AWS now supports a third boot_mode for EC2 instances "uefi_preferred" which allows for the creation of a legacy-bios/uefi hybrid image which has greater compatibility with EC2 instances.
Can this boot mode option be added to the Amazon builders?
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This issue was originally opened by @andrewmiskell in https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/12299 and has been migrated to this repository. The original issue description is below.
AWS now supports a third boot_mode for EC2 instances "uefi_preferred" which allows for the creation of a legacy-bios/uefi hybrid image which has greater compatibility with EC2 instances.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ami-boot.html
Can this boot mode option be added to the Amazon builders?
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