Re: Smallest Usable EFI Partition?
On Wed, 13 May 2020 09:16:33 +0200
Andrea Borgia <andrea@borgia.bo.it> wrote:
> Update:older laptop had 100MB, the current one apparently has more than
> 500MB but I am not sure whether that holds the recovery image as well or
> not.
>
> Anyhow, the caveat for multiple copies is valid for /boot, where kernels
> live. AFAIK, /boot/EFI is fairly constant in space utilization... I have
> only that as a separate partition, though, the rest of /boot lives in the
> main partition.
Thanks for the info. I don't intend to have a separate /boot
partiion. Wastes too much space.
B
>
> Il giorno mer 13 mag 2020 alle ore 02:36 Rick Thomas <rick.thomas@pobox.com>
> ha scritto:
>
> > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> > > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
> > > > 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.
> > > I had the same doubts about a year ago and went with the recommendation
> > > of a larger partition, about 500MB... of which only 6% is used.
> > > My office laptop with Windows10 has something in the region of 100MB but
> > > it is not dualboot.
> > > Debian uses about 6MB, MS about 26MB, plus a couple of megs for boot.
> > > If space is really tight you might want to stick with 100MB in total.
> >
> > One thing to keep in mind is that, when the contents are being updated,
> > the EFI partition and the /boot partition if you have one, will need space
> > for two (or even more) copies of stuff. So don't be too stingy!
> >
> > Stay well, stay safe!
> > Rick
> >
> >
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