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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_BIOS_boot_partition.3F |
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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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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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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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