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BootingtoaRemovableMediaDevice

Tomakearemovabledevicebootable,theUEFIapplicationsimplyneedstoberenamedtoBOOTx64.EFI(case

insensitive)andplacedinthe\EFI\BOOTdirectory.

Whenaremovabledevice,suchasaUSBkey,isdetectedinUEFIBootMode,abootoption

isautomaticallyadded

topointtothefollowinglocation:

\EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.EFI

UEFIBootManager

TheUEFIBootManagerisenteredbypressing<F11>duringthepre‐bootphaseofsystemstartup.InUEFIboot

mode,itreplacesboththeBIOSBootManagerandthebootconfigurationoptionsintheBIOSSetupUtility<F2>.

WhentheBootModeissettoUEFItheBIOSSetupUtility

fields,BootSequenceandUSBFlashDriveEmulation

Typearegrayedout,replacedbyenhancedoptionsintheUEFIBootManager.

BootOptions

ThefrontpageoftheUEFIBootManagerlistsbootoptionsinorderofbootpriority.Selectionofanyofthese

optionsresultsinanattemptto

boot.Iftheoptionisnotbootable(forexample,nomediainanopticaldrive),an

errormessagedisplaysalongwithaprompttoentertheUEFIBootManagerortheBIOSSetupUtility.

Incaseswhereabootoptionhasbeenaddedmanuallyorbyanoperatingsysteminstallationand

thatoptionisno

longervalid(forexample,ahard‐diskdrivehasbeenremoved),theoption willcontinuetobelisted,butwillbe

grayedoutanddisplay“Unavailable.”BootOptionentriesforremovabledevicesareautomaticallyaddedand

removedbasedininsertionandremovalofthedevice.

UEFIBootSettings

TheUEFIBootSettingsmenucanbeenteredfromthefrontpage.Thefollowingoptionsareavailablefromthis

menu:

Option Description

AddBootOption Providesamenufromwhichtoselectabootoption.

FormassstoragedeviceswithaFAT32filesystem,amenu

displaystonavigatetoafiletoselectasthebootoption.

ForPXE‐capabledevices,thedeviceitselfcanbeselected.

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Whenaddinganewbootoption,theDescriptionandOptionalDatacan

beentered.TheDescriptionidentifiesthedeviceintheUEFIBoot

Manager;theOptionalDataispassedtothebootimage,pertheUEFI

specification.

DeleteBootOption Providesamenuofbootoptionsthatweremanuallyandoperating

systeminstalledandcanbedeleted.Bootoptionsthatwere

automaticallyaddedarenotlisted.

Enable/DisableBoot Providesamenuofbootoptionsthatcanbedisabledwhichremoves

themfromthebootoptionlist.Disableddevicescanbere‐enabledfrom

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