https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889733
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889733#c8
--- Comment #8 from Raymund Will 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.
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