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This repository contains pre-built UEFI Shell binary images, generated from
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official [EDK2](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2) stable releases.
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## Usage
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These images are provided in the form of a bootable ISO, in order to make them
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easy to use with boot media creators such as [Rufus](https://rufus.ie).
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These images are mostly provided in the form of a bootable ISO, in order to
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make them easy to use with boot media creators such as [Rufus](https://rufus.ie).
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However, these can also readily used by:
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- Partitioning and formatting a media, such as a USB Flash drive, using a FAT
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removable media (and runs a UEFI firmware that uses one of the architectures
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supported by the release), it should automatically boot into the UEFI Shell.
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Alternatively, you can download the individual UEFI Shell binary for your
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platform.
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Note that Secure Boot must be disabled for a UEFI Shell media to boot, as
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Microsoft does not allow an external UEFI Shell to be signed for Secure Boot.
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## Inclusion of Mosby
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Starting with release 24H2, these ISO images also include [Mosby](https://github.com/pbatard/Mosby)
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**as an optional binary** that you can run by typing `Mosby` from the Shell
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command prompt.
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This is done because we believe that, with the planned expiration of current
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Secure Boot DB signing certificates for Microsoft Windows and UEFI Third Party
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**that will occur in 2026**, as well as the whole *BlackLotus* revocation mess,
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more and more people are going to be looking for a convenient way to update
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their UEFI Secure Boot databases, and Mosby is designed to accomplish just that.
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But again, it needs to be reiterated that the inclusion of Mosby does not
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change anything to the base UEFI Shell. It's just an extra command you can
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invoke, *should you decide to do so*.
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## Binary validation
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These binaries are built in a fully transparent manner, in order to provide

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