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On Saturday, 26 December 2020 06:28:44 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> This is my first UEFI install, so please pardon the questions. |
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> 1) Partitioning questions: The standard layout example in |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#What_is_the_BI |
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> OS_boot_partition.3F says... |
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> > The BIOS boot partition is needed when a GPT partition layout is used |
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> > with GRUB2 in BIOS/Legacy mode. It is not required when booting in |
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> > EFI/UEFI mode. |
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> The standard layout example is... |
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> Number Start End Size File system Name Flags |
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> 1 1.00MiB 3.00MiB 2.00MiB grub bios_grub |
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> 2 3.00MiB 131MiB 128MiB boot boot |
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> 3 131MiB 643MiB 512MiB swap |
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> 4 643MiB 20479MiB 19836MiB rootfs |
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> Given that my machine is incapable of booting in BIOS/Legacy mode, I |
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> assume that the 2-megabyte partition is unnecessary, grub or no grub. |
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Some people say you don't need it, but I found that I did. I suppose it's a |
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quirk of the motherboard or its BIOS. |
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> Also, given bloat over time, is 128 megabytes still sufficient for the |
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> boot partition today? I plan to keep 2 kernels around at all times, |
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> "Production" and "Experimental". |
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Mine's 1GB. It contains the most recenet kernel plus one for a small rescue |
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system; also the most recent one of each that I know to work. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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