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On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> 3) For EFI-based GPT, there's another entirely separate special reserved |
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> partition for the EFI system. |
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An EFI partition can reside on a disk with an MBR (legacy) |
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partitioning scheme, GPT scheme, El Torito CD-ROM boot entry, etc. For |
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MBR, 0xEF partition ID is used, and the same platform ID is used in El |
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Torito; GPT uses a corresponding GUID. |
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> According to the EFI spec, this must be |
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> formatted FAT32, |
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No, the UEFI specification mandates that FAT12/16/32 EFI partitions |
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must be supported, but allows the firmware to support other |
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filesystems, with or without the 0xEF / GUID marker above. |
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> and should be 256 MB or so. |
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No such requirement. |
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Maxim Kammerer |
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Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte |
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