On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 18:28:46 -0400
Felix Miata
Carlos E. R. composed on 2020-07-01 23:47 (UTC+0200):
Felix Miata wrote:
Carlos E. R. composed on 2020-07-01 20:46 (UTC+0200):
And ESP is the partition 1. Strange that it is fat32.
Not strange at all. It's exactly what the UEFI specification prescribes in section 13.3: "EFI encompasses the use of FAT32 for a system partition, and FAT12 or FAT16 for removable media."
https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Spec_2_8_final.pdf
I thought they have to be FAT 16. Mine are.
The YaST partitioner makes them by default FAT16 AFAICT for a legacy reason - because they are smaller than 512M or 528M or whatever the breakpoint is or was that makes or made FAT32 preferable to FAT16 for obsolete or space efficiency reasons.
The specification says what I quoted, "FAT32 for a system partition".
M$ AFAIK always makes them FAT32, which is what I think all Debian's and its derivatives' installers do, and Fedora and others.
I expect it depends on how old the machine is: /dev/sda1 vfat 96M 56M 41M 58% /boot/efi Because my machine came with Windows pre-installed. I would expect most machines do? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org