On Tue, 14 May 2019 04:30:33 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 14/05/2019 00.25, Stephen Berman wrote:
On Mon, 13 May 2019 22:47:13 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 13/05/2019 22.19, Stephen Berman wrote:
This is something I'm still unclear about. You say there is only one EFI partition per disk and you also say a separate /boot partition is neither advantageous nor needed. But IIUC the recommended location of the EFI partition is /boot/efi. So what happens in a computer with multiple systems? That would seem to require a separate /boot partition, or can symlinks be used? And what happens if you want to upgrade or even replace the system in whose /boot the EFI partition resides?
When there is no separate /boot partition, it simply a normal directory, /boot :-)
And each "/" root has a /boot.
And each /boot mounts the same efi, as /boot/efi
Ok, so no separate /boot partition, but there has to be an EFI partition, which will be mounted in each system at /boot/efi, right? Must the EFI partition be the first disk partition or can it be anywhere?
AFAIK, anywhere.
Do you happen to know whether, if I start with a clean disk in an EFI-enabled machine and let the openSUSE installer propose a partition scheme, it will include the EFI partition?
It should create one if none exists. If it exists already, it should use it.
The installer itself must boot in EFI mode. Or rather, if it doesn't, it means it did not detect EFI and will proceed in Bios mode. Visually, both types of Grub boots are different, so it is possible that early to know if things are going on as they should. But I don't know by memory which is which.
Thanks. I'll reinstall, probably with a clean disk, as soon as I have time to, and report back here, hopefully with a success story (or else, with more questions :o ...). Steve Berman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org