UEFI: Using the UEFI Shell for Bare Metal Provisioning
UEFI: Using the UEFI Shell for Bare Metal Provisioning
One of the most apt uses for the UEFI Shell is in the base metal provisioning of a system. There is a point where the system board has been manufactured, peripherals have been attached and tested, but there is not necessarily an operating system. The act of configuring the operating system or providing a new operating system is called bare metal provisioning. We refer to this action as bare metal because the only services exposed by the platform at this point are...
Published By: Intel Press - Tuesday, 29 May, 2012
