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Import certificate with usb

2026-01-13
diskless, boot, certificate,  uefi, secure boot

The following explains how to import a Youngzsoft certificate from a USB drive using the BIOS method .

  1. Prepare an USB format in FAT32
  2. Download Youngzsoft v1 certificate - Used for IPXE.PXE
  3. Download Youngzsoft v2 certificate - Used for IPXE2025
  4. Download Youngzsoft v2 certificate - Used for IPXE2026 - Recommended
  5. Download Youngzsoft v2 certificate.esl - Used for newer motherboards that support ESL format cert only.
  6. Download Youngzsoft v2 certificate.pem - Used for older motherboards like Lenovo
  7. Those 2 certificates (are custom certificates created by our company)
  8. Copy / paste the file to the USB that doesn't include anything else.
  9. This certificate is essential for Secure Boot access.

The BIOS way - Recommended

  1. In the BIOS, you can import either certificate version (V1 or V2). Both are supported, so you can choose the one that matches your setup.
  2. We recommend importing Youngzsoft v2 certificate in the BIOS directly with IPXE2026
  3. Plug in the USB on the client PC
  4. Navigate to the Boot page, select the PC you want to boot, then click Edit. Scroll down to the PXE section and choose IPXE2026. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

  1. The methods to directly import in Bios are : MSI , Gigabyte , Asus , Asrock

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