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Update “Running on a physical system” section.
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Booting via BIOS and UEFI is supported. Secure boot in UEFI mode must be disabled since this software isn't signed. You may need to press <kbd>DEL</kbd> or <kbd>F12</kbd> on the keyboard on power-up to select the boot drive.
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Debug logging is output via the serial port (115200 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, no flow control). The output should look similar to this:
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```
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[ Pure64 ]
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boot bios
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pml4 ok
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acpi ok
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bsp ok
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pic ok
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smp ok
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kernel start
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[ BareMetal ]
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64
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bus
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nvs
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net
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system ready
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```
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> Booting from a floppy or USB drive works. For BIOS-based floppy boot and UEFI-based USB drive booting there is a RAM drive image loaded that contains the demo programs.
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## BIOS Floppy
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Write the `floppy.sys` image to your diskette and boot your system with it.
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## BIOS/UEFI Hard drive or SSD
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The `baremetal_os.img` file is a hybrid disk image and supports both BIOS and UEFI systems. Write the `baremetal_os.img` image to your disk:
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> [!CAUTION]
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> Doublecheck that you are writing the disk image to the correct disk
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dd if=baremetal_os.img of=/dev/sdc
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Once the disk image is written you can install the disk in the system and boot from it.
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## UEFI USB
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Copy the `BOOTX64.EFI` file to `/EFI/BOOT` on your USB drive and boot your system from it.
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// EOF

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