Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

nemommxiv@gmail.com wrote:
>
>I can't find anything definitive on this question.  Some say, 100MB is
>fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice.  It all seems to be just
>opinions.
>
>Anyone know for sure? I hate having to waste hundreds of megs for a
>partition that only needs to hold a few megs, if that much.
>
>This applies to one of those small, $300+/- notebooks (haven't decided
>which one, yet) that usually use 32 or 64GB eMMCs.  I'm trying to
>maximize the available free space. Best option seems to be a MBR
>install, one OS only (Buster, X, window manager only, etc.), / and
>swap.  But if that's not possible . . . .  Hence, my query.

In Debian we've followed recommendations to use 500M as a default
size. That may often be larger than people need, but it's safe in case
people are dual-booting and/or doing firmware updates later. It's
likely to be difficult to resize after the fact.

You can choose a smaller size *at your own risk*, but d-i will
complain a lot if you try to go very small, below ~32MiB.

HTH!

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