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Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?



On Wed, 13 May 2020 12:33:32 +0000
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:

> 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.

The reason I've read for the ~500MB size is to assure FAT32 when
formatting the partition as using less can cause problems with Linux
efi installs.

> 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.

Isn't everything one does "at your own risk?" :) Some social fanatics
believe otherwise, but they'd be wrong.

B


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