Instance Launch Behavior With Amazon EC2 Boot Modes
About When a computer starts up, the initial software it executes is tasked with setting up the platform and offering an interface for the operating system to carry out operations specific to the platform. Amazon EC2 supports two types of boot mode software: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and Legacy BIOS. Possible boot mode parameters on an AMI An AMI can possess one of these boot mode parameter values: uefi, legacy-bios, or uefi-preferred. The boot mode parameter for an AMI is not mandatory. Instances launched from AMIs that lack a boot mode parameter will utilize the default boot mode value associated with the specific instance type. Purpose of the AMI boot mode parameter The AMI boot mode setting indicates to Amazon EC2 the boot mode to utilize during instance launch. When this parameter is configured to uefi, EC2 will try to start the instance using UEFI. If the operating system isn’t set up to support UEFI, the instance will fail to launch. UEFI Preferred boot ...