OS X on System | Ubuntu linux | OS X on OldSystem | Windows 7 | Legacy | Mavericks on System
Currently when I select Windows 7 or Legacy, then both hang. My goal is to:
Remove "OS X on System", "Legacy" and "OS X on OldSystem", and fix "Windows 7" so it correctly boots. When I reboot hold alt and select Windows, my Windows 7 install boots fine. Any assistance or pointers in the right direction would be great...thank you.
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Unfortunately, the BIOS-mode booting is a bit flaky, although it usually works OK from internal drives, so your case is a bit surprising. This is something I want to improve, but I don't fully understand the code inherited from rEFIt, and none of it seems to be well-documented from a systems perspective, so I can't make any promises about when a fix might be forthcoming.
You can use the dont_scan_files, dont_scan_dirs, or dont_scan_volumes options to block scanning of EFI-mode boot loaders (such as "OS X on OldSystem").
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Thanks Rod for response and great application first off. Second, I ended up with the below config:
scanfor internal, manual
timeout 5
showtools, shell, gptsync, reboot, shutdown
This leaves me with:
"OS X on System|Ubuntu Linux|OS X on OldSystem"
Which I can live with. I suspect the hdbios was the the culprit. Looks like I'll need to manually add Windows 7 stanza, but I'm going to start a different thread for that.
Oh and on a COMPLETELY unrelated note, I had an issue with rEFInd and rEFIt when I went to an Evoluent Vertical Mouse 4 after my Evoluent Vertical Mouse 3 died (in fact I stopped using rEFInd or rEFIt until just a couple weeks ago). When I'd reboot, the mouse lights would flash, and the iMac would simply stay at the blank screen when you first boot up (the FIRST screen...no Mac icon, no rEFInd items, nothing). After forcing the scanfor, I am betting that the scanning for external drives (USB anyone?) does something interesting with the mouse. I could reproduce it every boot time. Thanks again.
James
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So here's my setup on an iMac:
SSD drive that has OSX (System) and Windows 7
SATA drive that has OSX (OldSystem) and Ubuntu
My /efi/refind/refind.conf:
timeout 10
menuentry "Mavericks" {
icon \EFI\refind\icons\os_mac.icns
volume "System"
loader \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
}
scanfor internal, hdbios, optical, cd, manual
When I boot I see:
OS X on System | Ubuntu linux | OS X on OldSystem | Windows 7 | Legacy | Mavericks on System
Currently when I select Windows 7 or Legacy, then both hang. My goal is to:
Remove "OS X on System", "Legacy" and "OS X on OldSystem", and fix "Windows 7" so it correctly boots. When I reboot hold alt and select Windows, my Windows 7 install boots fine. Any assistance or pointers in the right direction would be great...thank you.
Unfortunately, the BIOS-mode booting is a bit flaky, although it usually works OK from internal drives, so your case is a bit surprising. This is something I want to improve, but I don't fully understand the code inherited from rEFIt, and none of it seems to be well-documented from a systems perspective, so I can't make any promises about when a fix might be forthcoming.
You can use the
dont_scan_files,dont_scan_dirs, ordont_scan_volumesoptions to block scanning of EFI-mode boot loaders (such as "OS X on OldSystem").Thanks Rod for response and great application first off. Second, I ended up with the below config:
scanfor internal, manual
timeout 5
showtools, shell, gptsync, reboot, shutdown
This leaves me with:
"OS X on System|Ubuntu Linux|OS X on OldSystem"
Which I can live with. I suspect the hdbios was the the culprit. Looks like I'll need to manually add Windows 7 stanza, but I'm going to start a different thread for that.
Oh and on a COMPLETELY unrelated note, I had an issue with rEFInd and rEFIt when I went to an Evoluent Vertical Mouse 4 after my Evoluent Vertical Mouse 3 died (in fact I stopped using rEFInd or rEFIt until just a couple weeks ago). When I'd reboot, the mouse lights would flash, and the iMac would simply stay at the blank screen when you first boot up (the FIRST screen...no Mac icon, no rEFInd items, nothing). After forcing the scanfor, I am betting that the scanning for external drives (USB anyone?) does something interesting with the mouse. I could reproduce it every boot time. Thanks again.
James