Using 0.14.2 installed from ZIP file over the version from Debian Bookworm, and having configured TEXT MODE in refind.conf, the optional delay for detecting additional removable drivers is displayed in the BIOS-es graphic mode instead of the configured text mode, looks like rEFInd forgets to load the text mode from the config file before executing the startup delay from the same config file. This was observed on Dell hardware with the AMI UEFI skin (Aptio) from 2013 .
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Using 0.14.2 installed from ZIP file over the version from Debian Bookworm, and having configured TEXT MODE in refind.conf, the optional delay for detecting additional removable drivers is displayed in the BIOS-es graphic mode instead of the configured text mode, looks like rEFInd forgets to load the text mode from the config file before executing the startup delay from the same config file. This was observed on Dell hardware with the AMI UEFI skin (Aptio) from 2013 .