https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889733 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889733#c8 --- Comment #8 from Raymund Will <rw@suse.com> 2014-08-04 12:31:04 UTC --- Sigh, yes, the spec allows such a setup, but it's asking for trouble big time: - YaST2 partitioner does not know about the proper partition type (0xEF) for the EFI System Partition (mounted as '/boot/efi'), or does it? - last time I've checked 'efibootmgr' did *not* handle that monstrosity named "logical partitions" too gracefully, - the firmware can not reliably identify an ESP there, 'efibootmgr' used to fill up NVRAM with '-w' because of that, which ultimately *bricked* machines, and - once in a while some vendor's firmware refuses to *boot* from such a setup (while read/write works fine)! And why would anyone, in his/her right mind, want to give up one of the very few real benefits of UEFI, named GPT, for an ill-conceived relict? IMHO, we should *not* try to support that! Ways might be provided for an "expert" to work around "our" recommendation, stating unmistakably that the trouble ahead is self-inflicted and to be solved solely by the originator. -- 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.