"Uefi virtual machines" and "EFI SHELL" Introduction

computers with UEFI bios are not available to all netizens, and VMware (8.0 or more) is now being created to enable everyone to experience "UEFI" the "Uefi virtual Machine", which was provided last year, is now re-provided for the completeness of this series of tutorials: After you create a new virtual machine, locate the file with the suffix VMX in the virtual machine directory, and then, with Notepad open, add a line of text (in red):

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Firmware = "EFI"

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so you have a computer with a UEFI bios, and here's an "EFI SHELL": A typical PC "UEFI bios" comes with "EFI SHELL", for ease of understanding can be "EFI SHELL" and "DOS" analogy. the "EFI Shell" is actually an executable program (EFI format) in the UEFI environment, and the virtual machine's "UEFI BIOS" does not have the option to enter the "EFI Shell", but we can put the "EFI Shell "Put it somewhere else (for example: a USB flash drive) and run the " EFI SHELL "program in a UEFI environment!

Preparation conditions:

1."EFI SHELL"

Applications in 2.UEFI environments

3. A FAT-formatted USB flash drive

Operation Steps:

1. Create a new virtual machine (for example: Windows8 X64) and add "USB stick" to the virtual machine ( Reference Articles ).

2. Prior to the "Shell.efi "On the root directory of the USB flash drive, run the virtual machine, and press ESC to enter the virtual machine's UEFI BIOS."

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3. Click "Boot Maintenance Manager" to enter as shown:

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4. Click "Boot from a file" to enter (the selected is my USB flash drive):

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5. After selecting the USB drive, select "Shell.efi" in the root directory to enter "EFI SHELL".

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6. That is "EFI SHELL", similar to "DOS window", of course, has its own command:

input FS1: to enter a disk (here is my USB drive), enter ls indicates that all files under this directory are displayed

(There are Shell.efi and app folders in the USB stick)

input CD App go to the App folder and type again ls list all files in the app directory

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Run a program and enter the name of the program directly. (Is it the same as the DOS operation?) ）

"Uefi virtual machines" and "EFI SHELL" Introduction