On Saturday, 26 December 2020 06:28:44 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: > This is my first UEFI install, so please pardon the questions. > > 1) Partitioning questions: The standard layout example in > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#What_is_the_BI > OS_boot_partition.3F says... > > > The BIOS boot partition is needed when a GPT partition layout is used > > with GRUB2 in BIOS/Legacy mode. It is not required when booting in > > EFI/UEFI mode. > > The standard layout example is... > > Number Start End Size File system Name Flags > 1 1.00MiB 3.00MiB 2.00MiB grub bios_grub > 2 3.00MiB 131MiB 128MiB boot boot > 3 131MiB 643MiB 512MiB swap > 4 643MiB 20479MiB 19836MiB rootfs > > Given that my machine is incapable of booting in BIOS/Legacy mode, I > assume that the 2-megabyte partition is unnecessary, grub or no grub.
Some people say you don't need it, but I found that I did. I suppose it's a quirk of the motherboard or its BIOS. > Also, given bloat over time, is 128 megabytes still sufficient for the > boot partition today? I plan to keep 2 kernels around at all times, > "Production" and "Experimental". Mine's 1GB. It contains the most recenet kernel plus one for a small rescue system; also the most recent one of each that I know to work. -- Regards, Peter.
