is here:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind-bin-0.6.6.7.zip
Please try that and tell me if it works -- setting
dont_scan_volumesto the name of the volume that holds the offending entry should do the trick.Just updated the to latest release, works perfectly now.
Thanks!
Hi,
I'm using refind to dualboot osx(yosemite) and linux on a macbook pro early 2015. I'm trying to hide the second bootloader (osx-Recovery Hd) from the menu and can't get it to work with the "dont_scan_volumes" option. I guess it's related to mounting at the esp, because it used to work on my old laptop (yosemite) with the -ownhfs option.
Am I doing something wrong?
Cheers
Doro
By default, Yosemite boots from the "Recovery HD" option, so you should not normally try to hide it. If you're seeing some other behavior, or if there's a duplicate entry, then I need some further information. Most importantly, I need to know the exact text associated with all of your boot options, as well as which ones work and which ones you want to hide.
I see three entries:
"Boot Mac OS X from Macintosh HD"
"Boot Mac OS X from Recovery HD"
"Boot Archlinux from Arch"
All three entries work. I want to hide one of the OSX's.
Ok, so I obviously should have tried to hide the "Macintosh HD" entry, which I successfully did with the "dont_scan_volumes" option. Yosemite booting from "Recovery HD" as default makes the second line option to boot from "Apple Recovery" redundant, doesn't it?
Thx