https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894146 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894146#c0 Summary: What is the Need to create a /boot/efi for UEFI BIOS Expansion Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.3 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: secure@aphofis.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 With the New UEFI BIOS expansion either the auto partitioner at Installation wants to create a /boot/efi formatted with FAT and a Volume name of GTA with about 1GB of Space. Documentation published and in bug reports I see this requirement discussed often and a bit of technical Information. I have ALL X_64 Hardware and 2 Have the ability to boot in UEFI Mode or 'Turbo X' as its some time referred, as a BIOS boot option. For every PC where I have followed this ALL suffer from instability and I cannot find any real answers as to why this need is to partition a Disk in such a manner. During Installation If I accept the Proposed, options of a separate /home partition a /boot/efi and a FAT format and a further Labelled Partition of GTA is presented. Even if I accept just a /boot/efi with a FAT format and don't worry about a GTA partition ever X64 PC has stability issues during operation. Either a PC hangs during both Installation after the first restart or when a fs check is demand run after n number of perfect boot up start; the systems are unstable. I have also noted that ANY RAID created with the Partitioner with the above leads to problems with any RAID. Its RAID creation often fails completely to be formatted with any RAID5 and RAID0 becomes very unstable requiring file system checks ever time I boot or fails to be formatted with EXT I have had to reinstall both 12.3 and 13.1 without this guided /boot/efi FAT partition and the PC is perfectly stable back to nominal values even if I boot from UEFI I can see no need, nor requirement for the partitioner to propose the Disk by setup with both /boot/efi with FAT and a GTA labelled partition in the first instance and I cannot find any clear guidelines for this reasoning. ALL I know is that If I continue to manually create a HDD partitions as normal the PC works and boot with great stability and any RAID drive is stable. In an upgrade installation I loose the LOT by following the Partitioner’s instructions and after first boot the whole installation never recovers at all Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.100% reproduced on my hardware 6 times but when partitioned normally everything is stable 2. 3. Actual Results: Stability of PC is either failure in creating any RAID or its operation IS unstable and a reason why the proposed /boot/efi FAT is presented is not made clear In an upgrade installation I loose the LOT by following the Partitioner’s instructions and after first boot the whole installation never recovers at all and everything is lost including the Installation revival Expected Results: Can we please have as associated help page during the Installation when the Partitioner is called discussing this and or remove or justifying to the user, the warning in 12.3 and 13.1 that an /boot/efiu partition etc. etc. is required before the user commits to the Part ion setup. We also need further full page info help screen to appear before the partitioner is called during Installation explaining UEFI BIOS requirements and figure out why a PC fails or is unstable when the proposal is followed as is above. In short...WHY???????? If I ignore completely all this stuff the PC creates any RAID perfectly and the system is stable...What's going on here please tell me and the rest of us. I cant find my glasses so please excuse any typo's...:-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.